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  THE 
  mide'wiwin 
  of 
  the 
  ojibvva. 
  

  

  Ki-m'm 
  -no, 
  lie 
  , 
  ki-mun'-i-do'-we, 
  he'-, 
  

   esh'-i-ha'-ni. 
  (As 
  sung.) 
  

  

  Gi-nun 
  -don 
  ni-kan' 
  e-zhi-an. 
  

   I 
  hear 
  you, 
  colleague, 
  what 
  you 
  say 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  [The 
  singer 
  addresses 
  the 
  Otter 
  Spirit, 
  whose 
  figure 
  is 
  emerging 
  

   from 
  the 
  Mide 
  wigan 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  guardian.] 
  

  

  Te 
  -ti-wa 
  -tshi-wi-mo 
  a-ni 
  -me-ga 
  -si. 
  (As 
  sung.) 
  

  

  Te'-ti-wa'-tsho-tag' 
  ni-mi 
  -gl-sint. 
  

  

  He 
  will 
  tell 
  you 
  [of) 
  my 
  mi>,-is 
  

  

  ( 
  — 
  inform 
  you), 
  

   te 
  -ti-wa 
  -tshi-mo-ta' 
  ag. 
  

  

  He 
  it 
  is 
  who 
  will 
  tell 
  you. 
  

  

  [The 
  reference 
  is 
  io 
  a 
  superior 
  spirit 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  

   of 
  horns, 
  and 
  the 
  zigzag 
  line 
  upon 
  the 
  breast. 
  The 
  words 
  signify 
  

   that 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man 
  ido 
  will 
  make 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  candidate 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ence 
  within 
  his 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  mi'gis, 
  when 
  the 
  proper 
  time 
  arrives.] 
  

  

  Rest, 
  or 
  pause, 
  in 
  the 
  song. 
  

  

  During 
  this 
  interval 
  another 
  smoke 
  offering 
  is 
  made, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

  

  Midi 
  5 
  ' 
  priest 
  is 
  joined 
  by 
  the 
  candidate. 
  

  

  Hiu'-a-me 
  -da-ma' 
  ki'-a-wen 
  -da-mag 
  

  

  man 
  -i-do 
  -wit 
  hiu 
  -a-wen'-da-mag. 
  (As 
  sung.) 
  

  

  Ki-win'-da-mag 
  -u-nan 
  man 
  -i-do 
  -wid. 
  

  

  He 
  tells 
  us 
  he 
  is 
  [one] 
  of 
  the 
  man'idos. 
  

  

  [This 
  ma'nido 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  above-named 
  

   phrase. 
  This 
  form 
  is 
  different, 
  the 
  four 
  spots 
  denoting 
  the 
  four 
  

   sacred 
  mi'gis 
  points 
  upon 
  his 
  body, 
  the 
  short 
  radiating 
  lines 
  re- 
  

   ferring 
  to 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  magic 
  powers 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  filled.] 
  

  

  Wa'-sa-wa 
  -dl. 
  he. 
  wen 
  -da-na-ma, 
  

   mi-te'-wi 
  n 
  . 
  (As 
  sung.) 
  

   Wa'-sa-wa 
  -dim 
  -da-na-ma 
  

   I 
  get 
  it 
  from 
  afar 
  

  

  mi-de 
  -wi-win'. 
  

  

  The 
  'grand 
  medicine. 
  11 
  

  

  [The 
  character 
  represents 
  a 
  leg, 
  with 
  a 
  magic 
  line 
  drawn 
  across 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  to 
  signify 
  that 
  the 
  distance 
  is 
  accomplished 
  only 
  

   through 
  the 
  medium 
  of 
  supernatural 
  powers. 
  The 
  place 
  " 
  from 
  

   afar 
  " 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  abode 
  of 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man 
  ido. 
  | 
  

  

  ty 
  

  

  Ki-go 
  -na-bi-hi" 
  e 
  -ni-na 
  mi-te'. 
  (As 
  sung.) 
  

  

  Ki 
  -do 
  -na-bl-in 
  mi-de 
  -wi-win-ui-ni 
  

  

  I 
  place 
  you 
  there 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  grand 
  medicine" 
  (among 
  the 
  " 
  Mide' 
  people") 
  

   a-bit 
  -da-win'. 
  

  

  Half 
  way 
  (in 
  the 
  Mide'wigani. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  priest 
  informs 
  the 
  candidate 
  that 
  the 
  second 
  initia- 
  

   tion 
  will 
  advance 
  the 
  candidate 
  half 
  way 
  into 
  the 
  secrets 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mide 
  wigan. 
  The 
  candidate 
  is 
  then 
  placed 
  so 
  that 
  his 
  body 
  will 
  

   have 
  more 
  magic 
  influence 
  and 
  power 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  zigzag 
  

   lines 
  radiating 
  from 
  it 
  toward 
  the 
  sky.] 
  

  

  