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  INITIATION 
  CEREMONIES. 
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  ers, 
  to 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  distribution 
  after 
  the 
  initiation 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  

   day. 
  Several 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  candidate, 
  who 
  are 
  Mide', 
  are 
  stationed 
  

   at 
  the 
  doors 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  to 
  guard 
  against 
  the 
  intrusion 
  of 
  the 
  

   uninitiated, 
  or 
  the 
  possible 
  abstraction 
  of 
  the 
  gifts 
  by 
  strangers. 
  

  

  INITIATION 
  OF 
  CANDIDATE. 
  

  

  The 
  candidate 
  proceeds 
  early 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  initia- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  take 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  sweat-lodge, 
  where 
  he 
  awaits 
  the 
  com- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  his 
  preceptor 
  and 
  the 
  eight 
  officiating 
  priests. 
  He 
  has 
  an 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  tobacco 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  supply 
  all 
  the 
  active 
  partici- 
  

   pants, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  appease 
  any 
  feeling 
  of 
  opposition 
  of 
  the 
  

   man'idos 
  toward 
  the 
  admission 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  candidate, 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  

   offerings 
  of 
  tobacco 
  to 
  the 
  guardian 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  degree 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  After 
  the 
  usual 
  ceremony 
  of 
  smoking 
  individual 
  

   songs 
  are 
  indulged 
  in 
  by 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  until 
  such 
  time 
  as 
  they 
  

   may 
  deem 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  proceed 
  to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  where 
  the 
  mem. 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  have 
  long 
  since 
  gathered 
  and 
  around 
  which 
  is 
  

   scattered 
  the 
  usual 
  crowd 
  of 
  spectators. 
  The 
  candidate 
  leads 
  the 
  

   procession 
  from 
  the 
  sweat-lodge 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'- 
  

   wigan, 
  carrying 
  an 
  ample 
  supply 
  of 
  tobacco 
  and 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  priests 
  

   who 
  chant. 
  When 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  procession 
  arrives 
  at 
  the 
  door 
  

   of 
  the 
  sacred 
  inclosure 
  a 
  halt 
  is 
  made, 
  the 
  priests 
  going 
  forward 
  and 
  

   entering. 
  The 
  drummer, 
  stationed 
  within, 
  begins 
  to 
  drum 
  and 
  sing, 
  

   while 
  the 
  preceptor 
  and 
  chief 
  officiating 
  priest 
  continue 
  their 
  line 
  of 
  

   march 
  around 
  the 
  inclosure. 
  going 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  south 
  or 
  left 
  hand. 
  

   Eight 
  circuits 
  are 
  made, 
  the 
  last 
  terminating 
  at 
  the 
  main 
  or 
  eastern 
  

   entrance. 
  The 
  drumming 
  then 
  ceases 
  and 
  the 
  candidate 
  is 
  taken 
  to 
  

   the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  door, 
  when 
  all 
  the 
  members 
  rise 
  and 
  stand 
  in 
  

   their 
  places. 
  The 
  officiating 
  priests 
  approach 
  and 
  stand 
  near 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure, 
  facing 
  the 
  candidate, 
  when 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  

   says 
  to 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priest 
  beside 
  the 
  latter: 
  O-da'-pin 
  a-se'-nia 
  — 
  

   " 
  Take 
  it, 
  the 
  tobacco," 
  whereupon 
  the 
  Mide' 
  spoken 
  to 
  relieves 
  the 
  

   candidate 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  and 
  carries 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  laid 
  upon 
  a 
  blanket 
  spread 
  upon 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  pre- 
  

   ceptor 
  then 
  takes 
  from 
  the 
  cross-poles 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  blankets 
  or 
  robes 
  

   and 
  gives 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  candidate 
  to 
  hold. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  malevolent 
  

   spirits 
  which 
  oppose 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  a 
  stranger 
  is 
  still 
  supposed 
  to 
  

   remain 
  with 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  its 
  body 
  being 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  serpent, 
  like 
  

   Haines 
  of 
  fire, 
  reaching 
  from 
  the 
  earth 
  to 
  the 
  sky. 
  He 
  is 
  called 
  

   I'-shi-ga-ne'-bi-gog 
  — 
  " 
  Big-Snake." 
  To 
  appease 
  his 
  anger 
  the 
  candi- 
  

   date 
  must 
  make 
  a 
  present; 
  so 
  the 
  preceptor 
  says 
  for 
  the 
  candidate: 
  

  

  Ka-wi 
  '"-ni-na-ga' 
  wa'-ba-ma 
  -si-ba 
  -shi-gi 
  -ne-get' 
  "'. 
  

   Do 
  you 
  not 
  see 
  how 
  he 
  carries 
  the 
  poods 
  ? 
  

  

  This 
  being 
  assented 
  to 
  by 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  the 
  preceptor 
  takes 
  the 
  

   blankets 
  and 
  deposits 
  them 
  near 
  the 
  tobacco 
  upon 
  the 
  ground. 
  

   Slight 
  taps 
  upon 
  the 
  Mide' 
  drum 
  are 
  heard 
  and 
  the 
  candidate 
  is 
  led 
  

  

  