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  INITIATION 
  CEREMONIES. 
  263 
  

  

  Man'idos, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  compelled 
  to 
  seek 
  safety 
  in 
  flight. 
  The 
  

   candidate 
  is 
  resting 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  '"bear's 
  nest,'* 
  and 
  as 
  he 
  again 
  

   crawls 
  toward 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  on 
  hands 
  and 
  knees, 
  he 
  deposits 
  

   another 
  gift 
  of 
  a 
  parcel 
  of 
  tobacco, 
  then 
  rises 
  and 
  is 
  hurried 
  through 
  

   the 
  interior 
  to 
  emerge 
  at 
  the 
  entrance 
  door, 
  where 
  he 
  turns 
  around, 
  

   and 
  seeing 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  angry 
  man'idos 
  remaining, 
  he 
  takes 
  his 
  last 
  

   arrow 
  and 
  aiming 
  it 
  at 
  them 
  makes 
  four 
  threatening 
  gestures 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  them, 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  sending 
  the 
  arrow 
  into 
  the 
  structure, 
  which 
  

   puts 
  to 
  flight 
  all 
  opposition 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  host 
  of 
  man'idos. 
  

   The 
  path 
  is 
  now 
  clear, 
  and 
  after 
  he 
  deposits 
  another 
  gift 
  of 
  tobacco 
  

   at 
  the 
  door 
  he 
  is 
  led 
  within, 
  and 
  the 
  preceptor 
  receives 
  the 
  bow 
  and 
  

   deposits 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  remaining 
  tobacco 
  upon 
  the 
  pile 
  of 
  blankets 
  and 
  

   robes 
  that 
  have 
  by 
  this 
  time 
  been 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  rafters 
  and 
  laid 
  

   upon 
  the 
  ground 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  sacred 
  Mide' 
  stone 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  

   Mide' 
  post. 
  

   The 
  chief 
  Mide' 
  priest 
  then 
  takes 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  candidate, 
  saying: 
  

  

  Mi 
  -a-shi 
  -gwa 
  wi-ka 
  -we-a 
  -kwa-rmis-sin 
  -nuk. 
  Mi 
  -a-shi 
  -gwa 
  wi-kan 
  -do-we-an' 
  

  

  Now 
  is 
  the 
  time 
  [to 
  take] 
  the 
  path 
  that 
  Now 
  is 
  the 
  I 
  shall 
  inform 
  you 
  [of] 
  

  

  has 
  no 
  end. 
  time 
  

  

  mi 
  -ga-i 
  -zhid 
  wen 
  -dzhi-bi-ma 
  -dis. 
  

   that 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  the 
  reason 
  I 
  live. 
  

  

  To 
  this 
  the 
  second 
  Mide' 
  priest 
  remarks 
  to 
  the 
  candidate, 
  Wa'-shi- 
  

   gan'-do-we-an' 
  mi-gai'-i-nok' 
  wa'-ka-no'-shi-dzin 
  — 
  which 
  freely 
  trans- 
  

   lated 
  signifies: 
  "The 
  reason 
  I 
  now 
  advise 
  you 
  is 
  that 
  you 
  may 
  heed 
  

   him 
  when 
  he 
  speaks 
  to 
  you." 
  The 
  candidate 
  is 
  then 
  led 
  around 
  the 
  

   interior 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure, 
  the 
  assistant 
  Mide' 
  fall 
  in 
  line 
  of 
  march 
  and 
  

   are 
  followed 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  others 
  present, 
  excepting 
  the 
  musicians. 
  Dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  circuit, 
  which 
  is 
  performed 
  slowly, 
  the 
  chief 
  Mide' 
  drums 
  

   upon 
  the 
  Mide' 
  drum 
  and 
  chants. 
  The 
  following, 
  reproduced 
  from 
  

   the 
  original, 
  on 
  PI. 
  xvn, 
  B, 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  archaic 
  words, 
  

   some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  furthermore 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  spoken 
  language 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  their 
  being 
  chanted, 
  and 
  meaningless 
  syllables 
  introduced 
  

   to 
  prolong 
  certain 
  accentuated 
  notes. 
  Each 
  line 
  and 
  stanza 
  may 
  be 
  

   repeated 
  ad 
  libitum. 
  

  

  Man 
  -i-do, 
  he, 
  ne'-ye', 
  man'-i-do. 
  he. 
  ne 
  . 
  ye', 
  

  

  en'-da-na 
  -bi-yen 
  wen 
  -do-bi 
  -yen 
  

  

  A 
  spirit, 
  a 
  spirit, 
  you 
  who 
  sit 
  there, 
  who 
  sit 
  there. 
  

  

  [The 
  singer 
  makes 
  a 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  candidate 
  by 
  thus 
  giving 
  him 
  

   new 
  life, 
  by 
  again 
  shooting 
  into 
  his 
  body 
  the 
  sacred 
  mi'gis. 
  The 
  

   Hsk 
  is 
  the 
  dish 
  for 
  feast 
  of 
  spirits 
  in 
  the 
  dzhibai' 
  mide 
  wigan 
  — 
  

   ■' 
  Ghost 
  Lodge." 
  the 
  arms 
  reaching 
  towards 
  it 
  denoting 
  the 
  spirits 
  

   who 
  take 
  food 
  therefrom. 
  The 
  signification 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  candidate 
  

   will 
  be 
  enabled 
  to 
  invoke 
  and 
  commune 
  with 
  the 
  spirits 
  of 
  departed 
  

   Mide 
  , 
  and 
  to 
  learn 
  of 
  hidden 
  powers.] 
  

  

  