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  Till': 
  MIDE 
  WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  O.IIBWA. 
  

  

  Rest. 
  

  

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  1 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  Wa-dzhi-wan', 
  wa-dzhi-wan'-na, 
  

   Wa-dahi-wan' 
  ni-ka'-na-he'. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  mountain, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  mountain, 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  mountain, 
  my 
  friends. 
  

  

  [The 
  upright 
  outline 
  represents 
  a 
  mountain 
  upon 
  which 
  a 
  

   powerful 
  Mide' 
  is 
  seated, 
  symbolical 
  of 
  the 
  distinction 
  attain- 
  

   able 
  by 
  a 
  Mide.] 
  

  

  Wa'-be-ku'e-be-a', 
  wa'-be-ku 
  -e-be-a', 
  

   Shot 
  it 
  was, 
  shot 
  it 
  was 
  

  

  na'-be-ku' 
  -e-be-a' 
  man'-i-do'-'a 
  nin-de'. 
  

  

  and 
  it 
  hit 
  body, 
  your 
  nian'ido 
  your 
  heart. 
  

  

  man 
  -i-do 
  -a 
  nin-de'. 
  

   man'ido 
  your 
  heart. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mi'gis 
  is 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  illustration 
  by 
  the 
  small 
  

   rings; 
  the 
  arrow 
  indicating 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  ' 
  ' 
  shot 
  " 
  with 
  velocity. 
  J 
  

  

  Hwe'-kwo-niu'-na-ta, 
  ki-wi'-kash 
  -ka-man; 
  

   En-do'-ge-nia 
  wesh'-in-e 
  . 
  

  

  What 
  am 
  I 
  going 
  around 
  f 
  

   I 
  am 
  going 
  around 
  the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  

  

  [The 
  oblong 
  structure 
  represents 
  the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  

   , 
  The 
  otter-skin 
  Mide' 
  sack 
  is 
  taken 
  around 
  it, 
  as 
  is 
  

   shown 
  by 
  the 
  outline 
  of 
  that 
  animal 
  and 
  the 
  line 
  

   or 
  course 
  indicated. 
  The 
  Makwa' 
  Man'ido 
  (bear 
  spirit) 
  is 
  

   s 
  hown 
  at 
  the 
  left, 
  resting 
  upon 
  the 
  horizontal 
  line, 
  the 
  earth, 
  

   below 
  which 
  are 
  magic 
  lines 
  showing 
  his 
  power, 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  

   lines 
  upon 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  bear. 
  The 
  speaker 
  compares 
  

   himself 
  to 
  the 
  bear 
  spirit.] 
  

  

  Nen 
  -do-iie 
  -ha-man-ni' 
  ni-o. 
  

  

  What 
  am 
  I 
  looking 
  at. 
  

  

  [The 
  figure 
  denotes 
  a 
  leg, 
  signifying 
  powers 
  of 
  transporting 
  

   one's 
  self 
  to 
  remote 
  places; 
  the 
  magic 
  power 
  is 
  indicated 
  by 
  

   the 
  three 
  transverse 
  lines 
  and 
  the 
  small 
  spots, 
  the 
  mi'gis, 
  

   upon 
  it.] 
  

  

  Ba 
  bin-ke'-en 
  non-do- 
  wa- 
  we 
  , 
  hi', 
  

  

  I 
  soon 
  heard 
  him. 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  

   did 
  not 
  listen 
  to 
  them 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide', 
  as 
  a 
  superior 
  personage, 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  having 
  

   the 
  horns 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  head. 
  The 
  line 
  of 
  hearing 
  has 
  

   small 
  rings, 
  at 
  intervals, 
  indicating 
  that 
  something 
  is 
  heard.] 
  

  

  Hin'-ta-na'-wi 
  ni-ka'-na-gi', 
  e, 
  he', 
  

  

  pi'-na-m'. 
  hin'-ta-na'-wi 
  ni-ka-na-ga' 
  na'-ge-ka-na 
  e, 
  he'. 
  

   The 
  Nika'ni 
  are 
  finding 
  fault 
  with 
  me, 
  inside 
  of 
  my 
  lodge. 
  

   [The 
  arm 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  points 
  to 
  the 
  inte- 
  

   rior, 
  the 
  place 
  spoken 
  of.] 
  

  

  