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  THE 
  MIDE 
  W1VVIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  o.HliWA. 
  

  

  He'-ha-wa'-ni, 
  ye', 
  he'-ha-wa'-ni, 
  ye', 
  

  

  na 
  -bi-nesh'-ga-na'-bi, 
  hi', 
  he'. 
  

  

  [These 
  words 
  were 
  chanted, 
  while 
  the 
  following 
  are 
  those 
  as 
  

   spoken, 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  music] 
  

  

  A-wan'-o-de 
  -no-win 
  ni 
  -bi-desh'-ka-wfn 
  un 
  -de-no 
  -win. 
  

  

  The 
  fog 
  wind 
  goes 
  from 
  place 
  t<> 
  place 
  whence 
  the 
  wind 
  blows. 
  

  

  [The 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  representation 
  of 
  a 
  human 
  form 
  was 
  not 
  sat- 
  

   isfactorily 
  explained. 
  The 
  preceptor 
  felt 
  confident, 
  however, 
  that 
  

   it 
  signified 
  a 
  man 
  ido 
  who 
  controls 
  the 
  fog, 
  one 
  different 
  from 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  a-na 
  -mi-ki 
  , 
  or 
  Thunderers, 
  who 
  would 
  be 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  fig- 
  

   ure 
  of 
  an 
  eagle, 
  or 
  a 
  hawk, 
  when 
  it 
  would 
  also 
  denote 
  the 
  thunder, 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  lightning-, 
  neither 
  of 
  which 
  occurs 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  fog.] 
  

  

  Rest. 
  

  

  ¥? 
  

  

  Man-i-do-we 
  ni 
  '-mi-nan' 
  ku-ni'-ne 
  man-to'-ke 
  ni 
  -mi-ne 
  . 
  

  

  I 
  who 
  acknowledge 
  you 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  spirit, 
  and 
  am 
  dying. 
  

  

  [The 
  figure 
  is 
  an 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  with 
  the 
  sacred 
  Mide 
  

   stone 
  indicated 
  within, 
  as 
  also 
  another 
  spot 
  to 
  signify 
  the 
  place 
  

   occupied 
  by 
  a 
  sick 
  person. 
  The 
  waving 
  lines 
  above 
  and 
  beneath 
  

   the 
  oblong 
  square 
  are 
  magic 
  lines, 
  and 
  indicate 
  magic 
  or 
  super- 
  

   natural 
  power. 
  The 
  singer 
  compares 
  the 
  candidate 
  to 
  a 
  sick 
  man 
  

   who 
  is 
  seeking 
  life 
  by 
  having 
  shot 
  into 
  his 
  body 
  the 
  mi 
  gis.] 
  

  

  Ga-kwe 
  -in-nan'-tshi-ha 
  -ge-na 
  ma-kwa 
  ni-go 
  -tshi-ni'. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  trying 
  you 
  who 
  are 
  the 
  bear. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  who 
  is 
  chanting 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  figure; 
  his 
  eyes 
  are 
  

   looking 
  into 
  the 
  candidate's 
  heart. 
  The 
  lines 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  are 
  

   also 
  shown 
  as 
  denoting 
  speech, 
  directed 
  to 
  his 
  hearer. 
  The 
  horns 
  

   are 
  a 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  indicating 
  superior 
  powers.] 
  

  

  Pl-ne'-si 
  ka 
  -ka-gi 
  '-wai-yan' 
  wen'-dzhi 
  man'-i-do'wid. 
  

  

  The 
  bird, 
  the 
  crow 
  bird's 
  skin 
  is 
  the 
  reason 
  why 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [Although 
  the 
  crow- 
  is 
  mentioned, 
  the 
  Thunder-bird 
  (eagle) 
  is 
  

   delineated. 
  The 
  signification 
  of 
  the 
  phrase 
  is. 
  that 
  the 
  speaker 
  is 
  

   equal 
  in 
  power 
  to 
  a 
  man 
  ido. 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  using 
  the 
  Mide 
  sack 
  — 
  

   which 
  is 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  skin.] 
  

  

  Tshin-gwe'-wi-he'-na 
  ne 
  . 
  ka"', 
  tsbi-wa'-ba-ku-net'. 
  

  

  The 
  sound 
  Of 
  the 
  Thunder 
  is 
  the 
  white 
  hear 
  of 
  tire. 
  

  

  [The 
  head 
  is, 
  in 
  this 
  instance, 
  symbolical 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  bear 
  

   man 
  ido: 
  the 
  short 
  lines 
  below 
  it 
  denoting 
  flame 
  radiating 
  from 
  

   the 
  body, 
  the 
  eyes 
  also 
  looking 
  with 
  penetrating 
  gaze, 
  as 
  indicated 
  

   by 
  the 
  double 
  waving 
  lines 
  from 
  each 
  eye. 
  The 
  white 
  bear 
  man 
  - 
  

   ido 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  powerful 
  man'idos, 
  and 
  is 
  so 
  recognized.] 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  time 
  this 
  chant 
  is 
  completed 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  procession 
  

   readies 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  departure, 
  just 
  within 
  the 
  eastern 
  door, 
  and 
  all 
  

   of 
  the 
  members 
  return 
  to 
  their 
  seats, 
  only 
  the 
  four 
  officiating 
  Mide' 
  

   remaining 
  with 
  the 
  candidate 
  and 
  his 
  preceptor. 
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