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  INITIATION 
  BY 
  SUBSTITUTION. 
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  toward 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  the 
  priests 
  fall 
  in 
  in 
  single 
  file, 
  and 
  all 
  move 
  

   forward, 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  chanting 
  the 
  following 
  words 
  repeatedly. 
  

   viz: 
  Ki-e'-ne-kwo-ta' 
  ki-e'-ne-kwo-ta, 
  ha', 
  ha', 
  ha', 
  nos 
  e'wi-e', 
  he', 
  

   ki'-na-ka'-ta-mun' 
  do-na'-gan 
  — 
  "I 
  also, 
  I 
  also, 
  my 
  father, 
  leave 
  you 
  

   my 
  dish." 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  sung 
  for 
  the 
  deceased, 
  who 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  bequeath 
  to 
  his 
  

   father 
  his 
  dish, 
  or 
  other 
  articles 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   added. 
  

  

  The 
  procession 
  continues 
  toward 
  and 
  into 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  passing 
  

   around 
  the 
  interior 
  by 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  toward 
  the 
  west, 
  north, 
  and 
  east 
  

   to 
  a 
  point 
  opposite 
  the 
  space 
  usually 
  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  deposit 
  of 
  goods, 
  

   where 
  the 
  candidate 
  turns 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  and 
  stands 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  inclosure, 
  where 
  he 
  now 
  faces 
  the 
  Mide' 
  post 
  in 
  the 
  west. 
  The 
  

   members 
  who 
  had 
  not 
  joined 
  the 
  procession, 
  but 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  await- 
  

   ing 
  its 
  arrival, 
  now 
  resume 
  their 
  seats, 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  accompanied 
  

   the 
  candidate 
  also 
  locate 
  themselves 
  as 
  they 
  desire, 
  when 
  the 
  officiat- 
  

   ing 
  priests 
  begin 
  the 
  ceremony 
  as 
  described 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   initiation 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  degree 
  after 
  the 
  candidate 
  has 
  been 
  turned 
  

   over 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  by 
  the 
  preceptor. 
  

  

  Sometimes 
  the 
  mother 
  of 
  one 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  so 
  dedicated 
  to 
  the 
  

   Mide'wiwin 
  is 
  taken 
  into 
  that 
  society, 
  particularly 
  when 
  the 
  father 
  

   is 
  absent 
  or 
  dead. 
  

  

  INITIATION 
  BY 
  SUBSTITUTION. 
  

  

  It 
  sometimes 
  happens 
  that 
  a 
  sick 
  person 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  successfully 
  

   treated 
  by 
  the 
  Mide', 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  wig'iwam 
  of 
  the 
  patient, 
  when 
  

   it 
  becomes 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  latter 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  

   and 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  to 
  be 
  held. 
  This 
  course 
  is 
  particularly 
  

   followed 
  when 
  the 
  sick 
  person 
  or 
  the 
  family 
  can 
  furnish 
  a 
  fee 
  equiv- 
  

   alent 
  to 
  the 
  gift 
  required 
  for 
  initiation 
  under 
  ordinary 
  circum- 
  

   stances. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  believed, 
  under 
  such 
  conditions, 
  that 
  the 
  evil 
  man'idos 
  can 
  

   be 
  expelled 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  sacred 
  structure, 
  at 
  which 
  

   place 
  alone 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  may 
  be 
  felt, 
  after 
  invo- 
  

   cation, 
  and 
  in 
  return 
  for 
  his 
  aid 
  in 
  prolonging 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  patient 
  

   the 
  latter 
  promises 
  his 
  future 
  existence 
  to 
  be 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  practice 
  

   and 
  teachings 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  Before 
  proceeding 
  further, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  describe 
  the 
  method 
  pursued 
  by 
  the 
  Mide' 
  

   priest. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  administrations 
  may 
  consist 
  of 
  mashki'kiwaliu"', 
  or 
  medi- 
  

   cine 
  broth, 
  this 
  being 
  the 
  prescription 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  in 
  the 
  capacity 
  

   of 
  mashki'kike'wim'm, 
  or 
  herbalist, 
  during 
  which 
  medication 
  he 
  re- 
  

   sorts 
  to 
  incantation 
  and 
  exorcism, 
  accompanying 
  his 
  song 
  by 
  liberal 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  rattle. 
  As 
  an 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  used 
  at 
  this 
  period 
  

   of 
  the 
  illness, 
  the 
  following 
  is 
  presented, 
  the 
  mnemonic 
  characters 
  

   being 
  reproduced 
  on 
  PI. 
  xvi, 
  C. 
  The 
  singing 
  is 
  monotonous 
  and 
  

   doleful, 
  though 
  at 
  times 
  it 
  becomes 
  animated 
  and 
  discordant. 
  

  

  