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  THE 
  M1DK 
  WIWIN 
  OK 
  THE 
  O.IIBWA. 
  

  

  ;i 
  chart 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  stranger 
  Mide', 
  and 
  failed 
  to 
  learn 
  its 
  

   true 
  signification, 
  simply 
  desiring 
  it 
  to 
  add 
  t« 
  » 
  his 
  collection 
  of 
  sacred 
  

   objects 
  and 
  to 
  gain 
  additional 
  respect 
  from 
  his 
  confreres 
  and 
  ad- 
  

   mirers. 
  

  

  Two 
  similar 
  and 
  extremely 
  old 
  birch-bark 
  mnemonic 
  songs 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  Mide' 
  at 
  Red 
  Lake. 
  The 
  characters 
  upon 
  

   these 
  are 
  almost 
  identical, 
  one 
  appearing 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  other. 
  

   These 
  are 
  reproduced 
  in 
  Figs. 
  7 
  and 
  S. 
  By 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  Esh'gi- 
  

   bo'ga 
  takes 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  Mi'nabo'zho 
  as 
  having 
  originally 
  received 
  

   the 
  Mide'wiwin 
  from 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  word 
  

   is 
  a 
  synonym 
  or 
  a 
  substitute 
  based 
  upon 
  some 
  reason 
  to 
  them 
  inex- 
  

   plicable. 
  These 
  figures 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  1887, 
  and 
  a 
  brief 
  explana- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  them 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Anthropologist. 
  1 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  

   I 
  could 
  obtain 
  but 
  little 
  direct 
  information 
  from 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  

   records, 
  birt 
  it 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  ascertained 
  that 
  both 
  are 
  mnemonic 
  

   songs 
  pertaining 
  to 
  Mi'nabo'zho. 
  or 
  rather 
  Eshgibo'ga, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  

   form 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sacred 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  but 
  simply 
  

   the 
  pictographic 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  possibilities 
  and 
  powers 
  of 
  the 
  

   alleged 
  religion. 
  The 
  following 
  explanation 
  of 
  Figs. 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  is 
  re- 
  

  

  2 
  3 
  4 
  5 
  6 
  V 
  8 
  fl 
  10 
  11 
  

  

  Fig 
  7 
  -Birch-bark 
  record, 
  from 
  Red 
  Lake. 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  Of 
  

  

  1 
  3 
  3 
  4 
  5 
  G 
  7 
  8 
  9 
  10 
  11 
  12 
  13 
  

  

  Fig 
  8. 
  -Birch-bark 
  record, 
  from 
  Red 
  Lake. 
  

  

  produced 
  from 
  the 
  work 
  just 
  cited. 
  A 
  few 
  annotations 
  and 
  correc- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  added. 
  The 
  numbers 
  apply 
  equally 
  to 
  both 
  illustrations: 
  

  

  No. 
  1, 
  represents 
  Eshgibo'ga, 
  the 
  great 
  uncle 
  of 
  the 
  Ani 
  shina'beg, 
  and 
  receiver 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  the 
  drum 
  and 
  drumsticks 
  used 
  by 
  Esh'gibo'ga. 
  

  

  Nn. 
  3, 
  a 
  bar 
  or 
  rest, 
  denoting 
  an 
  interval 
  of 
  time 
  before 
  the 
  snug 
  is 
  resumed. 
  

  

  No. 
  4. 
  the 
  pin-ji'-gu-san' 
  or 
  sacred 
  Mide' 
  sack. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  an 
  utter 
  skin, 
  and 
  

   is 
  the 
  ml'gis 
  or 
  sacred 
  symbol 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'vvigan. 
  

  

  No. 
  5, 
  a 
  Midi" 
  priest, 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  holds 
  fcho 
  mi'gis 
  while 
  chanting 
  the 
  Mide' 
  

   song 
  in 
  the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  He 
  is 
  inspired, 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  line 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  from 
  the 
  heart 
  to 
  the 
  mouth. 
  

  

  ' 
  Vol. 
  1, 
  No. 
  3, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  816, 
  Figs. 
  2 
  and 
  3. 
  

  

  