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  THE 
  MIDE 
  WIWIX 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  toward 
  the 
  left 
  on 
  his 
  march 
  round 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  

  

  the 
  officiating 
  priests 
  following 
  and 
  being 
  followed 
  in 
  succession 
  by- 
  

   ail 
  others 
  present. 
  The 
  march 
  continues 
  until 
  the 
  eighth 
  passage 
  

   round, 
  when 
  the 
  members 
  begin 
  to 
  step 
  back 
  into 
  their 
  respective 
  

   places, 
  while 
  the 
  officiating 
  Mide' 
  finally 
  station 
  themselves 
  with 
  

   their 
  backs 
  toward 
  the 
  westernmost 
  degree 
  post, 
  and 
  face 
  the 
  door 
  

   at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  structure. 
  The 
  candidate 
  continues 
  round 
  to 
  the 
  

   western 
  end, 
  faces 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priests, 
  and 
  all 
  sit 
  down. 
  The 
  following 
  

   song 
  is 
  then 
  sung, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  individual 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  can- 
  

   didate 
  (PI. 
  XIII, 
  C). 
  A 
  song 
  is 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ritual, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   accessary 
  that 
  the 
  candidate 
  should 
  sing 
  it. 
  as 
  the 
  preceptor 
  may 
  do 
  

   so 
  for 
  him. 
  In 
  the 
  instance 
  under 
  my 
  observation 
  the 
  song 
  was 
  an 
  

   old 
  one 
  (which 
  had 
  been 
  taught 
  the 
  candidate), 
  as 
  the 
  archaic 
  form 
  

   of 
  pronunciation 
  indicates. 
  Each 
  of 
  the 
  lines 
  is 
  repeated 
  as 
  often 
  as 
  

   the 
  singer 
  may 
  desire, 
  the 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  being 
  governed 
  

   by 
  his 
  inspired 
  condition. 
  The 
  same 
  peculiarity 
  governs 
  the 
  inser- 
  

   tion, 
  between 
  words 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  lines, 
  of 
  apparently 
  meaning- 
  

   less 
  vowel 
  sounds, 
  to 
  reproduce 
  and 
  prolong 
  the 
  last 
  notes 
  sounded. 
  

   This 
  may 
  be 
  done 
  ad 
  libitum, 
  rythmical 
  accentuation 
  being 
  main- 
  

   tained 
  by 
  gently 
  tapping 
  upon 
  the 
  Mide' 
  drum. 
  

  

  Hia 
  -ni-de 
  hen-da 
  man 
  -i-do, 
  ho'. 
  

  

  ni'-sha-bon'-de 
  man 
  -i-do 
  -en-dat. 
  

  

  Where 
  is 
  the 
  spirit 
  lodge? 
  1 
  k" 
  through 
  it. 
  

  

  [The 
  oblong 
  structure 
  represents 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  the 
  arm 
  upon 
  

   the 
  left 
  indicating 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  patli 
  leading 
  through 
  it. 
  the 
  

   latter 
  being 
  shown 
  by 
  a 
  zigzag 
  line.] 
  

  

  Nin-go' 
  : 
  sa 
  mi-de'-kwe 
  ni-ka 
  na'-ska-wa'. 
  

   1 
  am 
  afraid 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  grand 
  medicine 
  " 
  woman; 
  I 
  go 
  to 
  her. 
  

   [A 
  leg 
  is 
  shown 
  to 
  signify 
  locomotion. 
  The 
  singer 
  fears 
  the 
  op- 
  

   position 
  of 
  a 
  Mide 
  priestess 
  and 
  will 
  conciliate 
  her.] 
  

  

  Ka-ni-sa 
  hi 
  -a-tshi 
  -min-de' 
  man 
  -ski-ki 
  . 
  de, 
  he', 
  he'. 
  

  

  Kinsmen 
  who 
  speak 
  of 
  me, 
  they 
  see 
  the 
  striped 
  sky. 
  

  

  [A 
  person 
  of 
  superior 
  power, 
  as 
  designated 
  by 
  the 
  horns 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  the 
  head. 
  The 
  lines 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  signify 
  voice 
  or 
  

   speech, 
  while 
  the 
  horizontal 
  lines 
  denote 
  the 
  stratus 
  clouds, 
  the 
  

   height 
  above 
  the 
  earth 
  of 
  which 
  illustrates 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

   abode 
  of 
  the 
  spirit 
  whose 
  conversation, 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  singer, 
  is 
  

   observed 
  crossing 
  them 
  as 
  short 
  vertical 
  zigzag 
  lines; 
  i. 
  e., 
  voice 
  

   linos.] 
  

  

  ll> 
  

  

  «5±±±±i^ 
  

  

  Ke 
  -na-nan'-do-me 
  ko-nd-ne-nak 
  

  

  ka-ne-he 
  nin-ko 
  -tshi 
  nan 
  -no-rue 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  cloud 
  looks 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  medicine. 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  has 
  become 
  so 
  endowed 
  with 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  magic 
  

   influence 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  preference 
  with 
  the 
  superior 
  Man'idos. 
  The 
  

   magic 
  influence 
  is 
  shown 
  descending 
  to 
  the 
  hand 
  which 
  reaches 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  cloud 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  oblong 
  square 
  upon 
  the 
  fore- 
  

   arm.] 
  

  

  