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  THE 
  MIDE 
  WIWIN 
  OF 
  THK 
  O.IIBU'A. 
  

  

  From 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  songs 
  given 
  liymy 
  preceptor 
  are 
  selected 
  

   ami 
  presented 
  herewith 
  those 
  recognized 
  by 
  him 
  as 
  being 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   ritual. 
  The 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  songs 
  are 
  mere 
  repetitions 
  of 
  short 
  

   phrases, 
  and 
  frequently 
  but 
  single 
  words, 
  to 
  which 
  are 
  added 
  mean- 
  

   ingless 
  sounds 
  or 
  syllables 
  to 
  aid 
  in 
  prolonging 
  the 
  musical 
  tones, 
  

   aud 
  repeated 
  ad 
  libitum 
  in 
  direct 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  inspi- 
  

   ration 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  singer 
  imagines 
  himself 
  to 
  have 
  attained. 
  

   These 
  frequent 
  outbursts 
  of 
  singing 
  are 
  not 
  based 
  upon 
  connected 
  

   mnemonic 
  songs 
  preserved 
  upon 
  birch 
  bark, 
  but 
  they 
  consist 
  of 
  

  

  Fig 
  15. 
  — 
  Shooting 
  the 
  ml' 
  xis. 
  

  

  fragments 
  or 
  selections 
  of 
  songs 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  memorized, 
  the 
  

   selections 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  subject 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  preceptor 
  has 
  been 
  

   discoursing, 
  and 
  which 
  undoubtedly 
  prompts 
  a 
  rythmic 
  vocal 
  

   equivalent. 
  These 
  songs 
  are 
  reproduced 
  on 
  PI. 
  ix, 
  A, 
  B, 
  C. 
  The 
  

   initial 
  mnemonic 
  characters 
  pertaining 
  to 
  each 
  word 
  or 
  phrase 
  of 
  

   the 
  original 
  text 
  are 
  repeated 
  below 
  in 
  regular 
  order 
  with 
  transla- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  English, 
  together 
  with 
  supplemental 
  notes 
  explanatory 
  of 
  

   the 
  characters 
  employed. 
  The 
  musical 
  notation 
  is 
  not 
  presented, 
  as 
  

   the 
  singing 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  monotonous 
  repetition 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  notes 
  

   in 
  a 
  minor 
  key 
  ; 
  furthermore, 
  a 
  sufficiently 
  clear 
  idea 
  of 
  this 
  may 
  

   be 
  formed 
  by 
  comparing 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  songs 
  presented 
  in 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  the 
  ritual 
  of 
  initiation 
  and 
  preparation 
  of 
  medicines. 
  

   The 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  given 
  herewith 
  (PI. 
  ix. 
  A) 
  pertains 
  to 
  a 
  

   request 
  to 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  that 
  clear 
  weather 
  may 
  be 
  had 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  