﻿MIDE' 
  SONGS. 
  

  

  253 
  

  

  etching 
  made 
  by 
  a 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  at 
  White 
  Earth. 
  Minnesota. 
  The 
  two 
  

   curved 
  lines 
  above 
  the 
  Jgs'sakkan' 
  represent 
  the 
  sky. 
  from 
  which 
  

   magic 
  power 
  is 
  derived, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  waving 
  line 
  extending 
  

   downward. 
  The 
  small 
  spots 
  within 
  thestructure 
  are 
  " 
  magic 
  spots," 
  

   i. 
  e., 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  man'idos. 
  The 
  juggler 
  is 
  shown 
  upon 
  the 
  left 
  

   side 
  near 
  the 
  base. 
  When 
  a 
  prophet 
  is 
  so 
  fortunate 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  

   claim 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  man'idos 
  as 
  his 
  own 
  tutelary 
  daimon, 
  his 
  advan- 
  

   tage 
  in 
  invoking 
  the 
  others 
  is 
  comparatively 
  greater. 
  Before 
  pro- 
  

   ceeding 
  to 
  the 
  Jgs'sakkan'— 
  or 
  the 
  "Jugglery," 
  as 
  the 
  Jgs'sakkid' 
  

   wig'iwam 
  is 
  commonly 
  designated, 
  a 
  prophet 
  will 
  prepare 
  himself 
  

   by 
  smoking 
  and 
  making 
  an 
  offering 
  to 
  his 
  man'ido, 
  and 
  by 
  singing 
  a 
  

   chant, 
  of 
  which 
  an 
  example 
  is 
  presented 
  on 
  PI. 
  xiv, 
  D. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  repro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  one 
  male 
  by 
  a 
  Jgs'sakkid' 
  who 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  Mide' 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  degree. 
  Each 
  line 
  is 
  chanted 
  as 
  often 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  desired, 
  or 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  desirable 
  to 
  produce 
  or 
  the 
  

   inspired 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  singer. 
  

  

  Me-we'-yan. 
  ha', 
  ha', 
  ha', 
  

  

  I 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  Jgs'sakkan' 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  medicine. 
  

  

  [The 
  circle 
  represents 
  the 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  as 
  viewed 
  from 
  

   above; 
  the 
  short 
  lines 
  denote 
  the 
  magic 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  

   structure, 
  and 
  the 
  central 
  ring, 
  or 
  spot, 
  the 
  magic 
  stone 
  

   • 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  prophet 
  who 
  appears 
  entering 
  from 
  the 
  side.] 
  

  

  Tschi-nun'-don', 
  he', 
  he', 
  he', 
  he', 
  

   I 
  was 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  dug 
  up 
  life. 
  

  

  [The 
  Otter 
  Man'ido 
  emerging 
  from 
  the 
  Mide'wigan; 
  he 
  

   received 
  it 
  from 
  Ki'tshi 
  Mani 
  do. 
  J 
  

  

  Ni'ka-nf 
  we-do-ko 
  n 
  '-a, 
  ha', 
  ha', 
  

  

  The 
  spirit 
  put 
  down 
  medicine 
  on 
  earth 
  to 
  grow. 
  

  

  [The 
  sacred 
  or 
  magic 
  lines 
  descending 
  to 
  the 
  earth 
  denote 
  

   supernatural 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  mfgis, 
  which 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  

   four 
  small 
  rings. 
  The 
  short 
  lines 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  represent 
  

   the 
  ascending 
  sprouts 
  of 
  magic 
  plants.] 
  

  

  Te-ti-ba'-tshi 
  mut'-a-wit', 
  te', 
  he', 
  he', 
  

   I 
  am 
  the 
  one 
  that 
  dug 
  up 
  the 
  medicine. 
  

  

  [The 
  otter 
  shown 
  emerging 
  from 
  the 
  jugglery. 
  The 
  

   speaker 
  represents 
  himself 
  " 
  like 
  unto 
  the 
  Otter 
  Man 
  idd."] 
  

  

  Ki'wa 
  n 
  -win'-da 
  ma'-kwa-nan', 
  na', 
  ha', 
  

  

  I 
  answer 
  my 
  brother 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [The 
  Otter 
  Man'ido 
  responds 
  to 
  the 
  invocation 
  of 
  the 
  

   speaker. 
  The 
  diagonal 
  line 
  across 
  the 
  body 
  signifies 
  the 
  

   " 
  spirit 
  character" 
  of 
  the 
  animal.] 
  

  

  