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  THE 
  WIDE 
  WIVVIN 
  OP 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  IV 
  -ni'-sfii 
  -a 
  ke 
  -ke-kwi 
  -yan. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  sitting 
  like 
  a 
  sparrow-hawk. 
  

  

  [The 
  singer 
  is 
  sitting 
  upright, 
  and 
  is 
  watchful, 
  like 
  a 
  hawk 
  

   watching 
  for 
  its 
  prey. 
  He 
  is 
  ready 
  to 
  observe, 
  and 
  to 
  acquire, 
  

   everything 
  thai 
  may 
  transpire 
  in 
  the 
  Mide 
  structure.] 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  chant, 
  the 
  assembled 
  Mide' 
  smoke 
  and 
  

   review 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  procedure 
  for 
  the 
  morrow's 
  ceremony, 
  and 
  when 
  

   these 
  details 
  have 
  been 
  settled 
  they 
  disperse, 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  their 
  wig'i- 
  

   wams, 
  or 
  to 
  visit 
  Mide' 
  who 
  may 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  distant 
  settlements. 
  

  

  Early 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  his 
  initiation 
  the 
  candidate 
  returns 
  to 
  the 
  suda- 
  

   tory 
  to 
  await 
  the 
  coming' 
  of 
  his 
  preceptor. 
  The 
  gifts 
  of 
  tobacco 
  are 
  

   divided 
  into 
  parcels 
  which 
  may 
  thus 
  be 
  easily 
  distributed 
  at 
  the 
  

   proper 
  time, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  officiating 
  priests 
  have 
  arrived, 
  and 
  

   seated 
  themselves, 
  the 
  candidate 
  produces 
  some 
  tobacco 
  of 
  which 
  all 
  

   present 
  take 
  a 
  pipeful, 
  when 
  a 
  ceremonial 
  smoke-offering 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  

   Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido. 
  The 
  candidate 
  then 
  takes 
  his 
  mide' 
  drum 
  and 
  

   sings 
  a 
  song 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  composition, 
  or 
  one 
  which 
  he 
  may 
  have 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  from 
  his 
  preceptor, 
  or 
  some 
  Mide' 
  priest. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  

   reproduction 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  mnemonic 
  song 
  which 
  the 
  owner, 
  Sikas'sige, 
  

   had 
  received 
  from 
  his 
  father 
  who 
  in 
  turn 
  had 
  obtained 
  it 
  at 
  La 
  

   Pointe, 
  Wisconsin, 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1800. 
  The 
  words 
  are 
  archaic 
  to 
  

   a 
  great 
  extent, 
  and 
  they 
  furthermore 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  modern 
  lan- 
  

   guage 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  pronounced 
  in 
  

   chanting, 
  which 
  peculiarity 
  has 
  been 
  faithfully 
  followed 
  below. 
  

   The 
  pictographic 
  characters 
  are 
  reproduced 
  in 
  PI. 
  XVI, 
  B. 
  As 
  usual, 
  

   the 
  several 
  lines 
  are 
  sung 
  ad 
  libitum, 
  repetition 
  depending 
  entirely 
  

   upon 
  the 
  feelings 
  of 
  the 
  singer. 
  

  

  Hin 
  -to-na-ga-ne 
  o-sa-ga-tshf-wed 
  o-do 
  -zhi-ton 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  sun 
  is 
  coming 
  up, 
  that 
  makes 
  my 
  dish. 
  

  

  [The 
  dish 
  signifies 
  the 
  feast 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  singer. 
  The 
  

   zigzag 
  lines 
  across 
  the 
  dish 
  denote 
  the 
  sacred 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  

   feast. 
  The 
  upper 
  lines 
  are 
  the 
  arm 
  holding 
  the 
  vessel. 
  | 
  

  

  Man'-i-do 
  i'-ya-ne 
  , 
  ish'-ko-te 
  -wi-wa 
  -we-yau 
  . 
  

  

  My 
  spirit 
  is 
  on 
  fire. 
  

  

  [The 
  horizontal 
  lines 
  across 
  the 
  leg 
  signify 
  magic 
  power 
  of 
  

   traversing 
  space. 
  The 
  short 
  lines 
  below 
  the 
  foot 
  denote 
  flames, 
  

   i. 
  e. 
  , 
  magic 
  influence 
  obtained 
  by 
  swiftness 
  of 
  communication 
  

   with 
  the 
  man'idos.] 
  

  

  Ko 
  tshi-ha-ya-ne 
  , 
  ne 
  ', 
  

  

  ish 
  -ki-to 
  -ya-ni 
  , 
  nin-do'-we-he 
  , 
  wi 
  -a-we-yan 
  . 
  

   I 
  want 
  to 
  try 
  you, 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  fire. 
  

  

  [The 
  zigzag 
  lines 
  diverging 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  signify 
  voice, 
  sing- 
  

   ing: 
  the 
  apex 
  upon 
  the 
  head 
  superior 
  knowledge, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  singer 
  wishes 
  to 
  try 
  his 
  Mide 
  sack 
  upon 
  his 
  hearer, 
  to 
  

   give 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  his 
  influence.] 
  

  

  