﻿Hoffman.] 
  PREPARATION 
  OF 
  CANDIDATE. 
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  the 
  cross 
  — 
  furthermore 
  symbolizes 
  the 
  four 
  days' 
  struggle 
  at 
  the 
  four 
  

   openings 
  or 
  doors 
  in 
  the 
  north, 
  south, 
  east, 
  and 
  west 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  

   structure. 
  

  

  PREPARATION 
  OF 
  CANDIDATE. 
  

  

  Under 
  ordinary 
  circumstances 
  it 
  requires 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  year 
  before 
  

   a 
  Mide' 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  grade 
  is 
  considered 
  eligible 
  for 
  promotion, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  seldom 
  that 
  a 
  candidate 
  can 
  procure 
  the 
  necessary 
  presents 
  

   within 
  that 
  period, 
  so 
  that 
  frequently 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  elapse 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  any 
  intimation 
  by 
  a 
  candidate 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  priest 
  that 
  

   tin.- 
  necessary 
  requirements 
  can 
  be 
  complied 
  with. 
  The 
  chief 
  rea- 
  

   son 
  of 
  this 
  delay 
  is 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  fee 
  to 
  the 
  officiat- 
  

   ing 
  priests 
  alone 
  must 
  equal 
  in 
  value 
  and 
  quantity 
  four 
  times 
  the 
  

   amount 
  paid 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  initiation, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  success 
  in 
  gathering 
  

   the 
  robes, 
  skins, 
  blankets, 
  etc.. 
  depends 
  upon 
  the 
  candidate's 
  own 
  

   exertions 
  it 
  will 
  readily 
  appear 
  why 
  so 
  few 
  ever 
  attain 
  the 
  distinc- 
  

   tion 
  sought. 
  Should 
  one 
  be 
  so 
  fortunate, 
  however, 
  as 
  to 
  possess 
  the 
  

   required 
  articles, 
  he 
  has 
  only 
  to 
  make 
  known 
  the 
  fact 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  and 
  

   assistant 
  Mide' 
  priests, 
  when 
  a 
  meeting 
  is 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  wig'iwam 
  of 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  and 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  the 
  candidate 
  discussed. 
  For 
  

   this 
  purpose 
  tobacco 
  is 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  candidate. 
  The 
  more 
  valua- 
  

   ble 
  and 
  more 
  numerous 
  the 
  presents 
  the 
  more 
  rapidly 
  will 
  his 
  appli- 
  

   cation 
  be 
  disposed 
  of, 
  and 
  the 
  more 
  certainly 
  will 
  favorable 
  consid- 
  

   eration 
  on 
  it 
  be 
  had. 
  It 
  becomes 
  necessary, 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  instances 
  

   of 
  preparation, 
  for 
  the 
  candidate 
  to 
  procure 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  a 
  renowned 
  

   Mide', 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  acquire 
  new 
  or 
  specially 
  celebrated 
  remedies 
  or 
  

   charms. 
  The 
  candidate 
  may 
  also 
  give 
  evidence 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  pro- 
  

   ficiency 
  in 
  magic 
  without 
  revealing 
  the 
  secrets 
  of 
  his 
  success 
  or 
  the 
  

   course 
  pursued 
  to 
  attain 
  it. 
  The 
  greater 
  the 
  mystery 
  the 
  higher 
  he 
  

   is 
  held 
  in 
  esteem 
  even 
  by 
  his 
  jealous 
  confreres. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  gained 
  by 
  preparatory 
  instruction 
  for 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  degree, 
  the 
  chief 
  claims 
  being 
  a 
  renewal 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  

   "shooting 
  the 
  mi'gis" 
  into 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  candidate, 
  and 
  enacting 
  

   or 
  dramatizing 
  the 
  traditional 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man'ido 
  in 
  his 
  en- 
  

   deavor 
  to 
  receive 
  from 
  the 
  Otter 
  the 
  secrets 
  of 
  this 
  grade. 
  One 
  who 
  

   succeeds 
  becomes 
  correspondingly 
  powerful 
  in 
  his 
  profession 
  and 
  

   therefore 
  more 
  feared 
  by 
  the 
  credulous. 
  His 
  sources 
  of 
  income 
  are 
  

   accordingly 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  Indians 
  who 
  require 
  

   his 
  assistance. 
  Hunters, 
  warriors, 
  and 
  lovers 
  have 
  occasion 
  to 
  call 
  

   upon 
  him, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  antidoting 
  charms 
  are 
  sought, 
  when 
  the 
  

   evil 
  effects 
  of 
  an 
  enemy's 
  work 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  counteracted. 
  

  

  The 
  instructor 
  receives 
  the 
  visit 
  of 
  the 
  candidate, 
  and 
  upon 
  com- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  agreement 
  concerning 
  the 
  fee 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  for 
  the 
  

   service 
  he 
  prepares 
  his 
  pupil 
  by 
  prompting 
  him 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  part 
  he 
  

   is 
  to 
  enact 
  during 
  the 
  initiation 
  and 
  the 
  reasons 
  therefor. 
  The 
  

   preparation 
  and 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  magic 
  compounds 
  are 
  discussed, 
  and 
  

  

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