﻿HOFFMAN.] 
  

  

  MIDE 
  SONGS. 
  

  

  1!>3 
  

  

  day 
  of 
  ceremonial, 
  and 
  also 
  an 
  affirmation 
  to 
  the 
  candidate 
  that 
  the 
  

   singer's 
  words 
  are 
  a 
  faithful 
  rendering 
  of 
  his 
  creed. 
  

  

  Each 
  of 
  the 
  phrase-; 
  is 
  repeated 
  before 
  advancing 
  to 
  the 
  next, 
  as 
  

   often 
  as 
  the 
  singer 
  desires 
  and 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  rever- 
  

   ence 
  and 
  awe 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  wishes 
  to 
  impress 
  his 
  hearer. 
  There 
  is 
  

   usually 
  a 
  brief 
  interval 
  between 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  phrases, 
  and 
  a 
  longer 
  

   one 
  at 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  vertical 
  line, 
  denoting 
  a 
  rest 
  or 
  pause. 
  

   One 
  song 
  may 
  occupy, 
  therefore, 
  from 
  fifteen 
  minutes 
  to 
  half 
  an 
  

   hour. 
  

  

  Ki-ne'-na-wi'-'in 
  mani 
  -i-do'-ye-win. 
  

   I 
  rock 
  you, 
  you 
  that 
  are 
  a 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [A 
  mide 
  "s 
  head, 
  the 
  lines 
  denoting 
  voice 
  or 
  speech 
  — 
  i.e., 
  singing 
  

   of 
  sacred 
  tilings, 
  as 
  the 
  loops 
  or 
  circles 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  each 
  line 
  in- 
  

   dicate. 
  1 
  

  

  Ki-zhik-ki-win 
  -da-mun'. 
  

   The 
  sky 
  I 
  tell 
  you. 
  

  

  [The 
  otter 
  skin 
  medicine 
  sack, 
  and 
  arm 
  reaching 
  to 
  procure 
  

   something 
  therefrom.] 
  

  

  O-we-nen', 
  hwin'. 
  

  

  Who 
  is 
  it, 
  who? 
  

  

  [The 
  ml'gis 
  shell, 
  the 
  sacred 
  emblem 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin.] 
  

  

  Wi 
  -dzhi-i-nan'. 
  

  

  The 
  man 
  helping 
  me. 
  

  

  [A 
  man 
  walking, 
  the 
  Mide' 
  Man'ido 
  or 
  Sacred 
  Spirit.] 
  

  

  Nu-wa" 
  -ni-nia 
  iia 
  nin-guis'? 
  

   Have 
  I 
  told 
  the 
  truth 
  to 
  my 
  son? 
  

  

  [The 
  bear 
  going 
  to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  and 
  takes 
  with 
  him 
  life 
  to 
  the 
  

   Ani'shina'beg.] 
  

  

  Rest. 
  

  

  7 
  ETH- 
  

  

  Ni'-nm-de. 
  e', 
  5', 
  ya'. 
  

  

  My 
  heart, 
  I 
  am 
  there 
  (in 
  the 
  fullness 
  of 
  my 
  heart). 
  

  

  [My 
  heart: 
  knows 
  all 
  Mide' 
  secrets, 
  sensible 
  one. 
  

  

  -13 
  

  

  