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  to 
  attend, 
  have 
  sent 
  them 
  with 
  an 
  explanation. 
  The 
  candidate, 
  at 
  

   the 
  suggestii 
  >n 
  of 
  tlie 
  Mide' 
  priest, 
  then 
  prepares 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  sudatory, 
  

   gathers 
  up 
  the 
  tobacco, 
  and 
  as 
  he 
  slowly 
  advances 
  toward 
  the 
  Mide' 
  

   inclosure 
  his 
  attendants 
  fall 
  into 
  the 
  procession 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  

   office. 
  The 
  priests 
  sing 
  as 
  they 
  go 
  forward, 
  until 
  they 
  reach 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  where 
  the 
  candidate 
  and 
  his 
  preceptor 
  

   halt, 
  while 
  the 
  remainder 
  enter 
  and 
  take 
  their- 
  stations 
  just 
  within 
  

   the 
  door, 
  facing 
  the 
  west. 
  

  

  The 
  drummers, 
  who 
  are 
  seated 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  

   inclosure, 
  begin 
  to 
  drum 
  and 
  sing, 
  while 
  the 
  candidate 
  is 
  led 
  slowly 
  

   around 
  the 
  exterior, 
  going 
  by 
  the 
  south, 
  thus 
  following 
  the 
  course 
  

   of 
  the 
  sun. 
  Upon 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  circuit 
  he 
  is 
  halted 
  

   directly 
  opposite 
  the 
  main 
  entrance, 
  to 
  which 
  his 
  attention 
  is 
  then 
  

   directed. 
  The 
  drumming 
  and 
  singing 
  cease 
  ; 
  the 
  candidate 
  beholds 
  

   two 
  Mide' 
  near 
  the 
  outer 
  entrance 
  and 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  it. 
  These 
  Mide' 
  

   represent 
  two 
  malevolent 
  man'ido 
  and 
  guard 
  the 
  door 
  against 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  of 
  those 
  not 
  duly 
  prepared. 
  The 
  one 
  upon 
  the 
  northern 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  then 
  addresses 
  his 
  companion 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   words 
  : 
  I'-ku-tan 
  ka'-wi-nad'-gi 
  wa'-na-ma'-sl 
  e'-zhi-gi'-ni-ged 
  — 
  "Do 
  

   you 
  not 
  see 
  how 
  he 
  is 
  formed 
  ? 
  " 
  To 
  which 
  the 
  other 
  responds 
  : 
  

   O-da'-pI-nO' 
  ke'-no-win-dting 
  shkwan'-dim 
  — 
  '"Take 
  care 
  of 
  it, 
  the 
  

   door 
  ; 
  " 
  [i. 
  e. 
  , 
  guard 
  the 
  entrance. 
  ] 
  The 
  former 
  then 
  again 
  speaks 
  

   to 
  his 
  companion, 
  and 
  says 
  : 
  Ka-win'-nl-na-ga' 
  wa'-ba-ma'-si-ba'-shl- 
  

   gi'-ne-get' 
  — 
  " 
  Do 
  you 
  not 
  see 
  how 
  he 
  carries 
  the 
  goods 
  ? 
  " 
  The 
  Mide' 
  

   spoken 
  to 
  assents 
  to 
  this, 
  when 
  the 
  preceptor 
  takes 
  several 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   tobacco 
  which 
  he 
  presents 
  to 
  the 
  two 
  guards, 
  whereupon 
  they 
  per- 
  

   mit 
  the 
  candidate 
  to 
  advance 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  entrance, 
  where 
  he 
  is 
  

   again 
  stopped 
  by 
  two 
  other 
  guardian 
  man'ido, 
  who 
  turn 
  upon 
  him 
  

   as 
  if 
  to 
  incpuire 
  the 
  reason 
  of 
  his 
  intrusion. 
  The 
  candidate 
  then 
  

   holds 
  out 
  two 
  parcels 
  of 
  tobacco 
  and 
  says 
  to 
  them 
  : 
  O-da'-pin 
  a-se'- 
  

   ma 
  — 
  "Take 
  it, 
  the 
  tobacco," 
  whereupon 
  they 
  receive 
  the 
  gift 
  and 
  

   stand 
  aside, 
  saying: 
  Kun'-da-dan 
  — 
  "Go 
  down;" 
  [i. 
  e., 
  enter 
  and 
  

   follow 
  the 
  path. 
  J 
  As 
  the 
  candidate 
  is 
  taken 
  a 
  few 
  steps 
  forward 
  

   and 
  toward 
  the 
  sacred 
  stone, 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  eight 
  officiating 
  priests 
  re- 
  

   ceive 
  him, 
  one 
  replacing 
  the 
  preceptor 
  who 
  goes 
  to 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   western 
  end 
  there 
  to 
  stand 
  and 
  face 
  the 
  east, 
  where 
  another 
  joins 
  

   him, 
  while 
  the 
  remaining 
  two 
  place 
  themselves 
  side 
  by 
  side 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   face 
  the 
  west. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  five 
  powerful 
  manidos 
  who 
  abide 
  

   within 
  the 
  third-degree 
  Mide'wigan, 
  one 
  of 
  whom 
  is 
  the 
  Mide' 
  man'ido 
  

   — 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  — 
  one 
  being 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  sacred 
  stone, 
  the 
  second 
  

   at 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  between 
  the 
  sacred 
  stone 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  

   part 
  where 
  the 
  gifts 
  are 
  deposited, 
  the 
  remaining 
  thre'e 
  at 
  the 
  three 
  

   degree 
  posts. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  candidate 
  starts 
  and 
  continues 
  upon 
  his 
  walk 
  around 
  the 
  

   interior 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure 
  the 
  musicians 
  begin 
  to 
  sing 
  and 
  drum, 
  while 
  

   all 
  those 
  remaining 
  are 
  led 
  toward 
  the 
  left, 
  and 
  when 
  opposite 
  the 
  

  

  