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  THE 
  M1DE 
  WIW'IN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

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  ne-we-a, 
  Hen 
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  ta- 
  ne-we-a, 
  Hen-ta-ne 
  we-a. 
  Hen 
  - 
  ta- 
  ne-we-a, 
  

  

  D.C.adlib. 
  

  

  Hen- 
  ta 
  - 
  ne-we-a, 
  Hen- 
  ta 
  - 
  newe-a, 
  Hen 
  - 
  ta 
  - 
  ne-we-a, 
  ho. 
  

  

  D. 
  C. 
  ad 
  lib. 
  

  

  eifel 
  

  

  a 
  ^ 
  3 
  

  

  Na-sa-ni-nen-di-ya,Na-sa-ni-nen-di-ya,Na-sani-uen-di-ya,Awasiyok,Nogwenowok. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  patient 
  becomes 
  strong 
  enough 
  to 
  walk 
  round 
  the 
  inclosure 
  

   he 
  is 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  and 
  seated 
  upon 
  a 
  blanket, 
  where 
  he 
  is 
  

   initiated. 
  If 
  not, 
  the 
  ml'gis 
  is 
  "shot 
  into 
  his 
  body" 
  as 
  he 
  reclines 
  

   against 
  the 
  sacred 
  stone, 
  after 
  which 
  a 
  substitute 
  is 
  selected 
  from 
  

   among 
  the 
  Mide' 
  present, 
  who 
  takes 
  his 
  place 
  and 
  goes 
  through 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  of 
  the 
  initiation 
  for 
  him. 
  Before 
  proceeding 
  upon 
  either 
  

   course, 
  however, 
  the 
  chief 
  attendant 
  Mide' 
  annoitnces 
  his 
  readiness 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  manner: 
  Mi'-o-shi'-gwa, 
  wi-kwod'-gi-o-w6g' 
  ga-ma'- 
  

   dzhi-a-ka'-dung 
  bi-ma-di-si-win' 
  — 
  " 
  Now 
  we 
  are 
  ready 
  to 
  escape 
  from 
  

   this 
  and 
  to 
  begin 
  to 
  watch 
  life." 
  This 
  signifies 
  his 
  desire 
  to 
  escape 
  

   from 
  his 
  present 
  procedure 
  and 
  to 
  advance 
  to 
  another 
  course 
  of 
  ac- 
  

   tion, 
  to 
  the 
  exercise 
  of 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  giving 
  life 
  by 
  transferring 
  the 
  ' 
  

   sacred 
  rni'gis. 
  

  

  The 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony 
  is 
  then 
  conducted 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  

   described 
  as 
  pertains 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  degree 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin. 
  

  

  SUPPLEMENTARY 
  NOTES. 
  

  

  PICTOGRAPHY. 
  

  

  Before 
  concluding, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  refer 
  in 
  some 
  detail 
  to 
  

   several 
  subjects 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  pages. 
  The 
  mnemonic 
  

   songs 
  are 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  instance 
  incised 
  upon 
  birch 
  bark 
  by 
  means 
  

   of 
  a 
  sharp-pointed 
  piece 
  of 
  bone 
  or 
  a 
  nail. 
  The 
  inner 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   bark 
  is 
  generally 
  selected 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  softer 
  than 
  the 
  reverse. 
  Bark 
  

   for 
  such 
  purposes 
  is 
  peeled 
  from 
  the 
  trunk 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  months. 
  

   On 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  upper 
  corner 
  of 
  PI. 
  xix 
  is 
  reproduced 
  a 
  portion 
  

  

  