﻿Hoffman] 
  INITIATION 
  BY 
  SUBSTITUTION. 
  283 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  ordinary 
  course 
  of 
  treatment 
  fails 
  to 
  relieve 
  the 
  patient 
  

   the 
  fact 
  is. 
  made 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  and 
  he 
  is 
  consequently 
  

   taken 
  to 
  the 
  Mide'wigan 
  and 
  laid 
  upon 
  blankets 
  so 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  

   body 
  may 
  rest 
  against 
  the 
  sacred 
  mide 
  stone. 
  Associate 
  Mide 
  then 
  

   attend, 
  in 
  consultation, 
  with 
  the 
  Mide-in-chief, 
  the 
  other 
  members 
  

   present 
  occupying 
  seats 
  around 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  structure. 
  

  

  The 
  accompanying 
  lecture 
  is 
  then 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  sick 
  person, 
  

   viz: 
  

  

  Mi-shosh-ya-gwa' 
  ga 
  -a-nin-nan' 
  gi'-de-wen-du-nun 
  ne'-tun-ga 
  -da-da-we-in 
  

   man 
  -i-domi'-gis. 
  Kit 
  -ti-nia'-gi-si 
  e'-ni-dau'-a-ya-we-yin 
  o-ma'-e-na'-sa-ba-bit 
  bi-i- 
  

   sha 
  -gaban'-de-a 
  gi-bi 
  -sha-ban-da 
  -et 
  na-pish-ka-tshi-ddsh 
  ke'-a-yii'-in-ki-go 
  got-ta- 
  

   so-nen 
  , 
  uii 
  -a-shi 
  -gwa-go-din'-na-wat 
  dzhi-ma 
  -di-a-kad 
  -do-yon 
  bi-ma-di-si-win'. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  free 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  above: 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  spoke 
  to 
  you 
  has 
  now 
  arrived, 
  and 
  you 
  may 
  deem 
  it 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  first 
  borrow 
  the 
  sacred 
  mi'gis. 
  Who 
  are 
  you 
  that 
  comes 
  here 
  as 
  a 
  suppli- 
  

   cant 
  ? 
  Sit 
  down 
  opposite 
  to 
  me, 
  where 
  I 
  can 
  see 
  you 
  and 
  speak 
  to 
  you, 
  and 
  fix 
  your 
  

   attention 
  upon 
  me, 
  while 
  you 
  receive 
  life 
  you 
  must 
  not 
  permit 
  your 
  thoughts 
  to 
  

   dwell 
  upon 
  your 
  present 
  condition, 
  but 
  to 
  support 
  yourself 
  against 
  falling 
  into 
  

   despondency. 
  

  

  Now 
  we 
  are 
  ready 
  to 
  try 
  him; 
  now 
  we 
  are 
  ready 
  to 
  initiate 
  him. 
  

  

  The 
  reference 
  to 
  borrowing 
  a 
  mi'gis 
  signifies 
  that 
  the 
  patient 
  may 
  

   have 
  this 
  mysterious 
  power 
  " 
  shot 
  into 
  his 
  body 
  " 
  where 
  he 
  lies 
  upon 
  

   the 
  ground 
  and 
  before 
  he 
  has 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  candidates 
  

   are 
  properly 
  initiated; 
  this, 
  because 
  of 
  his 
  inability 
  to 
  walk 
  round 
  

   the 
  inclosure. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  sentence 
  is 
  spoken 
  to 
  the 
  assisting 
  Mide'. 
  The 
  following 
  

   song 
  is 
  sung, 
  the 
  mnemonic 
  characters 
  pertaining 
  thereto 
  being 
  

   reproduced 
  on 
  PI. 
  xvi, 
  D. 
  

  

  O-da 
  -pi-nung 
  -niung 
  oa 
  -ki-wen 
  -dzhi 
  man'-i-do 
  we-an-i-win'-zhi- 
  

   gu-san'. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  sacred 
  medicine 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  refers 
  to 
  himself 
  and 
  the 
  assistants 
  as 
  resorting 
  to 
  reme- 
  

   dies 
  adopted 
  after 
  consultation, 
  the 
  efficiency 
  thereof 
  depending 
  upon 
  

   their 
  combined 
  prayers. 
  The 
  arm 
  is 
  represented 
  as 
  reaching 
  for 
  a 
  

   remedy 
  which 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  lines 
  denoting 
  soil.] 
  

  

  We-a 
  -ki 
  man'-i-do 
  we-an-gwis 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  ground 
  is 
  why 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  spirit, 
  my 
  son. 
  

  

  [The 
  lower 
  horizontal 
  line 
  is 
  the 
  earth, 
  while 
  the 
  magic 
  power 
  which 
  

   he 
  possesses 
  is 
  designated 
  by 
  short 
  vertical 
  wavy 
  lines 
  which 
  reach 
  his 
  

   body. 
  ] 
  

  

  Rest. 
  

  

  Nish'-u-we-ni-mi 
  -qu 
  nish 
  -u-we-ni-mi 
  -qu 
  we'-gi 
  ma'-o-dzhig'. 
  

   The 
  spirits 
  have 
  pity; 
  the 
  spirits 
  have 
  pity 
  on 
  me. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide 
  is 
  supplicating 
  the 
  Mide 
  spirits 
  for 
  aid 
  in 
  his 
  wishes 
  to 
  

   cure 
  the 
  sick.] 
  

  

  