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  FOURTH 
  DEGREE. 
  255 
  

  

  retchings 
  and 
  apparent 
  suffering. 
  He 
  recovers 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  spits 
  

   out 
  the 
  bones, 
  and, 
  after 
  directing 
  his 
  patient 
  what 
  further 
  medi- 
  

   cine 
  to 
  swallow, 
  receives 
  his 
  fee 
  and 
  departs. 
  Further 
  description 
  

   of 
  this 
  practice 
  will 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  below 
  and 
  illustrated 
  on 
  PI. 
  xviii. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  manner 
  of 
  disposing 
  of 
  the 
  hollow 
  bones 
  is 
  a 
  clever 
  

   trick 
  and 
  not 
  readily 
  detected, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  by 
  such 
  acts 
  of 
  jug- 
  

   glery 
  and 
  other 
  delusions 
  that 
  he 
  maintains 
  his 
  influence 
  and 
  

   importance 
  among 
  the 
  credulous. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  31 
  represents 
  a 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  curing 
  a 
  sick 
  woman 
  

   by 
  sucking 
  the 
  demon 
  through 
  a 
  bone 
  tube. 
  The 
  pic- 
  

   fcograph 
  was 
  drawn 
  upon 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  birch 
  bark 
  which 
  

   was 
  carried 
  in 
  the 
  owner's 
  Mide' 
  sack, 
  and 
  was 
  intended 
  

   to 
  record 
  an 
  event 
  of 
  importance. 
  '„ 
  .. 
  

  

  L 
  Flo. 
  81. 
  Jos'- 
  

  

  No. 
  1 
  represents 
  the 
  actor, 
  holding 
  a 
  rattle 
  in 
  hand. 
  Around 
  his 
  sak 
  ^'l^!!''" 
  s 
  

   head 
  is 
  an 
  additional 
  circle, 
  denoting 
  quantity 
  (literally, 
  more 
  

   than 
  an 
  ordinary 
  amount 
  of 
  knowledge), 
  the 
  short 
  line 
  projecting 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  

   indicating 
  the 
  tube 
  used. 
  

  

  No. 
  2 
  is 
  the 
  woman 
  operated 
  upon. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  32 
  represents 
  an 
  exhibition 
  by 
  a 
  

  

  Jes'sakkid', 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  White 
  Earth, 
  

  

  Minnesota. 
  The 
  priest 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  No. 
  

  

  V 
  (L 
  1 
  holding 
  his 
  rattle, 
  the 
  line 
  extending 
  

  

  v 
  V^rV) 
  from 
  his 
  eye 
  to 
  the 
  patient's 
  abdomen 
  

  

  I 
  r^>J 
  si 
  g 
  nifvin 
  g 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  located 
  the 
  de- 
  

  

  (£ 
  mon 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  begin 
  his 
  exor- 
  

  

  fk, 
  32. 
  jskkkid" 
  curing 
  man. 
  cism 
  - 
  No 
  " 
  2 
  is 
  the 
  P 
  at 
  ient 
  lying 
  before 
  

  

  the 
  operator. 
  

  

  FOURTH 
  DEGREE. 
  

  

  The 
  Mide'wigan, 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  degree 
  is 
  conferred, 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  structures 
  by 
  having 
  open 
  doorways 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  northern 
  

   and 
  southern 
  walls, 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  western 
  

   extremities 
  and 
  opposite 
  to 
  one 
  another. 
  Fig. 
  33 
  represents 
  a 
  ground 
  

   plan, 
  in 
  which 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  observed 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  

   Mide' 
  posts. 
  Fig. 
  34 
  shows 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  view 
  of 
  same 
  structure. 
  A 
  7 
  / 
  v 
  . 
  

  

  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  *. 
  ...J 
  •...„, 
  „.* 
  

  

  entrance 
  is 
  deposited 
  the 
  sacred 
  

  

  stone, 
  beyond 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  area 
  "jy 
  • 
  » 
  • 
  » 
  I 
  1 
  , 
  "'}, 
  

  

  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  presents 
  to 
  be 
  "": 
  6 
  5 
  4 
  3 
  i 
  

  

  deposited 
  by 
  an 
  applicant 
  for 
  j 
  : 
  

  

  initiation. 
  The 
  remaining 
  two- 
  io 
  * 
  : 
  I 
  "a 
  

  

  thirds 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  toward 
  the 
  F 
  . 
  r 
  ,, 
  niam 
  . 
  a 
  , 
  . 
  „^-, 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  , 
  „ 
  

  

  i 
  *ig. 
  •«. 
  Diagram 
  of 
  Mide'wigan 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  

  

  western 
  door 
  is 
  occupied 
  at 
  regu- 
  degree. 
  

  

  lar 
  intervals 
  by 
  four 
  posts, 
  the 
  first 
  being 
  painted 
  red 
  with 
  a 
  band 
  

  

  of 
  green 
  around 
  the 
  top. 
  (PL 
  xv. 
  No. 
  1.) 
  The 
  second 
  post 
  is 
  red, 
  

  

  and 
  has 
  scattered 
  over 
  its 
  surface 
  spots 
  of 
  white 
  clay 
  to 
  symbolize 
  

  

  