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  THE 
  MIDE 
  WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  Kisli 
  -u-we-ni-mi 
  -qu 
  ki'-sbi'-gfing 
  don 
  -dzhi-wa 
  -wa-mik. 
  

   The 
  spirits 
  have 
  pity 
  on 
  me; 
  from 
  on 
  high 
  I 
  see 
  you. 
  

  

  [The 
  sky 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  upper 
  curved 
  lines, 
  beneath 
  which 
  the 
  

   Mide 
  is 
  raising 
  his 
  arm 
  in 
  supplication.] 
  

  

  Man'-i-do'-a 
  ni'-o. 
  

  

  My 
  body 
  is 
  a 
  spirit 
  . 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide 
  likens 
  himself 
  to 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man 
  ido, 
  the 
  magic 
  powers 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  lines 
  across 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  short 
  strokes 
  upon 
  

   the 
  back.] 
  

  

  Pi-ne'-si-wi-an' 
  ke-ke-u-wi-an 
  . 
  

   A 
  little 
  bird 
  I 
  am: 
  I 
  am 
  the 
  hawk. 
  

  

  [Like 
  the 
  thunderer, 
  he 
  penetrates 
  the 
  sky 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  power 
  and 
  

   influence. 
  | 
  

  

  Man'-i-do' 
  nu'-tu 
  wa'-kan. 
  

   Let 
  us 
  hear 
  the 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [The 
  Ki'tshi 
  Man'ido 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  make 
  known 
  his 
  presence, 
  and 
  all 
  

   are 
  enjoined 
  to 
  listen 
  for 
  such 
  intimation.] 
  

  

  Ka'-nun-ta'-wa 
  man'-i-do' 
  wi'-da-ku-e 
  , 
  he, 
  ki-a-ha-mi. 
  

   You 
  might 
  hear 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  spirit. 
  

  

  [The 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  signifies 
  the 
  person 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  superior 
  

   being.] 
  

  

  Ka-ke-na 
  gus-sa 
  o'-mi-si'-ni' 
  na 
  -en. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  afraid 
  of 
  all, 
  that 
  is 
  why 
  I 
  am 
  in 
  trouble. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  fears 
  that 
  life 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  prolonged 
  because 
  the 
  evil 
  man- 
  

   iiir.s 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  sick 
  person. 
  The 
  arm 
  is 
  

   shown 
  reaching 
  for 
  mi'gis, 
  or 
  life, 
  the 
  strengtli 
  of 
  the 
  speaker's, 
  having 
  

   himself 
  received 
  it 
  four 
  times, 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  any 
  avail.] 
  

  

  Should 
  the 
  patient 
  continue 
  to 
  show 
  decided 
  symptoms 
  of 
  increased 
  

   illness, 
  the 
  singing 
  or 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  rattle 
  is 
  continued 
  until 
  life 
  is 
  

   extinct, 
  and 
  no 
  other 
  ceremony 
  is 
  attempted 
  ; 
  but 
  if 
  he 
  is 
  no 
  worse 
  

   after 
  the 
  preliminary 
  course 
  of 
  treatment, 
  or 
  shows 
  any 
  improve- 
  

   ment, 
  the 
  first 
  attendant 
  Mide' 
  changes 
  his 
  songs 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  

   boastful 
  character. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  as 
  follows, 
  chanted 
  repeat- 
  

   edly 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  monotonous 
  manner, 
  viz 
  : 
  

  

  A'-si-na'-bi-hu 
  -ya, 
  a-si'-na'-b-hu'-ya. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  changed 
  my 
  looks, 
  I 
  have 
  changed 
  my 
  looks. 
  

  

  [This 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  Mide' 
  stone 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  absorbs 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  and 
  assumes 
  a 
  change 
  of 
  color.] 
  

  

  Nish'-a-we'nf, 
  hu', 
  gu', 
  mi-de', 
  wug, 
  a-ne'-ma-bi'-tshig. 
  

  

  The 
  MidS' 
  have 
  pity 
  on 
  me, 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  sitting 
  around, 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  sitting 
  from 
  us. 
  

   [The 
  last 
  line 
  refers 
  to 
  those 
  Mide 
  who 
  are 
  sitting, 
  though 
  absent 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mide'wigan.] 
  

  

  