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  THE 
  mide'wiwin 
  of 
  the 
  ojibwa. 
  

  

  During 
  a 
  recent 
  visit 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  reservations 
  in 
  Minnesota, 
  I 
  

   had 
  occasion 
  to 
  confer 
  with 
  a 
  Catholic 
  missionary 
  regarding 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  medical 
  practices 
  of 
  the 
  Indians, 
  and 
  the 
  implements 
  

   and 
  other 
  accessories 
  employed 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  their 
  profession. 
  

   He 
  related 
  the 
  following 
  incident 
  as 
  having 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  come 
  under 
  his 
  own 
  personal 
  observation: 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  his 
  church, 
  a 
  Norwegian, 
  sixty-two 
  years 
  

   of 
  age, 
  and 
  a 
  widower, 
  had 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  preceding 
  year 
  been 
  consid- 
  

   ered 
  by 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  residents 
  as 
  demented. 
  The 
  missionary 
  himself 
  

   had 
  observed 
  his 
  erratic 
  and 
  frequently 
  irrational 
  conduct, 
  and 
  was 
  

   impressed 
  with 
  the 
  probable 
  truth 
  of 
  the 
  prevailing 
  rumor. 
  One 
  

   morning, 
  however, 
  as 
  the 
  missionary 
  was 
  seated 
  in 
  his 
  study, 
  he 
  was 
  

   surprised 
  to 
  receive 
  a 
  very 
  early 
  call, 
  and 
  upon 
  invitation 
  his 
  visitor 
  

   took 
  a 
  seat 
  and 
  explained 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  his 
  visit. 
  He 
  said 
  that 
  for 
  

   the 
  last 
  year 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  so 
  disturbed 
  in 
  his 
  peace 
  of 
  mind 
  that 
  he 
  

   now 
  came 
  to 
  seek 
  advice. 
  He 
  was 
  fully 
  aware 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  re- 
  

   port 
  respecting 
  his 
  conduct, 
  but 
  was 
  utterly 
  unable 
  to 
  control 
  him- 
  

   self, 
  and 
  attributed 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  his 
  unfortunate 
  condition 
  to 
  an 
  

   occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  before. 
  Upon 
  waking 
  one 
  morning 
  his 
  

   thoughts 
  were 
  unwillingly 
  concentrated 
  upon 
  an 
  Indian 
  woman 
  with 
  

   whom 
  he 
  had 
  no 
  personal 
  acquaintance 
  whatever, 
  and, 
  notwith- 
  

   standing 
  the 
  absurdity 
  of 
  the 
  impression, 
  be 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  cast 
  it 
  

   aside. 
  After 
  breakfast 
  he 
  was, 
  by 
  some 
  inexplicable 
  influence, 
  com- 
  

   pelled 
  to 
  call 
  upon 
  her. 
  and 
  to 
  introduce 
  himself, 
  and 
  although 
  he 
  ex- 
  

   pected 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  avoid 
  repeating 
  the 
  visit, 
  he 
  never 
  had 
  sufficient 
  

   control 
  over 
  himself 
  to 
  resist 
  lurking 
  in 
  the- 
  vicinity 
  of 
  her 
  habita- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Upon 
  his 
  return 
  home 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  visit 
  be 
  discovered 
  lying 
  upon 
  

   the 
  floor 
  under 
  his 
  bed, 
  a 
  Mide' 
  sack 
  which 
  contained 
  some 
  small 
  

   parcels 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  unfamiliar, 
  but 
  was 
  afterward 
  told 
  that 
  

   one 
  of 
  them 
  consisted 
  of 
  ' 
  ' 
  love 
  powder. 
  " 
  He 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  

   grown 
  children, 
  and 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  marrying 
  again 
  was 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ques- 
  

   tion, 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  their 
  account 
  but 
  because 
  he 
  was 
  now 
  too 
  old. 
  The 
  

   missionary 
  reasoned 
  with 
  him 
  and 
  suggested 
  a 
  course 
  of 
  procedure, 
  

   the 
  result 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  learned 
  when 
  the 
  incident 
  was 
  re- 
  

   lated. 
  

  

  Jugglery 
  of 
  another 
  kind, 
  to 
  which 
  allusion 
  has 
  before 
  been 
  made, 
  

   is 
  also 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  highest 
  class 
  of 
  Jgs'sakkld'. 
  Several 
  years 
  

   ago 
  the 
  following 
  account 
  was 
  related 
  to 
  Col. 
  Garrick 
  Mallery, 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Army, 
  and 
  myself, 
  and 
  as 
  Col. 
  Mallery 
  subsequently 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  

   before 
  the 
  Anthropological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  District 
  of 
  Co- 
  

   lumbia, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  account 
  was 
  mentioned, 
  I 
  quote 
  his 
  words: 
  

  

  Paul 
  Beaulieu. 
  an 
  Ojibwa 
  of 
  mixed 
  blood, 
  present 
  interpreter 
  at 
  White 
  Earth 
  

   Agency, 
  Minnesota, 
  gave 
  me 
  his 
  experience 
  with 
  a 
  Jes'sakkld', 
  at 
  Leech 
  Lake, 
  Min- 
  

   nesota, 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1858. 
  The 
  reports 
  of 
  his 
  wonderful 
  performances 
  had 
  

   reached 
  the 
  agency, 
  ami 
  as 
  Beaulieu 
  had 
  no 
  faith 
  in 
  jugglers, 
  he 
  offered 
  to 
  wager 
  

  

  