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  INITIATION 
  SONGS. 
  215 
  

  

  After 
  this 
  song 
  is 
  ended 
  the 
  drum 
  is 
  handed 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  sitting 
  near 
  by, 
  when 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  officiating 
  

   priests 
  says 
  to 
  the 
  candidate, 
  who 
  is 
  now 
  placed 
  upon 
  his 
  knees: 
  

  

  Mls-sa'-a-shi'-gwa 
  ki-bo'-gis-se-na-min 
  tshi'-ma-maci 
  bi-rua'-di-si-wm, 
  mi-ne'-sid. 
  

   Now 
  is 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  I 
  hope 
  of 
  you 
  that 
  you 
  shall 
  take 
  life 
  the 
  bead 
  

  

  [mi'gis 
  shell.] 
  

  

  This 
  priest 
  then 
  grasps 
  his 
  Mide' 
  sack 
  as 
  if 
  holding 
  a 
  gun. 
  and, 
  

   clutching 
  it 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  with 
  the 
  left 
  hand 
  extended, 
  while 
  with 
  the 
  

   right 
  he 
  clutches 
  it 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  he 
  aims 
  it 
  

   toward 
  the 
  candidate's 
  left 
  breast 
  and 
  makes 
  a 
  thrust 
  forward 
  to- 
  

   wan 
  1 
  that 
  target 
  uttering 
  the 
  syllables 
  " 
  ya, 
  ho', 
  ho', 
  ho', 
  ho', 
  h5', 
  

   ho'." 
  rapidly, 
  rising 
  to 
  a 
  higher 
  key. 
  He 
  recovers 
  his 
  first 
  position 
  

   and 
  repeats 
  this 
  movement 
  three 
  times, 
  becoming 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  

   animated, 
  the 
  last 
  time 
  making 
  a 
  vigorous 
  gesture 
  toward 
  the 
  kneel- 
  

   ing 
  man's 
  breast 
  as 
  if 
  shooting 
  him. 
  (See 
  Fig. 
  15, 
  page 
  192.) 
  While 
  

   this 
  is 
  going 
  on, 
  the 
  preceptor 
  and 
  his 
  assistants 
  place 
  their 
  hands 
  

   upon 
  the 
  candidate's 
  shoulders 
  and 
  cause 
  his 
  body 
  to 
  tremble. 
  

  

  Then 
  the 
  next 
  Mide', 
  the 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  quartette, 
  goes 
  through 
  a 
  

   similar 
  series 
  of 
  forward 
  movements 
  and 
  thrusts 
  with 
  his 
  Mide' 
  

   sack, 
  uttering 
  similar 
  sounds 
  and 
  shooting 
  the 
  sacred 
  mi'gis— 
  life 
  — 
  

   into 
  the 
  right 
  breast 
  of 
  the 
  candidate, 
  who 
  is 
  agitated 
  still 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  than 
  before. 
  When 
  the 
  third 
  Mide', 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  order 
  of 
  

   precedence, 
  goes 
  through 
  similar 
  gestures 
  and 
  pretends 
  to 
  shoot 
  the 
  

   mi'gis 
  into 
  the 
  candidate's 
  heart, 
  the 
  preceptors 
  assist 
  him 
  to 
  be 
  vio- 
  

   lently 
  agitated. 
  

  

  The 
  leading 
  priest 
  now 
  places 
  himself 
  in 
  a 
  threatening 
  attitude 
  and 
  

   says 
  to 
  the 
  Mide'; 
  " 
  Mi'-dzhi-de'-a-mi-shik'"— 
  " 
  put 
  your 
  helpiug 
  

   heart 
  with 
  me" 
  — 
  , 
  when 
  he 
  imitates 
  his 
  predecessors 
  by 
  saying, 
  

   " 
  ya, 
  ho', 
  ho', 
  h5', 
  ho, 
  ho, 
  ho'," 
  at 
  the 
  fourth 
  time 
  aiming 
  the 
  Mide' 
  

   sack 
  at 
  the 
  candidate's 
  head, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  mi'gis 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  shot 
  

   into 
  it, 
  he 
  falls 
  forward 
  upon 
  the 
  ground, 
  apparently 
  lifeless. 
  

  

  Then 
  the 
  four 
  Mide' 
  priests, 
  the 
  preceptor 
  and 
  the 
  assistant, 
  lay 
  

   their 
  Mide'sacks 
  upon 
  his 
  back 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  few 
  moments 
  a 
  mi'gis 
  

   shell 
  drops 
  from 
  his 
  mouth— 
  where 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  instructed 
  to 
  retain 
  

   it. 
  The 
  chief 
  Mide' 
  picks 
  up 
  the 
  mi'gis 
  and, 
  holding 
  it 
  between 
  the 
  

   thumb 
  and 
  index 
  finger 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  hand, 
  extending 
  his 
  arm 
  toward 
  

   the 
  candidate's 
  mouth 
  says 
  " 
  wa! 
  wa! 
  he 
  he 
  h« 
  lit'," 
  the 
  last 
  syllable 
  

   being 
  uttered 
  in 
  a 
  high 
  key 
  and 
  rapidly 
  dropped 
  to 
  a 
  low 
  note; 
  then 
  

   the 
  same 
  words 
  are 
  uttered 
  while 
  the 
  mi'gis 
  is 
  held 
  toward 
  the 
  east, 
  

   and 
  in 
  regular 
  succession 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  

   then 
  toward 
  the 
  sky. 
  During 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  candidate 
  has 
  begun 
  to 
  

   partially 
  revive 
  and 
  endeavor 
  to 
  get 
  upon 
  his 
  knees, 
  but 
  when 
  the 
  

   Mide' 
  finally 
  places 
  the 
  mi'gis 
  into 
  his 
  mouth 
  again, 
  he 
  instantly 
  

   falls 
  upon 
  the 
  ground, 
  as 
  before. 
  The 
  Mide' 
  then 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  

   sacks, 
  each 
  grasping 
  his 
  own 
  as 
  before, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  pass 
  around 
  the 
  

   inanimate 
  body 
  they 
  touch 
  it 
  at 
  various 
  points, 
  which 
  causes 
  the 
  

  

  