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  THE 
  MIHK 
  WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  the 
  pupil 
  receives 
  instruction 
  in 
  making 
  effective 
  charms, 
  com- 
  

   pounding 
  love 
  powder, 
  etc. 
  This 
  love 
  powder 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  high 
  

   esteem, 
  and 
  its 
  composition 
  is 
  held 
  a 
  profound 
  secret, 
  t< 
  >be 
  transmitted 
  

   only 
  when 
  a 
  great 
  fee 
  is 
  paid. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  ingre- 
  

   dients: 
  Vermilion; 
  powdered 
  snakeroot 
  (Polygala 
  senega, 
  L.); 
  ex- 
  

   iguam 
  particulain 
  sanguinis 
  a 
  puella 
  effusi, 
  quum 
  in 
  primis 
  nien- 
  

   struis 
  esset; 
  and 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  ginseng 
  cut 
  from 
  the 
  bifurcation 
  of 
  the 
  

   root, 
  and 
  powdered. 
  These 
  are 
  mixed 
  and 
  put 
  into 
  a 
  small 
  buckskin 
  

   bag. 
  The 
  preparation 
  is 
  undertaken 
  only 
  after 
  an 
  offering 
  to 
  

   Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  of 
  tobacco 
  and 
  a 
  Mide' 
  song 
  with 
  rattle 
  accompani- 
  

   ment. 
  The 
  manner 
  of 
  using 
  this 
  powder 
  will 
  be 
  described 
  under 
  

   the 
  caption 
  of 
  "'descriptive 
  notes." 
  It 
  differs 
  entirely 
  from 
  the 
  

   powder 
  employed 
  in 
  painting 
  the 
  face 
  by 
  one 
  who 
  wishes 
  to 
  attract 
  

   or 
  fascinate 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  his 
  or 
  her 
  devotion. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  referred 
  

   to 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Peter 
  Jones 
  ' 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  particular 
  kind 
  of 
  charm 
  which 
  they 
  use 
  when 
  they 
  wish 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   the 
  object 
  of 
  their 
  affections. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  roots 
  and 
  red 
  ocher. 
  With 
  this 
  they 
  

   paint 
  their 
  faces, 
  believing 
  it 
  to 
  possess 
  a 
  power 
  so 
  irresistible 
  as 
  to 
  cause 
  the 
  object 
  

   of 
  their 
  desire 
  to 
  love 
  them. 
  But 
  the 
  moment 
  this 
  medicine 
  is 
  taken 
  away 
  and 
  the 
  

   charm 
  withdrawn 
  the 
  person 
  who 
  before 
  was 
  almost 
  frantic 
  with 
  love 
  hates 
  with 
  

   a 
  perfect 
  hatred. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  necessary 
  that 
  the 
  candidate 
  take 
  a 
  sweat-bath 
  once 
  each 
  day, 
  

   for 
  four 
  successive 
  days, 
  at 
  some 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  autumn 
  months 
  of 
  

   the 
  year 
  preceding 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  initiation 
  is 
  to 
  occur. 
  This 
  

   form 
  of 
  preparation 
  is 
  deemed 
  agreeable 
  to 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido, 
  whose 
  

   favor 
  is 
  constantly 
  invoked 
  that 
  the 
  candidate 
  may 
  be 
  favored 
  with 
  

   the 
  powers 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  conferred 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  degree. 
  As 
  spring 
  

   approaches 
  the 
  candidate 
  makes 
  occasional 
  presents 
  of 
  tobacco 
  to 
  

   the 
  chief 
  priest 
  and 
  his 
  assistants, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  

   ceremony 
  approaches, 
  they 
  send 
  out 
  runners 
  to 
  members 
  to 
  solicit 
  

   their 
  presence, 
  and, 
  if 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  degree, 
  their 
  assistance. 
  

  

  INITIATION 
  OF 
  CANDIDATE. 
  

  

  The 
  candidate 
  removes 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   be 
  able 
  to 
  go 
  through 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  purgation 
  four 
  times 
  before 
  

   the 
  day 
  of 
  initiation. 
  The 
  sudatory 
  having 
  been 
  constructed 
  on 
  the 
  

   usual 
  site, 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  structure, 
  he 
  enters 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  

   the 
  fifth 
  day 
  preceding 
  the 
  initiation 
  and 
  after 
  taking 
  a 
  sweat-bath 
  

   he 
  is 
  joined 
  by 
  the 
  preceptor, 
  when 
  both 
  proceed 
  to 
  the 
  four 
  entrances 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  and 
  deposit 
  at 
  each 
  a 
  small 
  offering 
  of 
  tobacco. 
  

   This 
  procedure 
  is 
  followed 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  days, 
  also, 
  but 
  

   upon 
  the 
  fourth 
  the 
  presents 
  are 
  also 
  carried 
  along 
  and 
  deposited 
  at 
  

   the 
  entrances, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  received 
  by 
  assistants 
  and 
  suspended 
  

   from 
  the 
  rafters 
  of 
  the 
  interior. 
  On 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  day, 
  

   t 
  lie 
  chief 
  and 
  officiating 
  priests 
  visit 
  the 
  candidate 
  and 
  his 
  preceptor, 
  

  

  'Hist, 
  of 
  the 
  Ojebway 
  Indians. 
  London 
  [1843?], 
  p. 
  155. 
  

  

  