﻿HOFFMAN.] 
  

  

  imi'i,(ii;aiion 
  for 
  clear 
  weather. 
  

  

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  ing 
  and 
  such 
  articles 
  of 
  beaded 
  ornaments 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  possess. 
  The 
  

   preceptor 
  and 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  are 
  also 
  clad 
  in 
  their 
  finest 
  apparel, 
  each 
  

   wearing 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  beaded 
  dancing 
  bags 
  at 
  his 
  side, 
  secured 
  by 
  

   a 
  band 
  of 
  headed 
  cloth 
  crossing 
  the 
  opposite 
  shoulder. 
  The 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  directly 
  concerned 
  in 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   liminaries 
  resort 
  to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  and 
  take 
  seats 
  around 
  the 
  inte- 
  

   rior, 
  near 
  the 
  wall, 
  where 
  they 
  may 
  continue 
  to 
  smoke, 
  or 
  may 
  

   occasionally 
  drum 
  and 
  sing. 
  The 
  drummer, 
  with 
  his 
  assistants, 
  

   takes 
  a 
  place 
  near 
  upon 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  sacred 
  inclosureto 
  the 
  left 
  

   of 
  the 
  eastern 
  entrance, 
  i. 
  e., 
  the 
  southeast 
  corner. 
  

  

  IMPLORATION 
  FOR 
  CLEAR 
  WEATHER. 
  

  

  Should 
  the 
  day 
  open 
  up 
  with 
  a 
  threatening 
  sky, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  

   priests 
  accompanying 
  the 
  candidate 
  sings 
  the 
  following 
  song 
  (PI. 
  x 
  

   B) 
  to 
  dispel 
  the 
  clouds. 
  Each 
  of 
  the 
  lines 
  is 
  repeated 
  an 
  indefinite 
  

   number 
  of 
  times, 
  and 
  after 
  being 
  repeated 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  is 
  sung 
  also 
  

   by 
  the 
  others 
  as 
  an 
  accompaniment. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  words 
  as 
  spoken 
  vary 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  

   when 
  chanted 
  or 
  sung. 
  

  

  Hi-na-ne', 
  he', 
  ki'-ne-na-we' 
  rnan'-i-do. 
  

   I 
  swing 
  the 
  spirit 
  like 
  a 
  child. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  Spirit, 
  showing 
  magic 
  lines 
  radiating 
  from 
  his 
  body. 
  

   The 
  Mide' 
  claims 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  receive 
  special 
  favor.] 
  

  

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  Ki'nana'wein, 
  Ki'nana'wein, 
  Ki'nana'wein, 
  Man'ido'weeg; 
  Ki'nana'wein, 
  

  

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  C. 
  ad 
  lib. 
  

  

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  Ki'nana'wein, 
  Ki'nana'wein, 
  Man'ido'weeg'; 
  Ki'nana'wein, 
  Man'ido'weeg.' 
  

  

  Gi-zhik'-e' 
  ka-hwe' 
  da-mu'-ne. 
  

  

  The 
  sky 
  is 
  what 
  I 
  am 
  telling 
  you 
  about. 
  

  

  [The 
  sky 
  and 
  the 
  earth 
  united 
  by 
  a 
  pathway 
  of 
  possible 
  rain.] 
  

  

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  Ki'zhiga'wida' 
  mu'nede', 
  Ki'zhiga'wida' 
  mu'nede', 
  

  

  Ki'zhiga'wida' 
  

   D. 
  C. 
  ad 
  lib. 
  

  

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  Ki'zhi-ga'wi-da', 
  Ki'zhi-ga'wi-da 
  mu'nede', 
  Ki'zhiga'wida 
  mu'nede'. 
  

  

  