﻿17* 
  THE 
  mide'wiwin 
  of 
  the 
  ojibwa. 
  

  

  (No. 
  119) 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  aperture. 
  The 
  post 
  was 
  painted 
  green 
  on 
  

   the 
  side 
  from 
  which 
  he 
  approached 
  and 
  red 
  upon 
  the 
  side 
  toward 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  

   [see 
  Fig. 
  4.] 
  But 
  before 
  he 
  was 
  permitted 
  to 
  look 
  through 
  

   it 
  he 
  rested 
  and 
  invoked 
  the 
  favor 
  of 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido, 
  that 
  

   the 
  evil 
  man 
  'idos 
  might 
  be 
  expelled 
  from 
  his 
  path. 
  Then. 
  

   when 
  the 
  Otter 
  looked 
  through 
  the 
  post, 
  he 
  saw 
  that 
  the 
  

   interior 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure 
  was 
  filled 
  with 
  Mide' 
  Man 
  idos, 
  

   ready 
  to 
  receive 
  him 
  and 
  to 
  attend 
  during 
  his 
  initiation. 
  

   The 
  two 
  Mide 
  Man'idos 
  at 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  (Nos. 
  130 
  and 
  121) 
  compelled 
  the 
  evil 
  man'idos 
  

   (Nos. 
  122 
  and 
  123) 
  to 
  depart 
  and 
  permit 
  the 
  Otter 
  to 
  enter 
  at 
  

   the 
  door 
  (No. 
  124). 
  Then 
  the 
  Otter 
  beheld 
  the 
  sacred 
  stone 
  

   (No. 
  125) 
  and 
  the 
  five 
  heaps 
  of 
  sacred 
  objects 
  which 
  Mina- 
  

   bo'zho 
  had 
  deposited 
  (Nos. 
  12(5, 
  127, 
  128, 
  129, 
  and 
  130) 
  near 
  

   the 
  four 
  degree 
  posts 
  (Nos. 
  131,132,133, 
  and 
  134). 
  Accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  their 
  importance, 
  the 
  first 
  was 
  painted 
  red, 
  with 
  a 
  

   i., 
  green 
  band 
  about 
  the 
  top; 
  the 
  second 
  was 
  painted 
  red. 
  with 
  

  

  r 
  ,■•</*" 
  VJ.> 
  'py 
  : 
  < 
  : 
  J*.y, 
  ... 
  two 
  green 
  bands, 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  the 
  middle; 
  

   "• 
  ''."_. 
  '•"' 
  V'-rr 
  ■"' 
  the 
  third 
  consisted 
  of 
  across 
  painted 
  red. 
  with 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  

  

  ^ 
  , 
  _ 
  . 
  , 
  the 
  arms 
  and 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  post 
  painted 
  green: 
  while 
  the 
  

  

  Fig. 
  4.— 
  Peep-hole 
  post. 
  ' 
  , 
  . 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  

  

  fourth 
  was 
  a 
  square 
  post, 
  the 
  side 
  toward 
  the 
  east 
  being 
  

  

  painted 
  white, 
  that 
  toward 
  the 
  south 
  green, 
  that 
  toward 
  the 
  west 
  red. 
  and 
  that 
  

  

  toward 
  the 
  north 
  black. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  sets 
  of 
  sticks 
  (Nos. 
  135 
  and 
  136) 
  near 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  western 
  doors 
  rep- 
  

   resent 
  the 
  legs 
  of 
  Makwa' 
  Man'ido, 
  the 
  Bear 
  Spirit. 
  When 
  the 
  Otter 
  had 
  observed 
  

   all 
  these 
  things 
  he 
  passed 
  round 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  four 
  times, 
  after 
  

   which 
  he 
  seated 
  himself 
  in 
  the 
  west, 
  facing 
  the 
  degree 
  posts, 
  when 
  Mi'nabo 
  zho 
  

   approached 
  him 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  fourth 
  time 
  shot 
  into 
  his 
  body 
  the 
  sacred 
  mi'gis, 
  which 
  

   gave 
  him 
  life 
  that 
  will 
  endure 
  always. 
  Then 
  Mi'nabo'zho 
  said 
  to 
  the 
  Otter, 
  " 
  This 
  

   degree 
  belongs 
  to 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido, 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  (Nos. 
  137 
  and 
  138), 
  who 
  will 
  

   always 
  be 
  present 
  when 
  you 
  give 
  the 
  sacred 
  rite 
  to 
  any 
  of 
  your 
  people." 
  At 
  night 
  

   the 
  Mide' 
  Man'idos 
  (Nos. 
  139 
  to 
  162) 
  will 
  guard 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  sent 
  by 
  

   Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  The 
  Bear's 
  nest 
  (Nos. 
  163 
  and 
  164) 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  and 
  southern 
  doors 
  (Nos. 
  165 
  and 
  166) 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  are 
  the 
  places 
  where 
  

   Makwa 
  Man'ido 
  takes 
  his 
  station 
  when 
  guarding 
  the 
  doors. 
  

  

  Then 
  the 
  Otter 
  made 
  a 
  wig'iwam 
  and 
  offered 
  four 
  prayers 
  (Nos. 
  167, 
  168, 
  169, 
  and 
  

   170) 
  for 
  the 
  rites 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin, 
  which 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  had 
  given 
  him. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  supplemental 
  explanations 
  were 
  added 
  by 
  Sikas'- 
  

   sig8, 
  viz: 
  The 
  four 
  vertical 
  lines 
  at 
  the 
  outer 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  lodge 
  

   structure 
  (Nos. 
  171, 
  172, 
  173, 
  and 
  174), 
  and 
  four 
  similar 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  corners 
  (Nos. 
  175, 
  176, 
  177, 
  and 
  178), 
  represent 
  eight 
  cedar 
  

   trees 
  planted 
  there 
  by 
  the 
  Mide' 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  preparing 
  the 
  

   Mide'wigan 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  candidates. 
  The 
  circles 
  Nos. 
  179, 
  

   ISO, 
  and 
  181. 
  and 
  the 
  connecting 
  line, 
  are 
  a 
  reproduction 
  of 
  simi- 
  

   lar 
  ones 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  three 
  preceding 
  degrees, 
  and 
  signify 
  the 
  course 
  

   of 
  aMide'slife 
  — 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  without 
  fault 
  and 
  in 
  strict 
  accord- 
  

   ance 
  with 
  the 
  teachings 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  The 
  short 
  linos, 
  termi- 
  

   nating 
  in 
  circles 
  Nos. 
  182, 
  183, 
  184, 
  and 
  185. 
  allude 
  to 
  temptations 
  

   which 
  beset 
  the 
  Mide's 
  path, 
  and 
  he 
  shall, 
  when 
  so 
  tempted, 
  off 
  er 
  at 
  

   those 
  points 
  feasts 
  and 
  lectures, 
  or, 
  in 
  other 
  words, 
  "professions 
  of 
  

   faith." 
  The 
  three 
  lines 
  Nos. 
  186. 
  L87. 
  and 
  188, 
  consisting 
  of 
  four 
  

  

  