﻿mide' 
  songs. 
  

  

  203 
  

  

  We'-a-kwe'-nink 
  pe-I-e'-rni-wit'-o-wau'. 
  

   When 
  I 
  come 
  out 
  the 
  sky 
  becomes 
  clear. 
  

  

  [When 
  the 
  otter-skin 
  Mide' 
  sack 
  is 
  produced 
  the 
  sky 
  becomes 
  

   clear, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  may 
  proceed.] 
  

  

  We'-kwe-nink' 
  ke-to-nink 
  e'-to-wa'. 
  

   The 
  spirit 
  has 
  given 
  me 
  power 
  to 
  see. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  sits 
  on 
  a 
  mountain 
  the 
  better 
  to 
  commune 
  with 
  the 
  

   Good 
  Spirit.] 
  

  

  Mi'-sha-kwat'-ni-yo'. 
  

  

  I 
  brought 
  the 
  medicine 
  to 
  bring 
  life. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  Man'ido, 
  the 
  Thunderer, 
  after 
  bringing 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   plants 
  — 
  by 
  causing 
  the 
  rains 
  to 
  fall 
  — 
  returns 
  to 
  the 
  sky. 
  The 
  short 
  

   line 
  represents 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  circular 
  line 
  usually 
  employed 
  to 
  desig- 
  

   nate 
  the 
  imaginary 
  vault 
  of 
  the 
  sky.] 
  

  

  Me'-ka-ye 
  -nlnk 
  te'-a-ye-am-ban. 
  

   I. 
  too, 
  see 
  how 
  much 
  there 
  is. 
  

  

  [His 
  power 
  elevates 
  the 
  Mide' 
  to 
  the 
  rank 
  of 
  a 
  man'ido, 
  from 
  

   which 
  point 
  he 
  perceives 
  many 
  secrets 
  hidden 
  in 
  the 
  earth.] 
  

  

  In-de 
  -be- 
  nil 
  -ko. 
  

   I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  the 
  medicine 
  lodge. 
  

  

  [The 
  vertical 
  left-hand 
  figure 
  denotes 
  a 
  leg 
  going 
  toward 
  the 
  

   Mide'wigan.] 
  

  

  cw^^5) 
  

  

  In-de 
  -bi-bi 
  -to". 
  

  

  I 
  take 
  life 
  from 
  the 
  sky. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  is 
  enabled 
  to 
  reach 
  into 
  the 
  sky 
  and 
  to 
  obtain 
  from 
  

   Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  prolonging 
  life. 
  The 
  circle 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  

   denotes 
  the 
  sacred 
  mi'gis, 
  or 
  shell.] 
  

  

  No-a'-wi 
  -mi-ko'. 
  

  

  Let 
  us 
  talk 
  to 
  one 
  another. 
  

  

  [The 
  circles 
  denote 
  the 
  places 
  of 
  the 
  speaker 
  (Mide) 
  and 
  the 
  

   hearer 
  (Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido), 
  the 
  short 
  lines 
  signifying 
  magic 
  influ- 
  

   ences, 
  the 
  Mide' 
  occupying 
  the 
  left 
  hand 
  and 
  smaller 
  seat.] 
  

  

  Man'-i-do-ye-na'-ni 
  ni-kan'. 
  

   The 
  spirit 
  is 
  in 
  my 
  body, 
  my 
  friend. 
  

  

  [The 
  mi'gis, 
  given 
  by 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido, 
  is 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  

   Mide"s 
  body, 
  and 
  he 
  is 
  possessed 
  of 
  life 
  and 
  power.] 
  

  

  From 
  ten 
  days 
  to 
  two 
  weeks 
  before 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  initiation, 
  the 
  chief 
  

   Mide' 
  priest 
  sends 
  out 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  members 
  invitations, 
  which 
  consist 
  

   of 
  sticks 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick 
  and 
  6 
  or 
  7 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  

   courier 
  is 
  charged 
  with 
  giving 
  to 
  the 
  person 
  invited 
  explicit 
  infor- 
  

   mation 
  as 
  to 
  tin' 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony 
  and 
  the 
  locality 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  

  

  