﻿MIDE 
  SONGS. 
  

  

  239 
  

  

  O 
  

  

  to 
  

  

  Hu'-na-wa'-na 
  ha'-wa, 
  

   un-do 
  -dzhe-na 
  ha-we-ne. 
  

   I 
  am 
  looking 
  [feeling] 
  for 
  my 
  paint 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide's 
  hands 
  are 
  at 
  his 
  medicine 
  sack 
  searching 
  for 
  his 
  war 
  

   paint.] 
  

  

  Hia 
  -dzhi-min-de' 
  non'-da-ko', 
  ho', 
  

  

  They 
  bear 
  me 
  speak 
  of 
  legs. 
  

  

  [Refers 
  to 
  speed 
  in 
  the 
  expedition. 
  To 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  leg 
  is 
  the 
  arm 
  

   of 
  a 
  spirit, 
  which 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  infuse 
  magic 
  influence 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  

   speed 
  and 
  strength.] 
  

  

  Hu'-wa-ke', 
  na'. 
  ha'. 
  

  

  He 
  said, 
  

  

  [The 
  Turtle 
  Man'ido 
  will 
  lend 
  his 
  aid 
  in 
  speed. 
  The 
  turtle 
  was 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  swiftest 
  man'idos, 
  until 
  through 
  some 
  misconduct. 
  Min'abo'zho 
  

   deprived 
  him 
  of 
  his 
  speed.] 
  

  

  Wa'-tshe, 
  ha', 
  hwe, 
  wa'-ka-te', 
  he', 
  wa 
  -tshe, 
  ha', 
  hwe'. 
  

  

  Powder, 
  he 
  said. 
  

  

  [The 
  modern 
  form 
  of 
  Wa'-ka-te', 
  he', 
  hwa', 
  is 
  ma'-ka-de'-hwa; 
  other 
  

   archaic 
  words 
  occur 
  also 
  in 
  other 
  portions 
  of 
  this 
  song. 
  The 
  phrase 
  

   signifies 
  that 
  the 
  Mide' 
  Man'ido 
  favors 
  good 
  results 
  from 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   powder. 
  His 
  form 
  projects 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  structure.] 
  

  

  CO 
  

  

  Rest. 
  A 
  smoke 
  is 
  indulged 
  in 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  song 
  is 
  resumed, 
  ac- 
  

   companied 
  with 
  dancing. 
  

  

  Sin-go'-na 
  wa-kl' 
  na-ha'-ka 
  

  

  I 
  made 
  him 
  cry. 
  

  

  [The 
  figure 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  turkey 
  buzzard 
  which 
  the 
  speaker 
  shot.] 
  

  

  

  7 
  

  

  Te-wa'-tslii-me-kwe'-na, 
  ha', 
  na-ke-nan. 
  

  

  They 
  tell 
  of 
  my 
  powers. 
  

  

  [The 
  people 
  speak 
  highly 
  of 
  the 
  singer's 
  magic 
  powers; 
  a 
  charmed 
  ar- 
  

   row 
  is 
  shown 
  which 
  terminates 
  above 
  with 
  feather-web 
  ornament, 
  en- 
  

   larged 
  to 
  signify 
  its 
  greater 
  power.] 
  

  

  He'-we-ne-nis'-sa 
  ma-he'-ka-nen'-na. 
  

   What 
  have 
  I 
  killed, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  wolf. 
  

  

  [By 
  aid 
  of 
  his 
  magic 
  influence 
  the 
  speaker 
  has 
  destroyed 
  a 
  bad 
  man'- 
  

   ido 
  which 
  had 
  assumed 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  wolf.] 
  

  

  v?-***^ 
  Sun'-gu-we'-wa, 
  ha', 
  nin-den', 
  tshi'-man-da'-kwa 
  ha'na-nin-den 
  . 
  

  

  /•^ 
  I 
  am 
  as 
  strong 
  as 
  the 
  bear. 
  

   ^jJ-nVTA 
  [The 
  Mide' 
  likens 
  his 
  powers 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man'ido, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   ((■ 
  <' 
  most 
  powerful 
  spirits; 
  his 
  figure 
  protrudes 
  from 
  the 
  topof 
  the 
  Mide'wi- 
  

   gan 
  while 
  his 
  spirit 
  form 
  is 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  short 
  lines 
  upon 
  the 
  back.] 
  

  

  