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  THE 
  MIDEWIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  O.IIBWA. 
  

  

  member 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin, 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  when 
  a 
  Mide' 
  attains 
  the 
  rank 
  of 
  

   the 
  third 
  degree 
  that 
  he 
  begins 
  to 
  give 
  evidence 
  of, 
  or 
  pretends 
  to 
  ex- 
  

   hibit 
  with 
  any 
  degree 
  of 
  confidence, 
  the 
  powers 
  accredited 
  to 
  theformer. 
  

   The 
  structure 
  erected 
  and 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Jgs'sakkld' 
  

   for 
  the 
  performance 
  of 
  his 
  powers 
  as 
  prophet 
  or 
  oracle 
  has 
  

   before 
  been 
  described 
  as 
  cylindrical, 
  being 
  made 
  by 
  plant- 
  

   ing 
  four 
  or 
  more 
  poles 
  and 
  wrapping 
  about 
  them 
  sheets 
  of 
  

   birch 
  bark, 
  blankets, 
  or 
  similar 
  material 
  that 
  will 
  serve 
  

   Fra. 
  26. 
  jes'sak 
  as 
  a 
  covering. 
  This 
  form 
  of 
  structure 
  is 
  generally 
  rep- 
  

   k 
  gier-sTodgT 
  resented 
  in 
  pictographic 
  records, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  Fig. 
  26. 
  

   The 
  accompanying 
  illustrations, 
  Figs. 
  27, 
  28, 
  and 
  29, 
  reproduced 
  

   from 
  birch-bark 
  etchings, 
  were 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  'Jes'sakkld', 
  who 
  were 
  

  

  Fig. 
  27. 
  Jes'sakkan', 
  or 
  

   juggler's 
  lodge. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  28. 
  Jes'sakkan', 
  or 
  

   juggler's 
  lodge. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  29. 
  Jes'sakkan', 
  or 
  

   juggler's 
  lodge. 
  

  

  also 
  Mide' 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  degrees. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  

   the 
  structure 
  used 
  by 
  them 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  wig'iwam, 
  

   as 
  their 
  profession 
  of 
  medical 
  magic 
  is 
  apparently 
  held 
  in 
  higher 
  

   esteem 
  than 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  prophecy; 
  their 
  status 
  and 
  claims 
  as 
  Jes'sak- 
  

   kid' 
  being 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  ma'nidos 
  which 
  they 
  

   have 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  invoking. 
  These 
  man'idos, 
  or 
  spirits, 
  are 
  indi- 
  

   cated 
  by 
  the 
  outline 
  of 
  their 
  material 
  forms, 
  the 
  heart 
  being 
  indi- 
  

   cated 
  and 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  structure 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  

   power 
  of 
  the 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  over 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  respect- 
  

   ive 
  spirits. 
  The 
  Thunder-bird 
  usually 
  occupies 
  the 
  

   highest 
  position 
  in 
  his 
  estimation, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  

   reason 
  is 
  drawn 
  directly 
  over 
  the 
  wig'iwam. 
  The 
  

   Turtle 
  is 
  claimed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  man'ido 
  who 
  acts 
  as 
  

   intermediary 
  between 
  the 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  

   man'idos, 
  and 
  is 
  therefore 
  not 
  found 
  among 
  the 
  

   characters 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  wig'iwam. 
  but 
  his 
  

   presence 
  is 
  indicated 
  within, 
  either 
  at 
  the 
  spot 
  mark- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  convergence 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  life 
  lines," 
  or 
  iniine- 
  

   ^'jSgte^io^!'' 
  diately 
  below 
  it. 
  Fig. 
  30 
  is 
  a 
  reproducton 
  of 
  an 
  

  

  "ft 
  

  

  c<i 
  

  

  r 
  

  

  