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  THE 
  MIDK 
  WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  Gi-man 
  -i-cir> 
  -we, 
  ni 
  -tue-ne 
  -ki-nan 
  

  

  wan-da. 
  

  

  Gi'-a-wingk, 
  gi-man 
  '-i-do 
  -a-ni-min 
  , 
  

  

  Your 
  body, 
  1 
  believe 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  spirit. 
  

  

  Gi-a-wmgk. 
  

  

  your 
  body 
  

  

  [The 
  first 
  line 
  is 
  sung, 
  but 
  the 
  last 
  word 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  satisfactorily 
  

   explained. 
  The 
  first 
  word, 
  as 
  now 
  pronounced, 
  is 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido, 
  and 
  

   the 
  song 
  is 
  addressed 
  to 
  him. 
  The 
  curved 
  line, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  arm 
  

   protudes, 
  is 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  and 
  the 
  arm 
  itself 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  speaker 
  in 
  

   the 
  attitude 
  of 
  adoration: 
  reaching 
  upward 
  in 
  worsliip 
  and 
  supplica- 
  

   tion.] 
  

  

  Pi-ne-si 
  ne'-pi-mi 
  -a 
  ni"'-ge-ge'-kwe-a 
  n 
  

  

  The 
  bird 
  as 
  I 
  promise 
  the 
  falcon 
  

  

  rm-we'-tshi-man'-i-do'-wid. 
  

  

  the 
  reason 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [The 
  second 
  word 
  is 
  of 
  archaic 
  form 
  and 
  no 
  agreement 
  concerning 
  

   its 
  correct 
  signification 
  could 
  be 
  reached 
  hy 
  the 
  Mide'. 
  The 
  meaning 
  

   of 
  the 
  phrase 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  promised 
  to 
  create 
  the 
  

   Thunder-bird, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  man'idos. 
  The 
  falcon 
  is 
  here 
  taken 
  as 
  a 
  rep- 
  

   resentative 
  of 
  that 
  deity, 
  the 
  entire 
  group 
  of 
  Thunderers 
  being 
  termed 
  

   a-ni'-mi-ki'.] 
  

  

  Zhin-gwe 
  mi 
  -shi-ma-kwa' 
  

  

  Makes 
  a 
  great 
  noise 
  the 
  bear. 
  

  

  we" 
  -dzhi-wa-ba-mok-kwed 
  kun-net'. 
  

  

  the 
  reason 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  flame. 
  

  

  [The 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  bear 
  represents 
  the 
  great 
  bear 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  

   malevolent 
  type, 
  a 
  band 
  about 
  his 
  body 
  indicating 
  his 
  spirit 
  form. 
  By 
  

   means 
  of 
  his 
  power- 
  and 
  influence 
  the 
  singer 
  has 
  become 
  endowed 
  with 
  

   the 
  ability 
  of 
  changing 
  his 
  form 
  into 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  bear, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  guise 
  

   accomplishing 
  good 
  or 
  evil. 
  The 
  reference 
  to 
  flame 
  (fire) 
  denotes 
  the 
  

   class 
  of 
  conjurers 
  or 
  Shamans 
  to 
  which 
  this 
  power 
  is 
  granted, 
  i.e., 
  the 
  

   Wabeno, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  degree 
  this 
  power 
  is 
  reached 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  re- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  further 
  on.] 
  

  

  Ni'-a-wen'-din-da-sa', 
  ha', 
  sa', 
  man'-i-do-wid. 
  

  

  Gi'-a-wingk 
  in 
  -do-sa 
  man'-i-do'-wid. 
  

  

  In 
  your 
  body 
  I 
  put 
  it 
  the 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [The 
  first 
  line 
  is 
  sung, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  the 
  modern 
  style 
  of 
  spoken 
  lan- 
  

   guage. 
  The 
  second 
  line 
  signifies 
  that 
  the 
  arm 
  of 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man 
  ido, 
  

   through 
  the 
  intermediary 
  of 
  the 
  Mide 
  priest, 
  will 
  put 
  the 
  spirit, 
  i. 
  e., 
  

   the 
  mi'gis. 
  into 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  candidate.] 
  

  

  The 
  singer 
  accompanies 
  his 
  song 
  either 
  hy 
  using 
  a 
  short 
  baton 
  of 
  

   wood, 
  termed 
  " 
  singing 
  stick" 
  or 
  the 
  Mide' 
  drum. 
  After 
  the 
  song 
  

   is 
  completed 
  another 
  present 
  of 
  tobacco 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  preceptor, 
  and 
  

   after 
  making 
  an 
  offering 
  of 
  smoke 
  both 
  persons 
  return 
  to 
  their 
  re- 
  

   spective 
  wig'iwams. 
  Later 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  the 
  preceptor 
  calls 
  upon 
  

   tin' 
  candidate, 
  when 
  both, 
  with 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  friends, 
  carry 
  the 
  

   presents 
  to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  suspended 
  from 
  the 
  raft- 
  

  

  