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  THE 
  MIDK 
  WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  candidate 
  to 
  ''return 
  to 
  life." 
  The 
  chief 
  priest 
  then 
  says 
  to 
  him, 
  

   " 
  O'niishga'n"— 
  "get 
  up" 
  — 
  which 
  he 
  does; 
  then 
  indicating 
  to 
  the 
  

   holder 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  drum 
  to 
  bring 
  that 
  to 
  him, 
  he 
  begins 
  tapping 
  

   and 
  presently 
  sings 
  the 
  following 
  song: 
  

  

  Allegretto. 
  

  

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  ■- 
  

  

  

  Mi'-si-ni-eu' 
  - 
  di-an 
  Mi'si-ni-en' 
  - 
  di-an 
  

  

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  r> 
  

  

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  s 
  

  

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  — 
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  Mi'-si 
  - 
  ni 
  - 
  en' 
  - 
  dian, 
  Mi'si-ni-en' 
  - 
  di-an,Mi'-si 
  - 
  ui 
  - 
  en' 
  - 
  di 
  an 
  

  

  ft 
  

  

  A 
  

  

  D.C. 
  ad 
  lib. 
  Sting 
  last 
  time. 
  

  

  —t- 
  

  

  .X 
  

  

  D.C. 
  ud 
  lib. 
  

  

  Mi'-si 
  -ni 
  - 
  en' 
  - 
  di-an, 
  Ni-kan 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  of 
  the 
  text 
  signify. 
  "This 
  is 
  what 
  I 
  am, 
  my 
  fellow 
  

   Mide'; 
  I 
  fear 
  all 
  my 
  fellow 
  Mide'." 
  The 
  last 
  syllables, 
  hlu', 
  are 
  

   meaningless. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  the 
  preceptor 
  prompts 
  the 
  candi- 
  

   date 
  to 
  ask 
  the 
  chief 
  Mide': 
  

  

  Ni-kan' 
  k'ke'-no'-mo', 
  ma"-dzhi'-an 
  na'-ka-mo'-in. 
  

   Colleague 
  instruct 
  me, 
  give 
  me 
  a 
  song. 
  

  

  In 
  response 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  Mide' 
  teaches 
  him 
  the 
  following, 
  which 
  

   is 
  uttered 
  as 
  a 
  monotonous 
  chant, 
  viz: 
  

  

  We'-go-nen' 
  ge-gwed-dzhi-me-an', 
  mi-de 
  -wi-win 
  ke-kwed'-dzhi-me-an'? 
  Ki 
  -ka- 
  

   What 
  are 
  you 
  asking. 
  grand 
  medicine 
  are 
  you 
  asking? 
  I 
  will 
  

  

  mi'-nin 
  en-da-wen'-da 
  ma-wi'-nen 
  mi-de'-wi-win 
  tshi-da-si-ne'-ga'-na-win 
  -da-mon; 
  

   give 
  you 
  you 
  want 
  me 
  to 
  give 
  you 
  " 
  grand 
  medicine 
  " 
  always 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  ; 
  

  

  ki-fa'-tshun-di'-ne-ma 
  -so-win, 
  tsho'-a-wa'-nin 
  di'-se-wan. 
  

  

  you 
  have 
  received 
  it 
  yourself 
  , 
  never 
  forget. 
  

  

  To 
  this 
  the 
  candidate, 
  who 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  member, 
  replies, 
  e", 
  yes, 
  i. 
  e., 
  

  

  assent, 
  fully 
  agreeing 
  with 
  the 
  statement 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Mide', 
  and 
  

  

  adds: 
  

  

  Mi-gwetsh' 
  a-shi'-wa-ka-kish'-da-win 
  be-ma 
  -di 
  si 
  -an. 
  

  

  Thanks 
  for 
  giving 
  to 
  me 
  life. 
  

  

  Then 
  the 
  priests 
  begin 
  to 
  look 
  around 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  spaces 
  in 
  which 
  

   to 
  scat 
  themselves, 
  saying: 
  

  

  