﻿MIDE 
  SQNGS. 
  

  

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  Mo-ki 
  '-yan-na 
  -a-witsh 
  -i-gum 
  -mi. 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  rise 
  it 
  gives 
  me 
  life, 
  and 
  I 
  take 
  it. 
  

  

  [The 
  arm 
  reaches 
  into 
  the 
  sky 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  gifts 
  which 
  are 
  

   handed 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  Good 
  Spirit. 
  The 
  short 
  transverse 
  line 
  

   across 
  the 
  forearm 
  indicates 
  the 
  arch 
  of 
  the 
  sky, 
  this 
  line 
  being 
  

   an 
  abbreviation 
  of 
  the 
  curve 
  usually 
  employed 
  to 
  designate 
  the 
  

   same 
  idea.] 
  

  

  Wen' 
  -dzhi-ba 
  -pi-a 
  n 
  ' 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  reason 
  why 
  I 
  am 
  happy. 
  

  

  [Asking 
  the 
  Spirit 
  for 
  life, 
  which 
  is 
  granted. 
  The 
  singer's 
  

   body 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  the 
  heart 
  enlarged, 
  i. 
  e., 
  fullness 
  of 
  heart, 
  

   the 
  lines 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  denoting 
  abundance 
  of 
  voice 
  or 
  

   gratef 
  u 
  I 
  utterances 
  — 
  singing. 
  ] 
  

  

  Rest. 
  

  

  CO 
  

  

  fit 
  

  

  CO 
  

  

  jBliii 
  

  

  Zha'-zha-bui 
  -ki-bi-nan' 
  wig 
  -e-wAm'. 
  

  

  The 
  Spirit 
  says 
  there 
  is 
  plenty 
  of 
  " 
  medicine 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  Mide' 
  wig'iwam. 
  

  

  [Two 
  superior 
  spirits, 
  Ki 
  tshi 
  Man 
  ido 
  and 
  Dzhe 
  Man 
  ido, 
  

   whose 
  bodies 
  are 
  surrounded 
  by 
  "lines 
  of 
  sacredness," 
  tell 
  the 
  

   Mide 
  where 
  the 
  mysterious 
  remedies 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  The 
  

   vertical 
  waving 
  lines 
  are 
  the 
  lines 
  indicating 
  these 
  communi- 
  

   cations; 
  the 
  horizontal 
  line, 
  at 
  the 
  bottom, 
  is 
  the 
  earth's 
  sur- 
  

   face.] 
  

  

  Ya-ho 
  -hon-ni' 
  -yd. 
  

  

  The 
  Spirit 
  placed 
  medicine 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  let 
  ns 
  take 
  it. 
  

  

  [The 
  arm 
  of 
  Ki 
  tshi 
  Man'ido 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  sacred 
  

   plants, 
  etc. 
  , 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  spots 
  at 
  different 
  horizons 
  in 
  the 
  

   earth. 
  The 
  short 
  vertical 
  and 
  waving 
  lines 
  denote 
  sacredness 
  

   of 
  the 
  objects.] 
  

  

  Nl-wo'-we-ni'-nan 
  ki'-bi-do-na"'. 
  

   I 
  am 
  holding 
  this 
  that 
  I 
  tiring 
  to 
  you. 
  

  

  [The 
  singer 
  sits 
  in 
  the 
  Mide 
  wiwin, 
  and 
  offers 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  

   entrance, 
  by 
  initiation, 
  to 
  the 
  hearer.] 
  

  

  Mide' 
  ni-ka'-nak 
  kish 
  -o-we 
  -ni-ml-ko 
  . 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  found 
  favor 
  in 
  the 
  eyes 
  of 
  my 
  mide' 
  friends. 
  

  

  [The 
  Good 
  Spirit 
  has 
  put 
  life 
  into 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  singer, 
  as 
  

   indicated 
  by 
  the 
  two 
  mysterious 
  arms 
  reaching 
  towards 
  his 
  

   body, 
  i. 
  e., 
  the 
  heart, 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  life.] 
  

  

  Iii 
  the 
  following 
  song 
  (PI. 
  ix, 
  C), 
  the 
  preceptor 
  appears 
  to 
  feel 
  

   satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  candidate 
  is 
  prepared 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  initiation, 
  and 
  

   therefore 
  tells 
  him 
  that 
  the 
  Mide' 
  Man'ido 
  announces 
  to 
  him 
  the 
  

   assurance. 
  The 
  preceptor 
  therefore 
  encourages 
  his 
  pupil 
  with 
  prom- 
  

   ises 
  of 
  the 
  fulfillment 
  of 
  his 
  highest 
  desires. 
  

  

  