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  THE 
  MIDKWIH'IN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  Wa-ne 
  -o-ho 
  ne'-ge-shi'-go-ni 
  

   Ko-sa'-we, 
  he', 
  wa-ni'-sha'-na'. 
  

   We 
  have 
  lost 
  the 
  sky 
  [it 
  becomes 
  dark]. 
  

  

  [( 
  llouds 
  obscure 
  the 
  sky. 
  and 
  the 
  arm 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  is 
  reaching 
  up 
  

   into 
  it 
  for 
  its 
  favor 
  of 
  clear 
  weather.] 
  

  

  7 
  -g-4- 
  i 
  ; 
  i 
  4^?— 
  ^— 
  #— 
  *— 
  * 
  I 
  *> 
  -#-* 
  —* 
  — 
  *— 
  r: 
  *—*— 
  *— 
  *— 
  *~ 
  I 
  

  

  Waneo-ho 
  he 
  ne'-ge-shi-go-ni, 
  Wane-o-ho 
  - 
  he 
  ne'-ge-shi-go-ni, 
  

  

  D. 
  C. 
  ad 
  lib. 
  

  

  geaj 
  

  

  Ko'sawefce 
  he 
  wa'nishi-na 
  - 
  ha, 
  waneo-ho 
  - 
  he 
  ne'-ge-shi-go-ni. 
  

  

  Wi-tshi 
  -hi-na'-ne-he, 
  ne', 
  ko', 
  ho', 
  

   ne 
  -ni-wi-tshi-nan'. 
  

   I 
  am 
  helping 
  you. 
  

  

  [The 
  Otter-skin 
  Mide' 
  sack 
  is 
  held 
  up 
  to 
  influence 
  the 
  fitter 
  Spirit 
  

   to 
  aid 
  them.] 
  

  

  Wi'tshihinanehe 
  ne' 
  ko 
  ho', 
  ne'niwi'tshinan, 
  wi'tshihinanehe 
  

  

  D.C. 
  al 
  Fine. 
  

  

  Fine. 
  

  

  

  mmm^m-=^^mw^^ 
  

  

  ko' 
  

  

  hO.' 
  

  

  U 
  - 
  a 
  - 
  ni-ma 
  we 
  u 
  - 
  a 
  - 
  ni-ma 
  we 
  henigwish. 
  

   rj-a'-ni-ma', 
  we', 
  he'-ni-gwJsh. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  made 
  an 
  error 
  (in 
  sending]. 
  

  

  [The 
  Otter-skin 
  Mide' 
  sack 
  has 
  failed 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  desired 
  effect. 
  ] 
  

  

  Rest. 
  

  

  The 
  Mide' 
  women 
  who 
  have 
  gathered 
  without 
  the 
  lodge 
  now 
  

   begin 
  to 
  dance 
  as 
  the 
  song 
  is 
  renewed. 
  

  

  Na-nin-de', 
  he', 
  he-yo-ya, 
  ne'. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  using 
  my 
  heart. 
  

  

  [Refers 
  to 
  sincerity 
  of 
  motives 
  in 
  practice 
  of 
  Mide' 
  ceremony.] 
  

  

  S 
  

  

  