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  THE 
  JUKE 
  W1WIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  0.1 
  1 
  BW 
  A. 
  

  

  ing 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  his 
  visit 
  and 
  afterwards 
  promising 
  to 
  give 
  hirn 
  

   such 
  and 
  such 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  which 
  he 
  may 
  procure. 
  The 
  

   Mide', 
  if 
  satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  gift, 
  produces 
  his 
  pipe 
  and 
  after 
  making 
  

   an 
  offering 
  to 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  for 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  his 
  

   "medicine," 
  and 
  to 
  appease 
  the 
  anger 
  of 
  the 
  man'idfl 
  who 
  controls 
  

   the 
  class 
  of 
  animals 
  desired, 
  sings 
  a 
  song, 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  composi- 
  

   tion, 
  after 
  which 
  he 
  will 
  draw 
  with 
  a 
  sharp-pointed 
  bone 
  or 
  nail, 
  

   upon 
  a 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  birch 
  bark, 
  the 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  desired 
  

   by 
  the 
  applicant. 
  The 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  is 
  indicated 
  

   by 
  a 
  puncture 
  upon 
  which 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  vermilion 
  is 
  carefully 
  

   rubbed, 
  this 
  color 
  being 
  very 
  efficacious 
  toward 
  effecting 
  the 
  cap- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  and 
  the 
  punctured 
  heart 
  insuring 
  its 
  death. 
  

  

  Frequently 
  the 
  heart 
  is 
  indicated 
  by 
  a 
  round 
  or 
  triangular 
  figure, 
  

   from 
  which 
  a 
  line 
  extends 
  toward 
  the 
  mouth, 
  generally 
  designated 
  

   the 
  life 
  line, 
  i. 
  e., 
  that 
  magic 
  power 
  may 
  reach 
  its 
  heart 
  and 
  influ- 
  

   ence 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  designated. 
  

   Fig. 
  20 
  is 
  a 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  

   drawn 
  upon 
  a 
  small 
  oval 
  jjiece 
  of 
  birch 
  

   bark, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  a 
  Mide' 
  to 
  

   fio. 
  20-Hunter's 
  medicine. 
  insure 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  two 
  bears. 
  Another 
  

  

  example 
  is 
  presented 
  in 
  Fig. 
  21, 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  animals 
  being 
  figured 
  

   and 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  vermilion 
  being 
  rubbed 
  upon 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  

   each. 
  In 
  some 
  instances 
  the 
  representation 
  of 
  animal 
  forms 
  is 
  drawn 
  

  

  Fio. 
  21 
  — 
  Hunter's 
  medicine. 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  Mide' 
  not 
  upon 
  birch 
  bark, 
  but 
  directly 
  upon 
  sandy 
  earth 
  or 
  

   a 
  bed 
  of 
  ashes, 
  either 
  of 
  which 
  affords 
  a 
  smooth 
  surface. 
  For 
  this 
  

   purpose 
  he 
  uses 
  a 
  sharply 
  pointed 
  piece 
  of 
  wood, 
  thrusts 
  it 
  into 
  the 
  

   region 
  of 
  the 
  heart, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  sprinkles 
  upon 
  this 
  a 
  small 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  of 
  powder 
  consisting 
  of 
  magic 
  plants 
  and 
  vermilion. 
  These 
  per- 
  

   formances 
  are 
  not 
  conducted 
  in 
  public, 
  but 
  after 
  the 
  regular 
  mystic 
  

   ceremony 
  lias 
  been 
  conducted 
  by 
  the 
  Mide' 
  the 
  information 
  is 
  deliv- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  certain 
  injunctions 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  procedure, 
  direction, 
  

  

  