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  THE 
  jMIDE 
  WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  Rest 
  or 
  pause. 
  

  

  Wa'-a-so'-at 
  wen'-ti'-na-mari, 
  ha,' 
  ha. 
  

  

  The 
  spirit 
  has 
  put 
  life 
  into 
  my 
  body. 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  is 
  represented 
  as 
  being 
  fn 
  the 
  Mide-wigan, 
  

   where 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man 
  ido 
  placed 
  magic 
  power 
  into 
  his 
  body; 
  

   the 
  arms 
  denote 
  tliis 
  act 
  of 
  putting 
  into 
  his 
  sides 
  the 
  mi'gis. 
  

   Tlie 
  line 
  crossing 
  the 
  body 
  denotes 
  the 
  person 
  to 
  be 
  possessed 
  

   of 
  supernatural 
  power.] 
  

  

  Ki-to 
  -na-bi'-in, 
  ne', 
  lie 
  , 
  he', 
  

   This 
  is 
  what 
  the 
  medicine 
  has 
  given 
  us. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide'wigan, 
  showing 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  line 
  the 
  guardian 
  

   man'idos.] 
  

  

  Ni 
  -sha-we 
  -ni-bi-ku', 
  hii 
  , 
  hu 
  , 
  he 
  , 
  

   I 
  took 
  with 
  two 
  hands 
  what 
  was 
  thrown 
  down 
  to 
  us. 
  

   [The 
  speaker 
  grasped 
  life, 
  i. 
  e., 
  the 
  migis', 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  

   mysterious 
  power 
  which 
  he 
  professes.] 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  medical 
  magic, 
  the 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  some- 
  

   times 
  resorts 
  to 
  a 
  curious 
  process 
  to 
  extract 
  from 
  the 
  patient's 
  body 
  

   the 
  malevolent 
  beings 
  or 
  man'idos 
  which 
  cause 
  disease. 
  The 
  method 
  

   of 
  procedure 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  The 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  four 
  or 
  

   more 
  tubular 
  bones, 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  leg 
  bones 
  of 
  large 
  birds, 
  each 
  

   of 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  a 
  finger 
  and 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  After 
  the 
  

   priest 
  has 
  fasted 
  and 
  chanted 
  prayers 
  for 
  success, 
  he 
  gets 
  down 
  upon 
  

   all 
  fours 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  patient 
  and 
  with 
  his 
  mouth 
  near 
  the 
  affected 
  

   part. 
  After 
  using 
  the 
  rattle 
  and 
  singing 
  most 
  vociferously 
  to 
  cause 
  

   theevil 
  man'ido 
  to 
  take 
  shelter 
  at 
  some 
  particular 
  spot, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  detected 
  and 
  located 
  by 
  him, 
  he 
  suddenly 
  touches 
  that 
  place 
  with 
  

  

  11 
  nd 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  bones 
  and 
  immediately 
  thereafter 
  putting 
  the 
  

  

  other 
  end 
  into 
  his 
  mouth, 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  a 
  cigar, 
  strikes 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  flat 
  

   hand 
  and 
  sends 
  it 
  apparently 
  down 
  his 
  throat. 
  Then 
  the 
  second 
  

   bone 
  is 
  treated 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner, 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth, 
  

   the 
  last 
  one 
  being 
  permitted 
  to 
  protrude 
  from 
  the 
  mouth, 
  when 
  the 
  

   end 
  is 
  put 
  against 
  the 
  affected 
  part 
  and 
  sucking 
  is 
  indulged 
  in 
  amid 
  

   the 
  most 
  violent 
  writhings 
  ami 
  contortions 
  in 
  his 
  endeavors 
  to 
  

   extract 
  the 
  man'ido. 
  As 
  this 
  object 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  reached 
  

   and 
  swallowed 
  by 
  the 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  he 
  crawls 
  away 
  to 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  

   from 
  the 
  patient 
  and 
  relieves 
  himself 
  of 
  the 
  demon 
  with 
  violent 
  

  

  