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  THE 
  mide'wiwin 
  OF 
  THE 
  O.TIF.WA. 
  

  

  world. 
  The 
  instructions 
  are 
  carried 
  out, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  going 
  to 
  an 
  imaginary 
  Ghost 
  Lodge, 
  as 
  he 
  proceeds 
  only 
  

   to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  and 
  deposits 
  the 
  articles 
  enumerated 
  below. 
  He 
  

   is 
  told 
  to 
  take 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  bear-skin 
  moccasins, 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  wolf 
  -skin, 
  

   and 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  birds' 
  skins, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  those 
  which 
  he 
  wears 
  

   upon 
  his 
  feel 
  : 
  these 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  structure 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   Mide' 
  spirits 
  are 
  feasting, 
  walking 
  barefooted, 
  picking 
  a 
  strawberry 
  

   from 
  a 
  plant 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  path 
  and 
  a 
  blueberry 
  from 
  a 
  bush 
  

   on 
  the 
  left, 
  plucking 
  June 
  cherries 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  and 
  

   plums 
  on 
  the 
  left. 
  He 
  is 
  then 
  to 
  hasten 
  toward 
  the 
  Ghost 
  Lodge, 
  

   which 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  mi'gis, 
  and 
  to 
  deposit 
  the 
  fruit 
  and 
  the 
  moc- 
  

   casins; 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  used 
  by 
  his 
  son's 
  spirit 
  in 
  traveling 
  the 
  road 
  of 
  

   the 
  dead 
  after 
  the 
  spirits 
  have 
  completed 
  their 
  feast 
  and 
  reception 
  of 
  

   him. 
  While 
  the 
  candidate 
  is 
  on 
  his 
  mission 
  to 
  the 
  Ghost 
  Lodge 
  (for 
  

   the 
  time 
  being 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  Mide'wigan) 
  the 
  assemblage 
  in 
  

   the 
  wig'iwam 
  chant 
  the 
  following 
  for 
  the 
  mourner 
  : 
  Yan'-i-ma-tsha', 
  

   yan'-i-ma-tsha', 
  ha', 
  yan'-i-ma-tsha' 
  yau'-i-ma-tsha'ha', 
  yu'-te-no-win' 
  

   ge,' 
  he' 
  nin-de'-so-ne' 
  — 
  " 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  away, 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  away, 
  I 
  am 
  

   going 
  away, 
  to 
  the 
  village 
  I 
  walk" 
  — 
  i. 
  e., 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  the 
  dead. 
  

  

  The 
  person 
  who 
  desires 
  to 
  receive 
  initiation 
  into 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  

   under 
  such 
  circumstances, 
  impersonates 
  Minabo'zho, 
  as 
  he 
  is 
  believed 
  

   to 
  have 
  penetrated 
  the 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  abode 
  of 
  shadows, 
  or 
  ne'-ba- 
  

   gl'-zis 
  — 
  "land 
  of 
  the 
  sleeping 
  sun." 
  He, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  did 
  this 
  to 
  de- 
  

   stroy 
  the 
  " 
  Ghost 
  Gambler 
  " 
  and 
  to 
  liberate 
  the 
  many 
  victims 
  who 
  had 
  

   fallen 
  into 
  his 
  power. 
  To 
  be 
  enabled 
  to 
  traverse 
  this 
  dark 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   mal 
  path, 
  he 
  borrowed 
  of 
  Ko-ko'-ko-o' 
  — 
  the 
  owl 
  — 
  his 
  eyes, 
  and 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  also 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  we'-we-te'-si-wug 
  — 
  the 
  firefly, 
  both 
  of 
  

   which 
  were 
  sent 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  earth 
  upon 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  his 
  jour- 
  

   ney. 
  By 
  referring 
  to 
  PL 
  m, 
  A, 
  the 
  reference 
  to 
  this 
  myth 
  will 
  be 
  

   observed 
  as 
  pictorially 
  represented 
  in 
  Nos. 
  110 
  to 
  114. 
  No. 
  110 
  is 
  the 
  

   Mide'wigan 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  traveler 
  has 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  Dzhibai' 
  Mide'- 
  

   wigan 
  (No. 
  112) 
  in 
  the 
  west. 
  No. 
  113, 
  represented 
  as 
  Ko-ko'-kd-o' 
  — 
  

   the 
  owl— 
  whose 
  eyes 
  enabled 
  Mi'nabo'zho 
  to 
  follow 
  the 
  path 
  of 
  the 
  

   dead 
  (No. 
  114); 
  the 
  owl 
  skin 
  Mide' 
  sack 
  is 
  also 
  sometimes 
  used 
  by 
  

   Mide' 
  priests 
  who 
  have 
  received 
  their 
  first 
  degree 
  in 
  this 
  wise. 
  The 
  

   V-shaped 
  characters 
  within 
  the 
  circle 
  at 
  No. 
  Ill 
  denote 
  the 
  presence 
  

   of 
  spirits 
  at 
  the 
  Ghost 
  Lodge, 
  to 
  which 
  reference 
  has 
  been 
  made. 
  

  

  The 
  presents 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  gathered 
  as 
  a 
  gift 
  or 
  fee 
  for 
  the 
  

   deceased 
  are 
  now 
  produced 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  order 
  for 
  transportation 
  

   to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan. 
  early 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  morning. 
  

  

  The 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  then 
  depart, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  next 
  morning 
  several 
  of 
  

   them 
  make 
  their 
  appearance 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  clearing 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  of 
  

   the 
  dishes 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  left 
  there 
  over 
  night, 
  and 
  to 
  carry 
  thither 
  

   the 
  robes, 
  blankets, 
  and 
  other 
  presents, 
  and 
  suspend 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  

   rafters. 
  Upon 
  their 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  candidate's 
  wig'iwam, 
  the 
  Mide' 
  

   priests 
  gather, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  candidate 
  starts 
  to 
  lead 
  the 
  procession 
  

  

  