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  INITIATION 
  SONGS. 
  

  

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  Hi'-sha-we-ne'-me-go', 
  he', 
  ne'. 
  

  

  Ni-go 
  -tshi-rni, 
  he. 
  (As 
  sung.) 
  

  

  Ni'-sha-we-ni-mi-go 
  e 
  -ne-ma 
  -bi-dzhik. 
  

  

  They 
  have 
  pity 
  "n 
  me 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  sitting 
  here, 
  

  

  I 
  This 
  request 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  invisible 
  man 
  idos 
  who 
  congregate 
  

   in 
  the 
  Mide 
  wigan 
  du-ing 
  the 
  ceremonies, 
  and 
  the 
  statement 
  im- 
  

   plies 
  that 
  they 
  approve 
  of 
  the 
  candidate's 
  advancement.] 
  

  

  Another 
  smoke 
  offering 
  is 
  made 
  upon 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  this 
  song, 
  

   after 
  which 
  both 
  individuals 
  retire 
  to 
  their 
  respective 
  habitations. 
  

   Upon 
  the 
  following 
  day, 
  that 
  being 
  the 
  one 
  immediately 
  preceding 
  

   the 
  day 
  of 
  ceremony, 
  the 
  candidate 
  again 
  repairs 
  to 
  the 
  sudatory 
  to 
  

   take 
  a 
  last 
  vapor 
  bath, 
  after 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  awaits 
  the 
  

   coming 
  of 
  his 
  preceptor 
  for 
  final 
  conversation 
  and 
  communion 
  with 
  

   man'idos 
  respecting 
  the 
  step 
  he 
  is 
  prepared 
  to 
  take 
  upon 
  the 
  morrow. 
  

  

  The 
  preceptor's 
  visit 
  is 
  merely 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  singing 
  to 
  the 
  

   candidate, 
  and 
  impressing 
  him 
  with 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  rites 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  After 
  making 
  the 
  usual 
  offering 
  of 
  tobacco 
  smoke 
  

   the 
  preceptor 
  becomes 
  inspired 
  and 
  sings 
  a 
  song, 
  the 
  following 
  being 
  

   a 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  employed 
  by 
  him 
  at 
  this 
  stage 
  of 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   paratory 
  instruction. 
  (See 
  PI. 
  xm 
  B.) 
  

  

  Man 
  -i-do 
  ', 
  he, 
  ne, 
  man 
  -i-do 
  . 
  he', 
  ne'. 
  

  

  Spirit, 
  spirit, 
  

  

  Ni 
  -man-i-do 
  win 
  -da-bi-an'. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  a 
  spirit 
  (is) 
  the 
  reason 
  why 
  I 
  am 
  here. 
  

  

  [The 
  zigzag 
  lines 
  extending 
  downward 
  and 
  outward 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   indicate 
  singing. 
  He 
  has 
  reached 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  ido, 
  and 
  is 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  empowered 
  to 
  sit 
  within 
  the 
  sacred 
  inclosure 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  

   to 
  which 
  he 
  alludes.] 
  

  

  Da'-bi-wa-ni 
  , 
  ha', 
  he', 
  

  

  A 
  n 
  '-nin, 
  e-ko 
  -we-an 
  . 
  

  

  Drifting 
  snow, 
  why 
  do 
  I 
  sing. 
  

  

  [The 
  first 
  line 
  is 
  sung, 
  but 
  no 
  interpretation 
  of 
  the 
  words 
  could 
  be 
  

   obtained, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  alleged 
  that 
  the 
  second 
  line 
  contained 
  the 
  idea 
  to 
  

   be 
  expressed. 
  The 
  horizontal 
  curve 
  denotes 
  the 
  sky, 
  the 
  vertical 
  zig- 
  

   zag 
  lines 
  indicating 
  falling 
  snow— 
  though 
  being 
  exactly 
  like 
  the 
  lines 
  

   employed 
  to 
  denote 
  rain. 
  The 
  drifting 
  snow 
  is 
  likened 
  to 
  a 
  shower 
  of 
  

   delicate 
  mi 
  gis 
  shells 
  or 
  spots, 
  and 
  inquiry 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  it 
  to 
  account 
  for 
  

   the 
  feeling 
  of 
  inspiration 
  experienced 
  by 
  the 
  singer, 
  as 
  this 
  shower 
  of 
  

   mi 
  gis 
  descends 
  from 
  the 
  abode 
  of 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  and 
  is 
  therefore, 
  in 
  

   this 
  instance, 
  looked 
  upon 
  as 
  sacred.] 
  

  

  Rest, 
  or 
  pause. 
  

  

  