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  THE 
  MIDK 
  WIWIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBWA. 
  

  

  You, 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  am 
  speaking. 
  

  

  [A 
  powerful 
  Man'ido', 
  the 
  panther, 
  is 
  in 
  an 
  inclosureand 
  to 
  him 
  the 
  

   Mide' 
  addresses 
  his 
  request.] 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  swimming 
  — 
  floating 
  — 
  down 
  smoothly. 
  

  

  [The 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  serpentine 
  lines 
  indicate 
  the 
  river 
  hanks, 
  while 
  the 
  

   character 
  between 
  them 
  is 
  the 
  Otter, 
  here 
  personated 
  by 
  the 
  Slide'.] 
  

  

  Bars 
  denoting 
  a 
  pause. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  finished 
  my 
  drum. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  is 
  shown 
  holding 
  a 
  Mide' 
  drum 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  making 
  for 
  

   use 
  in 
  a 
  ceremony.] 
  

  

  My 
  body 
  is 
  like 
  unto 
  you. 
  

  

  [The 
  mi'gis 
  shell, 
  the 
  symbol 
  of 
  purity 
  and 
  the 
  Mide 
  wiwin.| 
  

  

  Hear 
  me, 
  you 
  who 
  are 
  talking 
  to 
  me! 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  extends 
  his 
  arms 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  and 
  left 
  indicating 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  who 
  are 
  talking 
  to 
  him 
  from 
  their 
  respective 
  places. 
  The 
  lines 
  

   denoting 
  speech 
  — 
  or 
  hearing 
  — 
  pass 
  through 
  the 
  speaker's 
  head 
  to 
  ex- 
  

   claim 
  as 
  above.] 
  

  

  See 
  what 
  I 
  am 
  taking. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  has 
  pulled 
  up 
  a 
  medicinal 
  root. 
  This 
  denotes 
  his 
  possess- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  wonderful 
  medicine 
  and 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  an 
  advertise 
  

   ment.l 
  

  

  Sec 
  mi', 
  whose 
  head 
  is 
  out 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  On 
  PI. 
  xxii, 
  B, 
  is 
  presented 
  an 
  illustration 
  reproduced 
  from 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  birch 
  bark 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  preceptor 
  of 
  "Little 
  Frenchman," 
  

   of 
  the 
  import 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  latter 
  was 
  ignorant. 
  His 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  

   signification 
  of 
  the 
  characters 
  is 
  based 
  upon 
  general 
  information 
  

   which 
  he 
  has 
  received, 
  and 
  not 
  upon 
  any 
  pertaining 
  directly 
  to 
  the 
  

   record. 
  From 
  general 
  appearances 
  the 
  song 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  private 
  

  

  