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  THE 
  mide'wiwin 
  of 
  the 
  ojibwa. 
  

  

  remembered, 
  however, 
  applied 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  numerous 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  

   Algonkian 
  linguistic 
  family 
  among 
  which 
  the 
  alleged 
  practices 
  ex- 
  

   isted; 
  though 
  neighboring 
  tribes 
  of 
  other 
  linguistic 
  groups 
  were 
  no 
  

   doubt 
  familiar 
  with 
  them, 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  Winnebago, 
  Omaha, 
  and 
  other 
  

   allied 
  tribes, 
  profess 
  to 
  have 
  "Medicine 
  Societies," 
  the 
  secrets 
  of 
  

   which 
  they 
  claim 
  to 
  have 
  obtained 
  from 
  tribes 
  located 
  east 
  of 
  their 
  

   own 
  habitat, 
  that 
  practiced 
  the 
  peculiar 
  ceremony 
  of 
  "shooting 
  

   small 
  shells" 
  (i. 
  e., 
  the 
  migis 
  of 
  the 
  Ojibwa) 
  into 
  the 
  candidate. 
  

  

  In 
  PI. 
  xviii 
  is 
  shown 
  a 
  Jrs'sakkid' 
  extracting 
  sickness 
  by 
  suck- 
  

   ing 
  through 
  bone 
  tubes. 
  

  

  DZHIBAI 
  NIIDEWIGAN, 
  OR 
  "GHOST 
  LODGE." 
  

  

  A 
  structure 
  erected 
  by 
  Indians 
  for 
  any 
  purpose 
  whatever, 
  is 
  now 
  

   generally 
  designated 
  a 
  lodge, 
  in 
  which 
  sense 
  the 
  term 
  is 
  applied 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  the 
  word 
  dzhibai' 
  — 
  ghost, 
  or 
  more 
  appropriately 
  

   shadow 
  — 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  caption. 
  This 
  lodge 
  is 
  constructed 
  in 
  a 
  form 
  

   similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  but 
  its 
  greatest 
  diameter 
  extends 
  

   north 
  and 
  south 
  instead 
  of 
  east 
  and 
  west. 
  Further 
  reference 
  will 
  

   be 
  made 
  to 
  this 
  in 
  describing 
  another 
  method 
  of 
  conferring 
  the 
  

   initiation 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  degree 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  This 
  distinction 
  is 
  

   attained 
  by 
  first 
  becoming 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  "Ghost 
  So- 
  

   ciety," 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  birth 
  of 
  a 
  male 
  child 
  it 
  is 
  customary 
  to 
  invite 
  the 
  friends 
  

   of 
  the 
  family 
  to 
  a 
  feast, 
  designating 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  a 
  Mide' 
  to 
  

   serve 
  as 
  godfather 
  and 
  to 
  dedicate 
  the 
  child 
  -to 
  some 
  special 
  pursuit 
  

   in 
  life. 
  The 
  Mide' 
  is 
  governed 
  in 
  his 
  decision 
  by 
  visions, 
  and 
  it 
  thus 
  

   sometimes 
  happens 
  that 
  the 
  child 
  is 
  dedicated 
  to 
  the 
  '" 
  Grand 
  Medi- 
  

   cine," 
  i. 
  e., 
  he 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  prepared 
  to 
  enter 
  the 
  society 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'. 
  In 
  

   such 
  a 
  case 
  the 
  parents 
  prepare 
  him 
  by 
  procuring 
  a 
  good 
  preceptor, 
  

   and 
  gather 
  together 
  robes, 
  blankets, 
  and 
  other 
  gifts 
  to 
  be 
  presented 
  

   at 
  initiation. 
  

  

  Should 
  this 
  son 
  die 
  before 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  puberty, 
  before 
  which 
  period 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  customary 
  to 
  admit 
  any 
  one 
  into 
  the 
  society, 
  the 
  father 
  paints 
  

   his 
  own 
  face 
  as 
  before 
  described, 
  viz, 
  red, 
  with 
  a 
  green 
  stripe 
  

   diagonally 
  across 
  the 
  face 
  from 
  left 
  to 
  right, 
  as 
  in 
  PI. 
  vi. 
  No. 
  4, 
  or 
  

   red 
  with 
  two 
  short 
  horizontal 
  parallel 
  bars 
  in 
  green 
  upon 
  the 
  fore- 
  

   head 
  as 
  in 
  PI. 
  vi, 
  No. 
  5, 
  and 
  announces 
  to 
  tbe 
  chief 
  Mide' 
  priest 
  his 
  

   intention 
  of 
  becoming 
  himself 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  "Ghost 
  Society" 
  

   and 
  his 
  readiness 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  first 
  degree 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin, 
  as 
  

   a 
  substitute 
  for 
  his 
  deceased 
  son. 
  Other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  mourner's 
  

   family 
  blacken 
  the 
  face, 
  as 
  shown 
  on 
  PI. 
  vii. 
  No. 
  5. 
  

  

  In 
  due 
  time 
  a 
  council 
  of 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  is 
  called, 
  who 
  visit 
  the 
  wig'- 
  

   iwani 
  of 
  the 
  mourner, 
  where 
  they 
  partake 
  of 
  a 
  feast, 
  and 
  the 
  subject 
  

   of 
  initiation 
  is 
  discussed. 
  This 
  wig'iwam 
  is 
  situated 
  south 
  and 
  east 
  

  

  