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  THE 
  mide'wiwin 
  OF 
  the 
  ojibwa. 
  

  

  lowing 
  morning 
  the 
  Mide 
  priests, 
  with 
  the 
  candidate 
  in 
  advance 
  (No. 
  30), 
  approach 
  

   and 
  enter 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  and 
  the 
  initiation 
  begins. 
  No. 
  31 
  is 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  sacred 
  

   drum 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  detailed 
  to 
  employ 
  the 
  drum 
  and 
  rattles, 
  while 
  No. 
  33 
  indi- 
  

   catestheoffieiatingpriests; 
  No. 
  83 
  is 
  the 
  degree 
  post, 
  .surmounted 
  by 
  K6-ko'-ko-o',the 
  

   Owl 
  (No. 
  34). 
  The 
  post 
  is 
  painted 
  with 
  vermilion, 
  with 
  small 
  white 
  spots 
  all 
  over 
  

   its 
  surface, 
  emblematic 
  of 
  the 
  mlgis 
  shell. 
  The 
  line 
  (No. 
  35) 
  extending 
  along 
  the 
  

   upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure 
  represents 
  the 
  pole 
  from 
  which 
  are 
  suspended 
  the 
  

   robes, 
  blankets, 
  kettles, 
  etc.. 
  which 
  constitute 
  the 
  fee 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  society 
  for 
  ad- 
  

   mission. 
  

  

  This 
  degree 
  is 
  presided 
  over 
  and 
  guarded 
  by 
  the 
  Panther 
  Man'ido. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  candidate 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  procure 
  enough 
  gifts 
  to 
  present 
  to 
  the 
  society 
  

   for 
  the 
  second 
  degree, 
  he 
  takes 
  his 
  drum 
  and 
  offers 
  chants 
  (No. 
  33) 
  to 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  

   for 
  success. 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  himself 
  is 
  the 
  guardian 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  degree 
  and 
  his 
  

   footprints 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  No. 
  36. 
  No. 
  37 
  represents 
  the 
  second 
  degree 
  inclosure, 
  and 
  

   contains 
  two 
  sacred 
  posts 
  (Nos. 
  38 
  and 
  39), 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  first 
  degree, 
  the 
  second 
  being 
  painted 
  with 
  white 
  clay, 
  bearing 
  two 
  bands 
  of 
  

   vermilion, 
  one 
  about 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  one 
  near 
  the 
  middle. 
  A 
  small 
  branch 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  

   is 
  used, 
  after 
  the 
  ceremony 
  is 
  over, 
  to 
  hang 
  the 
  tobacco 
  pouch 
  on. 
  No. 
  40 
  represents 
  

   the 
  musicians 
  and 
  attendants 
  ; 
  No. 
  41 
  the 
  candidate 
  upon 
  his 
  knees 
  ; 
  while 
  Nos. 
  43, 
  

   13 
  44. 
  and 
  45 
  pictures 
  the 
  officiating 
  priests 
  who 
  surround 
  him. 
  The 
  horizontal 
  

   pole 
  (No. 
  40) 
  has 
  presents 
  of 
  robes, 
  blankets, 
  and 
  kettles 
  suspended 
  from 
  it. 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  candidate 
  is 
  pi-epared 
  to 
  advance 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  degree 
  (No. 
  47) 
  he 
  person- 
  

   ates 
  Makwa' 
  Man'ido, 
  who 
  is 
  the 
  guardian 
  of 
  this 
  degree, 
  and 
  whose 
  tracks 
  (No. 
  

   48) 
  are 
  visible. 
  The 
  assistants 
  are 
  visible 
  upon 
  the 
  interior, 
  drumming 
  and 
  dancing. 
  

   There 
  are 
  three 
  sacred 
  posts, 
  the 
  first 
  (No. 
  4!)) 
  is 
  black, 
  and 
  upon 
  this 
  is 
  placed 
  Ko- 
  

   ko'-ko-o 
  — 
  the 
  Owl: 
  the 
  second 
  (No. 
  50) 
  is 
  painted 
  with 
  white 
  clay 
  and 
  has 
  upon 
  the 
  

   to]) 
  the 
  effigy 
  of 
  an 
  owl; 
  while 
  the 
  third 
  (No. 
  51) 
  is 
  painted 
  with 
  vermilion, 
  bearing 
  

   upon 
  the 
  summit 
  the 
  effigy 
  of 
  an 
  Indian. 
  Small 
  wooden 
  effigies 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  

   figure 
  are 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Mide 
  in 
  their 
  tests 
  of 
  the 
  proof 
  of 
  the 
  genuineness 
  and 
  sacred- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  their 
  religion, 
  which 
  tests 
  will 
  be 
  alluded 
  to 
  under 
  another 
  caption. 
  The 
  

   horizontal 
  rod 
  (No. 
  53), 
  extending 
  from 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  structure 
  to 
  the 
  other, 
  has 
  

   suspended 
  from 
  it 
  the 
  blankets 
  and 
  other 
  gifts. 
  

  

  The 
  guardian 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  degree 
  is 
  Maka'no 
  — 
  the 
  Turtle 
  — 
  as 
  he 
  appears 
  (No. 
  

   53) 
  facing 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  degree 
  (No. 
  54). 
  Four 
  sacred 
  posts 
  are 
  planted 
  

   in 
  the 
  fourth 
  degree; 
  the 
  first 
  (No. 
  55), 
  being 
  painted 
  white 
  upon 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  and 
  

   green 
  upon 
  the 
  lower; 
  thesecond(No. 
  56) 
  similar; 
  the 
  third 
  (No. 
  57) 
  painted 
  red, 
  with 
  

   a 
  black 
  spiral 
  line 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  to 
  the 
  bottom, 
  and 
  upon 
  which 
  is 
  placed 
  

   Ko-ko 
  -ko-6' 
  — 
  the 
  Owl; 
  and 
  the 
  fourth 
  (No. 
  58), 
  a 
  cross, 
  the 
  arms 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   trunk 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  white, 
  with 
  red 
  spots 
  — 
  to 
  designate 
  the 
  sacred 
  mi'gis 
  — 
  the 
  lower 
  

   half 
  of 
  the 
  trunk 
  cut 
  square, 
  the 
  face 
  toward 
  the 
  east 
  painted 
  red, 
  the 
  south 
  green, 
  

   the 
  west 
  white, 
  and 
  the 
  north 
  black. 
  The 
  spot 
  (No. 
  59) 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cross 
  

   signifies 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  sacred 
  stone, 
  while 
  the 
  human 
  figures 
  (No. 
  60) 
  designate 
  

   the 
  participants, 
  some 
  of 
  whom 
  are 
  seated 
  near 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure, 
  whilst 
  

   others 
  are 
  represented 
  as 
  beating 
  the 
  drum. 
  Upon 
  the 
  horizontal 
  pole 
  (No. 
  61) 
  are 
  

   shown 
  the 
  blankets 
  constituting 
  gifts 
  to 
  the 
  society. 
  

  

  The 
  several 
  specific 
  methods 
  of 
  facial 
  decoration 
  employed 
  (PI. 
  

   vn), 
  according 
  to 
  Ojibwa's 
  statement, 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  First 
  degree. 
  — 
  One 
  stripe 
  of 
  vermilion 
  across 
  the 
  face, 
  from 
  near 
  

   the 
  ears 
  across 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  nose. 
  

  

  Second 
  degree. 
  — 
  One 
  stripe 
  as 
  above, 
  and 
  another 
  across 
  the 
  eye- 
  

   lids, 
  temples, 
  and 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  nose. 
  

  

  