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  THE 
  midk'wiwin 
  ok 
  the 
  o.iibwa. 
  

  

  Ba'-dzhl-ke'-o 
  gi'-mand 
  ma-bis'-in-da'-a. 
  

  

  I 
  hear 
  the 
  spirit 
  speaking 
  to 
  u-^ 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide 
  singer 
  is 
  of 
  superior 
  power, 
  as 
  designated 
  by 
  the 
  

   horns 
  and 
  apex 
  upon 
  his 
  head. 
  The 
  lines 
  from 
  the 
  ears 
  indi- 
  

   cate 
  hearing.] 
  

  

  Kwa-yak 
  -in 
  di'-sha 
  in-da'-ya". 
  

   I 
  am 
  going 
  into 
  the 
  medicine 
  lodge. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide'wigan 
  is 
  shown 
  with 
  a 
  line 
  through 
  it 
  to 
  signify 
  

   that 
  he 
  is 
  going 
  through 
  it, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  initiation.] 
  

  

  Kwe 
  -tshl-ko-wa'-ya 
  ti'-na-man. 
  

  

  Iam 
  taking 
  (gathering) 
  medicine 
  t<> 
  make 
  me 
  live. 
  

   [The 
  discs 
  indicate 
  sacred 
  objects 
  within 
  reach 
  of 
  the 
  

   speaker. 
  | 
  

  

  O-wi-yo 
  -in 
  en 
  -do-ma 
  mak 
  -kwin-en 
  -do-ma. 
  

   I 
  give 
  you 
  medicine, 
  and 
  a 
  lodge, 
  also. 
  

  

  . 
  [The 
  Hide', 
  as 
  the 
  personator 
  of 
  Makwa' 
  Man'ido, 
  is 
  empow- 
  

  

  4 
  F 
  ered 
  to 
  offer 
  this 
  privilege 
  to 
  the 
  candidate.] 
  

  

  O-we'-nen 
  be-mi 
  -set. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  flying 
  into 
  my 
  lodge. 
  

  

  [Represents 
  the 
  Thunder-Bird, 
  a 
  deity 
  flying 
  into 
  the 
  arch 
  of 
  

   the 
  sky. 
  The 
  short 
  lines 
  denote 
  the 
  (so-called 
  spirit 
  lines) 
  

   abode 
  of 
  spirits 
  or 
  Man'idos.] 
  

  

  Na-ni'-ne 
  kwe-we-an. 
  

  

  The 
  Spirit 
  has 
  dropped 
  medicine 
  from 
  the 
  sky 
  where 
  we 
  can 
  get 
  n 
  

   [The 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  sky. 
  diverging 
  to 
  various 
  points, 
  indicates 
  

   that 
  the 
  sacred 
  objects 
  occur 
  in 
  scattered 
  places. 
  1 
  

  

  He'-wog, 
  e, 
  e'. 
  

   I 
  have 
  llif 
  medicine 
  in 
  my 
  heart 
  . 
  

  

  [The 
  singer's 
  body 
  — 
  i. 
  e.. 
  heart 
  — 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  knowledge 
  re- 
  

   lating 
  to 
  sacred 
  medicines 
  from 
  the 
  earth.] 
  

  

  