﻿Hoffman.] 
  INITIATION 
  OF 
  CANDIDATE. 
  243 
  

  

  1. 
  Small 
  quantities 
  of 
  powdered 
  root 
  are 
  swallowed 
  to 
  relieve 
  stomachic 
  pains. 
  

  

  2. 
  A 
  person 
  complaining 
  with 
  acute 
  pains 
  in 
  any 
  specific 
  part 
  <>f 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  

  

  given 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  root 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  part 
  affected; 
  e. 
  g., 
  for 
  pleu- 
  

   risy, 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  root 
  is 
  cut 
  out. 
  and 
  an 
  infusion 
  given 
  to 
  relieve 
  such 
  

   pains; 
  if 
  one 
  has 
  pains 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  extremities, 
  the 
  bifurcations 
  of 
  the 
  root 
  

   are 
  employed; 
  should 
  the 
  pains 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  thorax, 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  root 
  — 
  

   corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  chest— 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  manner. 
  

  

  INITIATION 
  OF 
  CANDIDATE. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  candidate 
  for 
  promotion 
  has 
  acquired 
  from 
  his 
  Mide' 
  

   friends 
  such 
  new 
  information 
  as 
  they 
  choose 
  to 
  impart, 
  and 
  from 
  

   his 
  instructor 
  all 
  that 
  was 
  practicable, 
  he 
  has 
  only 
  to 
  await 
  the 
  day 
  

   of 
  ceremony 
  to 
  be 
  publicly 
  acknowledged 
  as 
  a 
  third-degree 
  Mide'. 
  

   As 
  this 
  time 
  approaches 
  the 
  invitation 
  sticks 
  are 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  

   members 
  and 
  to 
  such 
  non-resident 
  Mide' 
  as 
  the 
  officiating 
  priests 
  

   may 
  wish 
  to 
  honor. 
  On 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  fifth 
  day 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  

   meeting 
  the 
  candidate 
  moves 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  On 
  

   that 
  day 
  the 
  first 
  sweat 
  bath 
  is 
  taken, 
  and 
  one 
  also 
  upon 
  each 
  suc- 
  

   ceeding 
  day 
  until 
  four 
  baths, 
  as 
  a 
  ceremony 
  of 
  purification, 
  have 
  

   been 
  indulged 
  in. 
  On 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  before 
  the 
  meeting 
  

   his 
  preceptor 
  visits 
  him 
  at 
  his 
  own 
  wig'iwam 
  when, 
  with 
  the 
  assist- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  friends, 
  the 
  presents 
  are 
  collected 
  and 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  Mide'- 
  

   wigan 
  and 
  suspended 
  from 
  the 
  transverse 
  poles 
  near 
  the 
  roof. 
  The 
  

   officiating 
  priests 
  may 
  subsequently 
  join 
  him, 
  when 
  smoking 
  and 
  

   singing 
  form 
  the 
  chief 
  entertainment 
  of 
  the 
  evening. 
  

  

  By 
  this 
  time 
  numerous 
  visitors 
  have 
  gathered 
  together 
  and 
  are 
  

   encamped 
  throughout 
  the 
  adjacent 
  timber, 
  and 
  the 
  sound 
  of 
  the 
  

   drum, 
  where 
  dancing 
  is 
  going 
  on, 
  may 
  be 
  heard 
  far 
  into 
  the 
  night. 
  

  

  Early 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  the 
  candidate 
  

   goes 
  to 
  the 
  sudatory 
  where 
  he 
  first 
  awaits 
  the 
  coming 
  of 
  his 
  preceptor 
  

   and 
  later 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  by 
  whom 
  he 
  is 
  escorted 
  to 
  

   the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  With 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  the 
  preceptor 
  he 
  arranges 
  

   his 
  gift 
  of 
  tobacco 
  which 
  he 
  takes, 
  with 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  sacred 
  inclosure, 
  

   after 
  which 
  a 
  smoke 
  offering 
  is 
  made, 
  and 
  later 
  Mide' 
  songs 
  are 
  

   chanted. 
  These 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  composition 
  as 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  

   professor 
  of 
  magic 
  a 
  sufficient 
  lapse 
  of 
  time 
  to 
  have 
  composed 
  them, 
  

   but 
  to 
  give 
  evidence 
  of 
  superior 
  powers 
  the 
  chief, 
  or 
  some 
  other 
  of 
  

   the 
  officiating 
  priests, 
  will 
  perhaps 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  inspired 
  to 
  sing. 
  

   The 
  following 
  was 
  prepared 
  and 
  chanted 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  

   at 
  the 
  third-degree 
  meeting 
  at 
  White 
  Earth, 
  Minnesota, 
  and 
  the 
  

   illustration 
  in 
  PI. 
  xvn, 
  A, 
  is 
  a 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  original. 
  The 
  

   words, 
  with 
  translation, 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  u 
  

  

  Ni-ka'-ni-na 
  man'-do-na-mo'-a. 
  

  

  My 
  friend 
  I 
  am 
  shooting 
  into 
  you 
  in 
  trying 
  to 
  bit 
  the 
  mark. 
  

  

  [The 
  two 
  arms 
  are 
  grasping 
  the 
  mi'gis, 
  which 
  lie 
  the 
  Mide 
  is 
  go- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  shoot 
  into 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  candidate. 
  The 
  last 
  word 
  means, 
  

   literally, 
  trying 
  to 
  hit 
  the 
  mark 
  at 
  random.] 
  

  

  