﻿HOFFMAN.] 
  

  

  Pc 
  

  

  mide' 
  songs. 
  211 
  

  

  Sun'-gis-ni 
  de'-wit-ka-ne. 
  he 
  , 
  

   wi-no'-wo-he'-she-wat' 
  man 
  -i-do-wi-tshik. 
  

   I 
  am 
  the 
  strongest 
  medicine, 
  is 
  what 
  is 
  said 
  of 
  me. 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  compares 
  himself 
  to 
  Makwa' 
  Man 
  ido, 
  the 
  Bear 
  

   Spirit.] 
  

  

  Hwo-ba-mi 
  -de, 
  hwo'-ba-mi'-de, 
  man-e-do 
  

  

  na 
  -wa-gi-zhik. 
  

  

  The 
  spirit 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  sky 
  sees 
  me. 
  

  

  [The 
  upper 
  spot 
  denotes 
  the 
  abode 
  of 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man 
  ido. 
  the 
  "line 
  

   of 
  vision'' 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  speaker, 
  shown 
  at 
  a 
  corresponding 
  

   spot 
  below.] 
  

  

  Ni-wi-we'-wai-a-de' 
  hi'-me 
  nai 
  -o-na'. 
  

   I 
  take 
  my 
  sack 
  and 
  touch 
  him. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide 
  will 
  use 
  his 
  sacred 
  Otter-skin 
  sack 
  to 
  touch 
  the 
  can- 
  

   didate.] 
  

  

  Man 
  -i-do 
  wi-kan-e 
  , 
  mi-de'-yo. 
  

  

  My 
  medicine 
  is 
  the 
  sacred 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  professes 
  to 
  have 
  received 
  the 
  divine 
  gift 
  from 
  Ki'tshi 
  

   Man'ido; 
  the 
  gifts 
  are 
  seen 
  descending 
  to 
  the 
  hand 
  held 
  up 
  to 
  re- 
  

   ceive 
  them.] 
  

  

  Ha-ni-ne' 
  ku-me' 
  ni-kan-ne? 
  

  

  How 
  do 
  you 
  answer 
  me, 
  my 
  Mide' 
  friends 
  ? 
  

  

  [This 
  is 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  Mide 
  priests 
  (Nika 
  ni) 
  present, 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  

   inquiry 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  willingness 
  to 
  proceed. 
  The 
  Mide 
  wigan 
  is 
  shown, 
  

   the 
  line 
  running 
  horizontally 
  through 
  it 
  the 
  path 
  of 
  the 
  candidate 
  

   (or 
  one 
  who 
  has 
  gone 
  through), 
  the 
  two 
  spots 
  within 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  

   the 
  sacred 
  stone 
  and 
  the 
  post, 
  while 
  the 
  spot 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  

   outside 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure 
  denotes 
  the 
  beginning, 
  or 
  the 
  sw 
  T 
  eat-lodge, 
  

   symbolizing 
  the 
  circle 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  upon 
  the 
  Mide 
  chart 
  (PL 
  III), 
  

   those 
  upon 
  the 
  left 
  denoting 
  the 
  three 
  possible 
  degrees 
  of 
  advance- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  the 
  future.] 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  brief 
  interval, 
  during 
  

   which 
  all 
  partake 
  of 
  a 
  smoke 
  in 
  perfect 
  silence, 
  making 
  the 
  usual 
  

   offerings 
  to 
  the 
  four 
  points 
  of 
  the 
  compass, 
  to 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido', 
  and 
  

   toward 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  The 
  preceptor 
  then 
  says: 
  

  

  Mis-sa'i'-a-shi-gwa, 
  rnis-sa 
  -a-shi 
  -gwa- 
  non'-do-nfing; 
  ka-kin-na 
  

  

  Now 
  is 
  the 
  time, 
  now 
  is 
  the 
  time 
  he 
  hears 
  us; 
  all 
  of 
  us 
  

  

  ka-kin'-na-gi-non 
  -do-da'g-u-nan' 
  ga-o'-shl-dot 
  mide 
  -wl 
  -win. 
  

  

  he 
  hears 
  us 
  all 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  made 
  the 
  mide 
  wiwin. 
  

  

  After 
  this 
  monologue 
  he 
  continues, 
  and 
  addresses 
  to 
  the 
  candidate 
  

  

  the 
  mide 
  gagl'kwewin', 
  or 
  Mide' 
  sermon, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  language, 
  

  

  viz 
  : 
  

  

  An-be 
  -bi-sin 
  -di-wi 
  -shin. 
  wa'-i-ni 
  -nan; 
  kesh 
  -pin-pe 
  .-sin-da 
  -nin-vvin 
  

  

  now 
  listen 
  to 
  me 
  what 
  I 
  am 
  about 
  to 
  say 
  If 
  you 
  take 
  heed 
  of 
  that 
  

  

  to 
  you 
  ; 
  which 
  I 
  say 
  to 
  you 
  

  

  r* 
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