﻿HOFFMAN.] 
  

  

  MIDE' 
  SONGS 
  

  

  23S 
  

  

  Rest, 
  after 
  which 
  dancing 
  begins. 
  

  

  Wa-tshu 
  -a-ne 
  ke 
  -ba-bing 
  -e-on', 
  wa-dzhu 
  . 
  

   Going 
  into 
  the 
  mountains. 
  

  

  [Tlie 
  singer's 
  thoughts 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  summit 
  to 
  commune 
  with 
  

   Ki 
  tshi 
  Man 
  ido. 
  He 
  is 
  shown 
  upon 
  the 
  summit.] 
  

  

  Hi 
  -me-de-wa 
  hen 
  -de-a 
  he 
  -na. 
  

   The 
  grand 
  medicine 
  affects 
  me. 
  

  

  [In 
  his 
  condition 
  lie 
  appeals 
  to 
  Ki 
  tshi 
  Man 
  ido 
  for 
  aid. 
  

   arms 
  represent 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  supplication.] 
  

  

  The 
  

  

  Hai'-an-go 
  ho'-ya 
  o'-ge-ma, 
  ha'. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  goes 
  out. 
  

  

  [The 
  arms 
  grasp 
  a 
  bear 
  — 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man 
  ido 
  — 
  and 
  the 
  singer 
  in- 
  

   timates 
  that 
  he 
  desires 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  that 
  powerful 
  spirit, 
  wdio 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  guardians 
  of 
  the 
  Midi" 
  wigan. 
  ] 
  

  

  Nish'-o-we 
  ni-me'-hi-go, 
  he', 
  ni-go'-tshi-mi 
  -go-we, 
  he'. 
  

   Have 
  pity 
  on 
  me 
  wherever 
  I 
  have 
  medicine. 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  magic 
  influence, 
  upon 
  the 
  strength 
  

   of 
  which 
  he 
  asks 
  the 
  Bear 
  to 
  pity 
  and 
  to 
  aid 
  him.] 
  

  

  Wi 
  -so-mi'-ko-we 
  he-a-za-we-ne-ne-go', 
  ho'. 
  

   I 
  am 
  the 
  beaver; 
  have 
  pity 
  on 
  me. 
  

  

  [This 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  the 
  original 
  maker 
  of 
  the 
  mnemonic 
  

   song 
  was 
  of 
  the 
  Beaver 
  totem 
  or 
  gens.] 
  

  

  Hen 
  -ta-no-wik 
  -ko-we 
  de-wen 
  -da 
  en-da-a 
  -dan. 
  

   I 
  wish 
  to 
  know 
  what 
  is 
  the 
  matter 
  with 
  me 
  

  

  [The 
  singer 
  feels 
  peculiarly 
  impressed 
  by 
  his 
  surroundings 
  in 
  

   the 
  Mide 
  wigan. 
  because 
  the 
  sacred 
  man 
  idos 
  have 
  filled 
  his 
  body 
  

   with 
  magic 
  powers. 
  These 
  are 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  zigzag 
  or 
  waving 
  

   lines 
  descending 
  to 
  the 
  earth.] 
  

  

  As 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  lines 
  or 
  verses 
  is 
  sung 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   tracted 
  manner 
  as 
  to 
  appear 
  like 
  a 
  distinct 
  song, 
  the 
  dancers, 
  during 
  

   the 
  intervals 
  of 
  rest, 
  always 
  retire 
  to 
  their 
  places 
  and 
  sit 
  down. 
  

  

  