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  THE 
  MIDi/WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  O.I1BWA. 
  

  

  (No. 
  6); 
  then 
  Ne'mikung 
  (No. 
  7); 
  Kiwe'winang' 
  (No. 
  8); 
  Bawating 
  — 
  

   Sault 
  Ste. 
  Marie 
  (No. 
  9); 
  Tshiwi'tdwi' 
  (No. 
  10); 
  Nega'wadzhe'fi 
  — 
  

   Sand 
  Mountain 
  (No. 
  11). 
  northern 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Superior; 
  Mi- 
  

   nisa'wik 
  [Mi'nisa'bikkang] 
  — 
  Island 
  of 
  rocks 
  (No. 
  12); 
  Kawa'sitshl- 
  

   fiwongk 
  — 
  Foaming 
  rapids 
  (No. 
  13); 
  Mush'kisi'wi 
  [Mash'kisi'bi] 
  — 
  

   Bad 
  Kiver 
  (No. 
  14); 
  Shagawamikongk 
  — 
  Long-sand-bar-beneath 
  

   the-surface 
  (No. 
  15); 
  Wikwe'da 
  n 
  wongga" 
  — 
  Sandy 
  Bay 
  (No. 
  16); 
  

   Neashiwikongk— 
  Cliff 
  Point 
  (No. 
  17); 
  Neta 
  n 
  'waya"'sink— 
  Little 
  

   point-of-saud-bar 
  (No. 
  IS); 
  A"'nibi"s— 
  Little 
  elm 
  tree 
  (No. 
  19); 
  Wi- 
  

   kup'bi"mi"sh— 
  litei-ally, 
  Little-island-basswood 
  (No. 
  20); 
  Makubi"'- 
  

   mi 
  n 
  sh 
  — 
  Bear 
  Island 
  (No. 
  21); 
  Sha'geski'ke'dawan'ga 
  (No. 
  22); 
  Ni'wig- 
  

   was'sikongk 
  — 
  The 
  place 
  where 
  bark 
  is 
  peeled 
  (No. 
  23); 
  Ta'pakwe'ikak 
  

   [Sa'apakwe'shkwaokongk] 
  — 
  The-plac 
  a 
  -where-lodge-bark-is-obtained 
  

   (No. 
  24); 
  Ne'uwesak'kudeze'bi 
  [Ne'wisaku'desi'bi"] 
  — 
  Point-dead- 
  

   wood-timber 
  river 
  (No. 
  25); 
  A"nibi'kanzi'bi 
  [modern 
  name, 
  Ash'- 
  

   kiba'gisi'bi], 
  given 
  respectively 
  as 
  Fish 
  spawn 
  River 
  and 
  Green 
  leaf 
  

   River 
  (No. 
  26). 
  

  

  This 
  last-named 
  locality 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  Sandy 
  Lake, 
  Minnesota. 
  

   where 
  the 
  Otter 
  appeared 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  time, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  Mide'wi- 
  

   gan 
  was 
  finally 
  located. 
  From 
  La 
  Pointe, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  from 
  Sandy 
  

   Lake, 
  the 
  Ojibwa 
  claim 
  to 
  have 
  dispelled 
  in 
  bands 
  over 
  various 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  territory, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  into 
  Wisconsin, 
  which 
  final 
  separa- 
  

   tion 
  into 
  distinct 
  bodies 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  chief 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  gradual 
  

   changes 
  found 
  to 
  exist 
  in 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Sikas'sige, 
  the 
  above 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  initiation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Otter, 
  by 
  Mi'nabo'zho, 
  was 
  adopted 
  as 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  initiation 
  by 
  the 
  

   Mide' 
  priests 
  of 
  the 
  Mille 
  Lacs 
  Society, 
  when 
  he 
  himself 
  received 
  

   the 
  first 
  degree, 
  1830. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  a 
  specific 
  method 
  of 
  facial 
  dec- 
  

   oration 
  was 
  pursued 
  by 
  the 
  priests 
  of 
  the 
  respective 
  degrees 
  (PL 
  vi), 
  

   each 
  adopting 
  that 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  highest 
  degree 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  

   entitled, 
  viz: 
  

  

  First 
  degree. 
  — 
  A 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  green 
  across 
  the 
  forehead 
  and 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  stripe 
  of 
  vermilion 
  across 
  the 
  face, 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  eyes. 
  

  

  Second 
  degree. 
  — 
  A 
  narrow 
  stripe 
  of 
  vermilion 
  across 
  the 
  temples, 
  

   the 
  eyelids, 
  and 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  nose, 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  above 
  which 
  

   is 
  a 
  similar 
  stripe 
  of 
  green, 
  then 
  another 
  of 
  vermilion, 
  and 
  above 
  

   this 
  again 
  one 
  of 
  green. 
  

  

  Third 
  degree. 
  — 
  Red 
  and 
  white 
  spots 
  are 
  daubed 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  face, 
  

   the 
  spots 
  being 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  finger 
  tips 
  in 
  apply- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  colors. 
  

  

  Fourth 
  degree. 
  — 
  Two 
  forms 
  of 
  decoration 
  were 
  admissible; 
  for 
  the 
  

   first, 
  the 
  face 
  was 
  painted 
  with 
  vermilion, 
  with 
  a 
  stripe 
  of 
  green 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  diagonally 
  across 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  left 
  tem- 
  

   poral 
  region 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  cheek; 
  for 
  the 
  second, 
  the 
  

   face 
  was 
  painted 
  red 
  with 
  two 
  short, 
  horizontal 
  parallel 
  bars 
  of 
  

  

  