﻿HOFFMAN] 
  THE 
  "GHOST 
  LODGE." 
  '279 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  Fig. 
  30, 
  which 
  illustration 
  is 
  a 
  re- 
  

   production 
  of 
  a 
  drawing 
  made 
  by 
  Sikas'sige. 
  

  

  L^==>r- 
  

  

  Fio. 
  35. 
  Indian 
  diagram 
  of 
  ghost 
  lodge. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  an 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  characters 
  : 
  

  

  No. 
  1 
  represents 
  the 
  wig'iwam 
  of 
  the 
  mourner, 
  which 
  lias 
  been 
  erected 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  until 
  after 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  initiation. 
  

   _• 
  . 
  No. 
  2 
  is 
  the 
  path 
  supposed 
  to 
  he 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  shadow 
  (spirit) 
  of 
  the 
  deceased; 
  it 
  leads 
  

  

  westward 
  to 
  the 
  Dzhibai 
  Mide'wigan; 
  literally, 
  shadow-spirit 
  wig'iwam. 
  

  

  No. 
  3,4, 
  5, 
  and 
  6. 
  designate 
  the 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  spirit 
  plucks 
  the 
  fruits 
  referred 
  to— 
  

   respectively 
  the 
  strawberry, 
  the 
  blueberry, 
  the 
  June 
  cherries, 
  and 
  the 
  plum. 
  

  

  No. 
  7 
  designates 
  the 
  form 
  and 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  Dzhihai 
  Mide'wigan. 
  The 
  central 
  

   spot 
  is 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  dish 
  of 
  food 
  for 
  Dzhibai 
  Man 
  ido— 
  the 
  good 
  spirit— 
  

   and 
  the 
  smaller 
  spots 
  around 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  inclosure 
  are 
  places 
  for 
  the 
  

   deposit 
  of 
  dishes 
  for 
  the 
  other 
  Mide 
  spirits 
  who 
  have 
  left 
  this 
  earth. 
  

  

  No. 
  8 
  is 
  the 
  path 
  which 
  is 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  candidate 
  when 
  going 
  from 
  his 
  wig'iwam 
  

   to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  

   J— 
  No. 
  9 
  indicates 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  sweat-lodge, 
  resorted 
  to 
  at 
  other 
  periods 
  of 
  initia- 
  

  

  tion. 
  

  

  No. 
  10 
  is 
  the 
  Mide 
  wigan 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ceremony 
  is 
  conducted 
  at 
  the 
  proper 
  time. 
  

  

  *^ 
  It 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  in 
  former 
  times 
  the 
  Ghost 
  Lodge 
  was 
  erected 
  west 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  mourner's 
  wig'iwam, 
  but 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  this 
  

   practice 
  has 
  been 
  discontinued. 
  The 
  tradition 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  Spirit's 
  

   progress 
  is 
  communicated 
  orally, 
  while 
  the 
  dramatic 
  representation 
  

   is 
  confined 
  to 
  placing 
  the 
  dishes 
  of 
  food 
  in 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  which 
  is 
  

   selected 
  as 
  a 
  fitting 
  and 
  appropriate 
  substitute 
  during 
  the 
  night 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  the 
  initiation. 
  

  

  This 
  custom, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  practiced, 
  consisted 
  of 
  carrying 
  from 
  the 
  

   mourner's 
  wig'iwam 
  to 
  the 
  Ghost 
  Lodge 
  the 
  dishes 
  of 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  

   spirits 
  of 
  departed 
  Mide' 
  to 
  enjoy 
  a 
  feast, 
  during 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  

   Mide' 
  priests 
  were 
  partaking 
  of 
  one. 
  A 
  large 
  dish 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   center 
  of 
  the 
  structure 
  by 
  the 
  mourner, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  supreme 
  

   Mide' 
  spirit 
  was 
  to 
  eat. 
  Dishes 
  are 
  now 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  

   as 
  stated 
  above. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  officiating 
  Mide' 
  then 
  instructs 
  the 
  father 
  of 
  the 
  deceased 
  

   boy 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  to 
  dress 
  and 
  proceed, 
  as 
  symbolizing 
  

   the 
  course 
  pursued 
  by 
  the 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  son 
  on 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  spirit 
  

  

  