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  A 
  pause. 
  Ceremonial 
  smoking 
  is 
  indulged 
  in, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  

   chant 
  is 
  continued. 
  

  

  CO 
  

  

  Ni-mi'-ga-sim'-ma 
  man'-i-do, 
  sa-ko 
  -tshi-na'. 
  

  

  My 
  mi 
  gis 
  spirit, 
  that 
  is 
  why 
  I 
  am 
  stronger 
  than 
  you. 
  

  

  [The 
  three 
  snots 
  denote 
  the 
  three 
  times 
  the 
  singer 
  has 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  the 
  nilgis 
  by 
  being 
  shot: 
  it 
  is 
  becaus 
  • 
  this 
  spirit 
  is 
  within 
  

   him 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  more 
  powerful 
  than 
  those 
  upon 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  

   wigiwam 
  who 
  hear 
  him.] 
  

  

  Mi 
  -ga-ye'-nin 
  en'-dy-an, 
  ya 
  , 
  ho', 
  ya 
  , 
  man'-i-do'-ya. 
  

  

  That 
  is 
  the 
  way 
  I 
  feel, 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [Tlr 
  speaker 
  is 
  till,.,] 
  with 
  joy 
  at 
  his 
  power, 
  the 
  mi 
  gis 
  within 
  

   him, 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  spot 
  upon 
  the 
  body, 
  making 
  him 
  confident.] 
  

  

  Va-go 
  -sha-hi 
  , 
  na'.ha. 
  ha', 
  

  

  Ya-go 
  -sha-hi', 
  man'-i-do-wi 
  -yln. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  stronger 
  than 
  you. 
  spirit 
  that 
  you 
  are. 
  

  

  [He 
  feels 
  more 
  powerful, 
  from 
  having 
  received 
  three 
  times 
  the 
  

   mi'gis. 
  than 
  the 
  evil 
  spirit 
  who 
  antagonizes 
  his 
  progress 
  in 
  ad- 
  

   vancement.] 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  this 
  preliminary 
  by 
  the 
  candidate, 
  the 
  

   priests 
  emerge 
  from 
  the 
  wigiwam 
  and 
  fall 
  in 
  line 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  

   official 
  status, 
  when 
  the 
  candidate' 
  and 
  preceptor 
  gather 
  up 
  the 
  par- 
  

   cels 
  of 
  tobacco 
  and 
  place 
  themselves 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  column 
  and 
  

   start 
  toward 
  the 
  eastern 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  As 
  they 
  ap- 
  

   proach 
  the 
  lone 
  post, 
  or 
  board, 
  the 
  candidate 
  halts, 
  when 
  the 
  priests 
  

   continue 
  to 
  chant 
  and 
  drum 
  upon 
  the 
  Mide' 
  drum. 
  The 
  chief 
  Mide' 
  

   then 
  advances 
  to 
  the 
  board 
  and 
  peeps 
  through 
  the 
  orifice 
  near 
  the 
  

   t<>ii 
  to 
  view 
  malevolent 
  man'idos 
  occupying 
  the 
  interior, 
  who 
  are 
  an- 
  

   tagonistic 
  to 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  a 
  stranger. 
  This 
  spot 
  is 
  assumed 
  to 
  

   represent 
  the 
  resting 
  place 
  or 
  " 
  nest." 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man'ido 
  

   viewed 
  the 
  evil 
  spirits 
  during 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  initiation 
  by 
  the 
  Otter. 
  

   The 
  evil 
  spirits 
  within 
  are 
  crouching 
  upon 
  the 
  floor, 
  one 
  behind 
  the 
  

   other 
  and 
  facing 
  the 
  east, 
  the 
  first 
  being 
  Mi-shi'-bi-shi'— 
  the 
  panther 
  ; 
  

   the 
  second. 
  Me-shi'-ke— 
  the 
  turtle 
  ; 
  the 
  third, 
  kwin'-go-a'-gl— 
  the 
  big 
  

   wolverine 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth, 
  wa'-gush— 
  the 
  fox; 
  the 
  fifth, 
  ma-in'-gun— 
  

   the 
  wolf 
  : 
  and 
  the 
  sixth, 
  ma-kwa'— 
  the 
  bear. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  ones 
  

   wh, 
  i 
  endeavor 
  to 
  counteract 
  or 
  destroy 
  the 
  good 
  wrought 
  by 
  the 
  rites 
  

   <>f 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin, 
  and 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  good 
  man'idos 
  can 
  

   they 
  be 
  driven 
  from 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  permit 
  a 
  candidate 
  to 
  

   enter 
  and 
  receive 
  the 
  benefits 
  of 
  the 
  degree. 
  The 
  second 
  Mide' 
  then 
  

   views 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  malevolent 
  beings, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  third, 
  and 
  

   lastly 
  the 
  fourth 
  priest 
  looks 
  through 
  the 
  orifice. 
  They 
  then 
  advise 
  

  

  