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  INITIATION 
  SONGS. 
  

  

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  in 
  the 
  sweat-lodge, 
  when 
  ceremonial 
  smoking 
  is 
  indulged 
  in 
  foil, 
  iwed 
  

   by 
  the 
  recitation 
  of 
  Mide' 
  chants. 
  The 
  following 
  (PL 
  xvi. 
  A) 
  is 
  a 
  re- 
  

   production 
  of 
  the 
  chant 
  taught 
  to 
  and 
  recited 
  by 
  the 
  candidate. 
  The 
  

   original 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  an 
  old 
  mnemonic 
  chart 
  in 
  use 
  at 
  Mille 
  

   Lacs, 
  Minnesota, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1825, 
  which 
  in 
  turn 
  had 
  been 
  copied 
  from 
  

   a 
  record 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  Mide' 
  priest 
  at 
  La 
  Pointe, 
  Wisconsin. 
  

   Many 
  of 
  the 
  words 
  are 
  of 
  an 
  older 
  form 
  than 
  those 
  in 
  use 
  at. 
  the 
  

   present 
  day. 
  Each 
  line 
  may 
  be 
  repeated 
  ad 
  libitum. 
  

  

  ^ 
  

  

  <? 
  

  

  Ni-ka 
  -ni-na 
  , 
  ni-ka 
  -ni-na 
  , 
  ni-ka 
  -ni-na 
  , 
  

   I 
  am 
  the 
  Nika'ni, 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  Nika'ni. 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  Nika'ni. 
  

  

  man'-i-do 
  wig'-i-wam 
  win 
  -di-ge'-un. 
  

   I 
  am 
  going 
  into 
  the 
  sacred 
  lodge. 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  compares 
  himself 
  to 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man 
  ido, 
  and 
  as 
  such 
  

   is 
  represented 
  at 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  Mide 
  wigan.] 
  

  

  Ni-ka 
  -ni-na. 
  ni-ka 
  -ni-na 
  . 
  ni-ka 
  -ni-na', 
  

   I 
  am 
  the 
  Nika'ni, 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  Nika'ni, 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  Nika'ni, 
  

   ni-kan 
  -gi-nun 
  -da 
  we-mi-duk' 
  . 
  

  

  I 
  " 
  suppose 
  " 
  you 
  hear 
  me. 
  

  

  [The 
  lines 
  from 
  tlie 
  ear 
  denotes 
  hearing; 
  the 
  words 
  are 
  ad- 
  

   dressed 
  to 
  his 
  auditors.] 
  

  

  Wa', 
  he-wa'-ke-wa 
  ke-wa 
  . 
  he- 
  wa 
  -ke-wa', 
  wa'. 
  

   He 
  said, 
  he 
  said. 
  

  

  [Signifies 
  that 
  Ki 
  tshi 
  Man 
  ido, 
  who 
  is 
  seen 
  with 
  the 
  voice 
  lines 
  

   issuing 
  from 
  the 
  mouth, 
  and 
  who 
  promised 
  the 
  Am 
  shina 
  beg 
  

   "life." 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  always 
  live.] 
  

  

  Rest. 
  A 
  ceremonial 
  smoke 
  is 
  now 
  indulged 
  in. 
  

  

  We 
  -shki-nun 
  -do-ni-ne', 
  

  

  ke-nosh 
  -ki-nun 
  -do-ni-ne 
  . 
  

   This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  you 
  hear 
  it. 
  

  

  [The 
  lines 
  of 
  hearing 
  are 
  again 
  shown: 
  the 
  words 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  

   first 
  time 
  this 
  is 
  chanted 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  intimation 
  that 
  the 
  singer 
  is 
  

   to 
  be 
  advanced 
  to 
  the 
  higher 
  grade 
  of 
  the 
  Mide 
  wiwin.] 
  

  

  Hwe 
  -na-ni-ka 
  he-na 
  . 
  he-no' 
  

  

  mi-te 
  -wi"-wi" 
  gi-ga-wa 
  -pi-no-don 
  . 
  

   You 
  laugh, 
  you 
  laugh 
  at 
  the 
  "grand 
  medicine." 
  

  

  [The 
  arms 
  are 
  directed 
  towards 
  Ki 
  tshi 
  Man 
  ido, 
  the 
  creator 
  of 
  

   the 
  sacred 
  rite: 
  the 
  words 
  refer 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  ignorant 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mide 
  wiwin 
  and 
  its 
  teachings.] 
  

  

  Nun-te'-ma-ne 
  , 
  he', 
  wi 
  -na-nun 
  -te-ma-ne' 
  

   ki-pi-nan'. 
  

  

  i 
  hear, 
  but 
  they 
  hear 
  it 
  not. 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  intimates 
  that 
  he 
  realizes 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mide' 
  rite, 
  but 
  the 
  uninitiated 
  do 
  not.] 
  

  

  