﻿HOFFMiN] 
  INITIATION 
  CEREMONIES. 
  235 
  

  

  he! 
  he! 
  he! 
  he! 
  and 
  pretends 
  to 
  swallow 
  it, 
  this 
  time 
  only 
  reeling 
  

   from 
  its 
  effects 
  He 
  is 
  now 
  restored 
  to 
  a 
  new 
  life 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  

   time; 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  priests 
  go 
  to 
  seek 
  seats 
  he 
  is 
  left 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  

   side 
  and 
  seats 
  himself 
  . 
  After 
  all 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  occupied 
  with 
  

   the 
  initiation 
  have 
  hung 
  up 
  their 
  mide' 
  sacks 
  on 
  available 
  projections 
  

   agamst 
  the 
  wall 
  or 
  branches, 
  the 
  new 
  member 
  goes 
  forward 
  to 
  the 
  

   ile 
  of 
  tobacco, 
  blankets, 
  and 
  other 
  gifts 
  and 
  divides 
  them 
  among 
  

   those 
  present, 
  giving 
  the 
  larger 
  portions 
  to 
  the 
  officiating 
  priests 
  

   He 
  then 
  passes 
  around 
  once 
  more, 
  stopping 
  before 
  each 
  one 
  to 
  pass 
  

   his 
  hands 
  over 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  priests" 
  heads, 
  and 
  says: 
  

  

  Mi-gwetsh' 
  ga-shi-to'- 
  win 
  bi-ma'-di-si-wm,' 
  

  

  Thanks 
  for 
  giving 
  to 
  me 
  life, 
  

  

  after 
  which 
  he 
  retreats 
  a 
  step, 
  and 
  clasping 
  his 
  hands 
  and 
  bowing 
  

   toward 
  the 
  priest, 
  says: 
  B 
  

  

  Ni-ka'-ni 
  ni-ka 
  ni 
  ni-ka'-ni 
  ka-nia 
  , 
  

   fellow 
  mide' 
  fellow 
  mide' 
  fellow 
  mide', 
  

  

  to 
  which 
  each 
  responds 
  hau', 
  e". 
  The 
  word 
  hau' 
  is 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  appro- 
  

   bation, 
  e" 
  signifying 
  yes, 
  or 
  affirmation, 
  the 
  two 
  thus 
  used 
  together 
  

   serving 
  to 
  intensify 
  the 
  expression. 
  Those 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  present 
  who 
  

   are 
  of 
  the 
  second, 
  or 
  even 
  some 
  higher 
  degree, 
  then 
  indulge 
  in 
  the 
  

   ceremony 
  of 
  passing 
  around 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure 
  

   where 
  they 
  feign 
  coughing 
  and 
  gagging, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  produce 
  from 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  the 
  mlgis 
  shell, 
  as 
  already 
  narrated 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   nrst 
  degree, 
  p. 
  192. 
  

  

  This 
  manner 
  of 
  thanking 
  the 
  officiating 
  Mide' 
  for 
  their 
  services 
  in 
  

   initiating 
  the 
  candidate 
  into 
  a 
  higher 
  degree 
  is 
  extended 
  also 
  to 
  those 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin 
  who 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  degree 
  only 
  in 
  

   acknowledgment 
  of 
  the 
  favor 
  of 
  their 
  presence 
  at 
  the 
  ceremony 
  

   hey 
  being 
  eligible 
  to 
  attend 
  ceremonial 
  rites 
  of 
  any 
  degree 
  higher 
  

   than 
  the 
  class 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  belong, 
  because 
  such 
  men 
  are 
  neither 
  

   benefited 
  nor 
  influenced 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  by 
  merely 
  witnessing 
  such 
  ini- 
  

   tiation 
  but 
  they 
  must 
  themselves 
  take 
  the 
  principal 
  part 
  in 
  it 
  to 
  

   receive 
  the 
  favor 
  of 
  a 
  renewed 
  life 
  and 
  to 
  become 
  possessed 
  of 
  hio-her 
  

   power 
  and 
  increased 
  magic 
  influence. 
  

  

  Various 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  indulge 
  in 
  short 
  harangues 
  re- 
  

   counting 
  personal 
  exploits 
  in 
  the 
  performance 
  of 
  magic 
  and 
  exor- 
  

   cism, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  auditors 
  respond 
  in 
  terms 
  of 
  gratification 
  and 
  

   exclamations 
  of 
  approval. 
  During 
  these 
  recitals 
  the 
  ushers, 
  ap- 
  

   pointed 
  tor 
  the 
  purpose, 
  leave 
  the 
  inclosure 
  by 
  the 
  western 
  door 
  to 
  

   return 
  ma 
  short 
  time 
  with 
  kettles 
  of 
  food 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  mide' 
  

   1 
  1 
  ast. 
  The 
  ushers 
  make 
  f, 
  ,ur 
  circuits 
  of 
  the 
  interior, 
  giving 
  t, 
  . 
  each 
  

   person 
  present 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  vessels 
  so 
  

   hat 
  all 
  receive 
  sufficient 
  to 
  gratify 
  their 
  desires. 
  When 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  

   the 
  food 
  has 
  been 
  consumed, 
  or 
  removed, 
  the 
  mide' 
  drum 
  is 
  heard 
  

   and 
  soon 
  a 
  son- 
  is 
  started, 
  in 
  which 
  all 
  who 
  desire 
  join. 
  After 
  the 
  

   first 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  verses 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  are 
  recited, 
  a 
  short 
  interval 
  of 
  

  

  