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   mide' 
  therapeutics. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  time 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  candidate 
  is 
  instructed 
  in 
  

   the 
  foregoing 
  traditions, 
  myths, 
  and 
  songs 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  Mide' 
  

   plants 
  is 
  a'so 
  discussed. 
  The 
  information 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  identi- 
  

   fication 
  and 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  vegetable 
  substances 
  is 
  not 
  im- 
  

   parted 
  in 
  regular 
  order, 
  only 
  one 
  plant 
  or 
  preparation, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  two, 
  

   being 
  enlarged 
  upon 
  at 
  a 
  specified 
  consultation. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  the 
  

   candidate 
  is 
  taken 
  into 
  the 
  woods 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  that 
  a 
  specified 
  

   plant 
  or 
  tree 
  may 
  be 
  found, 
  when 
  a 
  smoke 
  offering 
  is 
  made 
  before 
  

   the 
  object 
  is 
  pulled 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  soil, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  pinch 
  of 
  tobacco 
  put 
  

   into 
  the 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  taken. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  of- 
  

   fering 
  to 
  N( 
  iko'mis 
  — 
  the 
  earth, 
  the 
  grandmother 
  of 
  mankind 
  — 
  for 
  the 
  

   benefits 
  which 
  are 
  derived 
  from 
  her 
  body 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  placed 
  

   by 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  are 
  presented, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  practicable, 
  the 
  bo- 
  

   tanical 
  and 
  common 
  names 
  of 
  these, 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  few 
  instances 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  plants 
  were 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  had. 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  foreign 
  to 
  that 
  

   portion 
  of 
  Minnesota 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  investigations 
  were 
  made; 
  a 
  few 
  

   of 
  them, 
  also, 
  were 
  not 
  identified 
  by 
  the 
  preceptors, 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  out 
  

   of 
  season. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  in 
  this 
  list 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  infusions 
  and 
  

   decoctions 
  which 
  are, 
  from 
  a 
  medical 
  and 
  scientific 
  standpoint, 
  spe- 
  

   cific 
  remedies 
  for 
  the 
  complaints 
  for 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  recommended. 
  

   It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  long 
  continued 
  intercourse 
  between 
  theOjibwa 
  

   and 
  the 
  Catholic 
  Fathers, 
  who 
  were 
  tolerably 
  well 
  versed 
  in 
  the 
  

   ruder 
  forms 
  of 
  medication, 
  had 
  much 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  improving 
  an 
  older 
  

   and 
  purely 
  aboriginal 
  form 
  of 
  practicing 
  medical 
  magic. 
  In 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  remedies 
  mentioned 
  belowthere 
  may 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  philosophic 
  

   reasons 
  for 
  their 
  administration, 
  but 
  upon 
  closer 
  investigation 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  learned 
  that 
  the 
  cure 
  is 
  not 
  attributed 
  to 
  a 
  regulation 
  or 
  resto- 
  

   ration 
  of 
  functional 
  derangement, 
  but 
  to 
  the 
  removal 
  or 
  even 
  expul- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  malevolent 
  beings 
  — 
  commonly 
  designated 
  as 
  bad 
  Man'idos 
  — 
  

   supposed 
  to 
  have 
  taken 
  possession 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  in 
  which 
  

   such 
  derangement 
  appears 
  most 
  conspicuous. 
  Further 
  reference 
  to 
  

   the 
  mythic 
  properties 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  employed 
  will 
  lie 
  made 
  

   at 
  the 
  proper 
  time. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  word 
  Mashki 
  kiwa'bu" 
  — 
  medicine 
  broth— 
  signifies 
  

   liquid 
  medical 
  preparations, 
  the 
  term 
  is 
  usually 
  employed 
  in 
  a 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  sense 
  to 
  pertain 
  to 
  the 
  entire 
  materia 
  medica; 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  

   tlie 
  alleged 
  medscinal 
  virtues 
  extolled 
  by 
  the 
  preceptors, 
  certain 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  plants 
  enumerated 
  are 
  eaten 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  some 
  

   mythic 
  reason, 
  or 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  or 
  manufacture 
  of 
  

   habitations, 
  utensils, 
  and 
  weapons, 
  because 
  of 
  some 
  supposed 
  super- 
  

   natural 
  origin 
  or 
  property, 
  an 
  explanation 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  for- 
  

   gotten. 
  

  

  