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  THE 
  MIDE 
  WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  the 
  sacred 
  mi'gis 
  shell. 
  Upon 
  it 
  is 
  perched 
  the 
  stuffed 
  skin 
  of 
  an 
  

   owl 
  — 
  ko-kd-k6-o'. 
  (PI. 
  xv, 
  No. 
  2.) 
  The 
  third 
  post 
  is 
  black; 
  1ml 
  in- 
  

   stead 
  of 
  being 
  round 
  is 
  cut 
  square. 
  (PI. 
  xv, 
  No. 
  3.) 
  The 
  fourth 
  post, 
  

   that 
  nearest 
  the 
  western 
  extremity, 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  cross, 
  painted 
  

  

  Fig. 
  34. 
  General 
  view 
  of 
  Mide 
  wigan. 
  

  

  white, 
  with 
  red 
  spots, 
  excepting 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  trunk, 
  which 
  is 
  

   squared, 
  the 
  colors 
  upon 
  the 
  four 
  sides 
  being 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  east, 
  green 
  

   on 
  the 
  south, 
  red 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  and 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  north. 
  (PI. 
  xv, 
  No. 
  4.) 
  

  

  About 
  10 
  paces 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  entrance, 
  in 
  a 
  direct 
  line 
  between 
  

   it 
  and 
  the 
  sweat 
  lodge, 
  is 
  planted 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  thin 
  board 
  3 
  feet 
  high 
  

   and 
  6 
  inches 
  broad, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  cut 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  present 
  a 
  three- 
  

   lobed 
  apex, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  Fig. 
  3. 
  The 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  board 
  is 
  

   painted 
  green; 
  that 
  facing 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  red. 
  Near 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  a 
  

   small 
  opening, 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  Mide' 
  are 
  enabled 
  to 
  peep 
  into 
  the 
  

   interior 
  of 
  the 
  sacred 
  structure 
  to 
  observe 
  the 
  angry 
  man'idos 
  occu- 
  

   pying 
  the 
  structure 
  and 
  opposing 
  the 
  intrusion 
  of 
  anyone 
  not 
  of 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  degree. 
  

  

  A 
  cedar 
  tree 
  is 
  planted 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'- 
  

   wigan, 
  and 
  about 
  6 
  paces 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  northern, 
  western, 
  and 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  entrances 
  a 
  small 
  brush 
  structure 
  is 
  erected, 
  sufficiently 
  large 
  to 
  

   admit 
  the 
  body. 
  These 
  structures 
  are 
  termed 
  bears' 
  nests, 
  supposed 
  

   to 
  be 
  points 
  where 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man'ido 
  rested 
  during 
  the 
  struggle 
  he 
  

   passed 
  through 
  while 
  fighting 
  with 
  the 
  malevolent 
  man'idos 
  within 
  

   to 
  gain 
  entrance 
  and 
  receive 
  the 
  fourth-degree 
  initiation. 
  Immedi- 
  

   ately 
  within 
  and 
  to 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  entrances 
  is 
  

   planted 
  a. 
  short 
  post, 
  5 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  8 
  inches 
  thick, 
  painted 
  red 
  upon 
  

   the 
  side 
  facing 
  the 
  interior 
  and 
  black 
  upon 
  the 
  reverse, 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  each 
  being 
  laid 
  a 
  stone 
  about 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  human 
  head. 
  These 
  

   four 
  posts 
  represent 
  the 
  four 
  limbs 
  and 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man'ido, 
  

   who 
  made- 
  the 
  four 
  entrances 
  and 
  forcibly 
  entered 
  and 
  expelled 
  the 
  

   evil 
  beings 
  who 
  had 
  opposed 
  him. 
  The 
  fourth-degree 
  Mide' 
  post 
  — 
  

  

  