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  PREPARATION 
  OF 
  CANDIDATE. 
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  PREPARATION 
  OF 
  CANDIDATE. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  customary 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  one 
  year 
  to 
  elapse 
  before 
  a 
  second 
  - 
  

   degree 
  Mide' 
  can 
  be 
  promoted, 
  even 
  if 
  he 
  be 
  provided 
  with 
  enough 
  

   presents 
  for 
  such 
  advancement. 
  As 
  the 
  exacted 
  fee 
  consists 
  of 
  goods 
  

   and 
  tobacco 
  thrice 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  fee 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  degree, 
  few 
  pre- 
  

   sent 
  themselves. 
  This 
  degree 
  is 
  not 
  held 
  in 
  as 
  high 
  estimation, 
  rela- 
  

   tively, 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  one; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  alleged 
  that 
  a 
  Mide"s 
  powers 
  

   are 
  intensified 
  by 
  again 
  subjecting 
  himself 
  to 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  being 
  

   "shot 
  with 
  the 
  sacred 
  ml'gis," 
  and 
  he 
  is 
  also 
  elevated 
  to 
  that 
  rank 
  

   by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  may 
  be 
  enabled 
  the 
  better 
  to 
  invoke 
  the 
  assist- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  tutelary 
  guardian 
  of 
  this 
  degree. 
  

  

  A 
  Mide' 
  who 
  has 
  in 
  all 
  respects 
  complied 
  with 
  the 
  preliminaries 
  of 
  

   announcing 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  Mide' 
  his 
  purpose, 
  gaining 
  satisfactory 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  of 
  his 
  resources 
  and 
  ability 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  necessary 
  presents, 
  

   and 
  of 
  his 
  proficiency 
  in 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  medical 
  magic, 
  etc. 
  , 
  selects 
  a 
  

   preceptor 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  the 
  third 
  degree 
  and 
  one 
  who 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  high 
  repute 
  

   and 
  influence 
  in 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  After 
  procuring 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  such 
  

   a 
  person 
  and 
  making 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  agreement 
  with 
  him, 
  he 
  may 
  be 
  

   enabled 
  to 
  purchase 
  from 
  him 
  some 
  special 
  formulae 
  for 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  

   distinguished. 
  The 
  instruction 
  embraces 
  a 
  re'surne 
  of 
  the 
  traditions 
  

   previously 
  given, 
  the 
  various 
  uses 
  and 
  properties 
  of 
  magic 
  plants 
  

   and 
  compounds 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  preceptor 
  is 
  familiar, 
  and 
  conversa- 
  

   tions 
  relative 
  to 
  exploits 
  performed 
  in 
  medication, 
  incantation, 
  and 
  

   exorcism. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  candidate 
  is 
  enabled 
  to 
  acquire 
  new 
  ' 
  ' 
  medi- 
  

   cines" 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  his 
  list, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  tra- 
  

   dition 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  ginseng 
  (Araliaquinquefolia, 
  Gr.), 
  the 
  

   so-called 
  "man 
  root," 
  held 
  in 
  high 
  estimation 
  as 
  of 
  divine 
  origin. 
  

   In 
  Fig. 
  3 
  is 
  presented 
  a 
  pictorial 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  story, 
  made 
  

   by 
  Ojibwa, 
  a 
  Mide' 
  priest 
  of 
  White 
  Earth, 
  Minnesota. 
  The 
  tradi- 
  

   tion 
  purports 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  visit 
  of 
  the 
  spirit 
  of 
  a 
  boy 
  to 
  the 
  

   abode 
  of 
  Dzhibai' 
  Man'ido, 
  "the 
  chief 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  souls," 
  

   called 
  Ne'-ba-gi'-zis. 
  "the 
  land 
  of 
  the 
  sleeping 
  sun." 
  

  

  There 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  some 
  similarity 
  between 
  this 
  tradition 
  and 
  

   that 
  given 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  PI. 
  v, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Sun 
  Spirit 
  restored 
  

   to 
  life 
  a 
  boy, 
  by 
  which 
  act 
  he 
  exemplified 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  ritual 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  therefore 
  that 
  the 
  following 
  tradition 
  

   is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  made 
  to 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  

   "man 
  root," 
  as 
  ginseng 
  is 
  designated, 
  this 
  root, 
  or 
  certain 
  portions 
  

   of 
  it, 
  being 
  so 
  extensively 
  employed 
  in 
  various 
  painful 
  complaints. 
  

  

  Once 
  an 
  old 
  Mide 
  . 
  with 
  his 
  wife 
  and 
  son, 
  started 
  out 
  on 
  a 
  hunting 
  trip, 
  and, 
  as 
  

   the 
  autumn 
  was 
  changing 
  into 
  winter, 
  the 
  three 
  erected 
  a 
  substantial 
  wig'iwam. 
  

   The 
  snow 
  began 
  to 
  fall 
  and 
  the 
  cold 
  increased, 
  so 
  they 
  decided 
  to 
  remain 
  and 
  eat 
  

   of 
  their 
  stores, 
  game 
  having 
  been 
  abundant 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  supply 
  having 
  been 
  pro- 
  

   cured. 
  

  

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