﻿mide' 
  songs. 
  

  

  247 
  

  

  Nin-de-wen'-don 
  zha'-bon-desh 
  , 
  -ka"-rnan'. 
  

  

  / 
  ■) 
  I 
  own 
  this 
  lodge, 
  through 
  which 
  I 
  pass. 
  

  

  )<U 
  ("YT- 
  [The 
  speaker 
  claims 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  into 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  

   \^_/ 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  refers. 
  The 
  objects 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  c 
  blong 
  square 
  character 
  represent 
  spirits, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  bear.] 
  

  

  *l 
  

  

  An'-dzhe-ho 
  i'-a-ni' 
  o-gen', 
  hwe'-o-ke 
  , 
  hwe'-o-ke'. 
  

   Mother 
  is 
  having 
  it 
  over 
  again. 
  

  

  [The 
  reference 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  earth, 
  as 
  having 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  the 
  

   " 
  grand 
  medicine 
  " 
  again.] 
  

  

  Ni'-ka-nan 
  ni'-go-san, 
  ni'-go-san' 
  

   ni-ka'-ni-san', 
  man 
  -ido' 
  wi-dzhig 
  1 
  

   nin-go-san' 
  an-i-wa 
  -bi-dzhig 
  ni-ka 
  . 
  

  

  Friends 
  I 
  am 
  afraid, 
  I 
  am 
  afraid, 
  friends, 
  of 
  the 
  spirits 
  sitting 
  around 
  me. 
  

   [The 
  speaker 
  readies 
  his 
  hand 
  toward 
  the 
  sky, 
  i. 
  e., 
  places, 
  his 
  faith 
  

   in 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man 
  ido 
  who 
  abides 
  above.] 
  

  

  Ya'-ki-no'-sha-me'-wa, 
  ya'-ki-no'-sha-me'-wa. 
  

   ya-ki-no-si-ka-ne, 
  ya-ki-no-si-ka-ne, 
  

   he', 
  ki'-no-sha'-we-wa'. 
  

   I 
  am 
  going, 
  with 
  medicine 
  bag, 
  to 
  the 
  lodge. 
  

  

  [The 
  object 
  represents 
  an 
  otter 
  skin 
  Mide' 
  sack, 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  

   speaker.] 
  

  

  Ya'-be-kai'-a-bi, 
  ya 
  -be-kai-a-bi, 
  he'-a' 
  , 
  he'-a.', 
  

  

  ya'-be-kai'-a-bi, 
  ya'-be-kai'-a-bi, 
  he'-a', 
  he'ii', 
  

  

  wa'-na-he 
  -ni'-o-ni', 
  ya'-be-kai'-o-bik'. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  still 
  sitting 
  in 
  a 
  circle. 
  

  

  [A 
  Mide 
  sitting 
  within 
  the 
  Mide'wigan; 
  the 
  circle 
  is 
  shown.] 
  

  

  A-ya'-a-bi-ta 
  pa'-ke-zliik', 
  ti', 
  hu', 
  a', 
  

  

  Half 
  the 
  sky 
  

  

  [The 
  hand 
  is 
  shown 
  reaching 
  toward 
  the 
  sky, 
  imploring 
  the 
  assist- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man 
  ido 
  that 
  the 
  candidate 
  may 
  receive 
  advancement 
  

   in 
  power. 
  He 
  has 
  only 
  two 
  degrees, 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  desired.] 
  

  

  Ba'-be-ke' 
  o'-gi-man 
  nish'-a-we, 
  he', 
  

   ne'-me-ke-he', 
  nish'-a-we'-ni-mik 
  o 
  -gi-man. 
  

   The 
  spirit 
  has 
  pity 
  on 
  me 
  now, 
  

  

  [The 
  " 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  " 
  is 
  descending 
  upon 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  to 
  be 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  during 
  the 
  ceremony.] 
  

  

  Nm-dai'-a. 
  nin-dai 
  -a, 
  ha', 
  

  

  we'-ki-ma', 
  ha', 
  wa-no-kwe'. 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  heart, 
  in 
  my 
  heart, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [The 
  hand 
  is 
  holding 
  the 
  mi'gis, 
  to 
  which 
  reference 
  is 
  made.] 
  

  

  I-ke'-u-ha'-ma 
  man-ta-na'-ki-na 
  ni-ka'-ni 
  

   1 
  take 
  the 
  earth, 
  my 
  Mide' 
  friends. 
  

  

  [The 
  earth 
  furnishes 
  the 
  resources 
  necessary 
  to 
  the 
  maintenance 
  

   of 
  life, 
  both 
  food 
  and 
  medicines.] 
  

  

  