﻿HOFFMAN.] 
  INDIAN 
  SONUS. 
  293 
  

  

  record 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  Ghost 
  Society, 
  the 
  means 
  through 
  which 
  

   the 
  recorder 
  attained 
  his 
  first 
  degree 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   to 
  his 
  abilities, 
  which 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  boastfully 
  referred 
  to: 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  sitting 
  with 
  my 
  pipe. 
  

  

  [Mide' 
  sitting, 
  holding 
  his 
  pipe. 
  lie 
  lias 
  been 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  visit 
  a 
  

   patient, 
  and 
  the 
  tilled 
  pipe 
  is 
  handed 
  to 
  him 
  to 
  smoke 
  preparatory 
  to 
  

   ^ 
  his 
  commencing 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  exorcism.] 
  

  

  -^ 
  

  

  I 
  employ 
  the 
  spirit, 
  the 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  owl. 
  

  

  [This 
  evidently 
  indicates 
  the 
  Owl 
  Man'ido, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  referred 
  

   to 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Red 
  Lake 
  Mide 
  chart, 
  PI. 
  m. 
  No. 
  113. 
  The 
  

   Owl 
  man'ido 
  is 
  there 
  represented 
  as 
  passing 
  from 
  the 
  Mide 
  wigan 
  to 
  

   the 
  Dzhibai 
  Mide'wigan, 
  and 
  the 
  drawings 
  in 
  that 
  record 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  

   are 
  sufficiently 
  alike 
  to 
  convey 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  the 
  maker 
  of 
  this 
  song 
  had 
  

   obtained 
  his 
  suggestion 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  Mide 
  chart. 
  ] 
  

  

  It 
  stands, 
  that 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  after. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide, 
  impersonating 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man'ido, 
  is 
  seeking 
  a 
  medicinal 
  

   tree 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  knowledge, 
  and 
  certain 
  parts 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  employs 
  

   ' 
  - 
  J' 
  ' 
  in 
  his 
  profession. 
  The 
  two 
  footprints 
  indicate 
  t 
  hi' 
  direction 
  the 
  animal 
  

   is 
  taking.] 
  

  

  ?,« 
  

  

  Of. 
  

  

  ft 
  

  

  \ 
  

  

  : 
  % 
  

  

  I, 
  who 
  fly. 
  

  

  [This 
  is 
  the 
  outline 
  of 
  a 
  Thunder 
  bird, 
  who 
  appears 
  to 
  grasp 
  in 
  his 
  

   talons 
  some 
  medical 
  plants.] 
  

  

  Ki'-bi-nan' 
  pi-zan'. 
  Ki'binan 
  is 
  what 
  I 
  use, 
  it 
  flies 
  like 
  an 
  arrow. 
  

   [The 
  Mide 
  "s 
  arm 
  is 
  seen 
  grasping 
  a 
  magic 
  arrow, 
  to 
  symbolize 
  the 
  

   velocity 
  of 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  remedy.] 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  coming 
  to 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  [A 
  Man'ido 
  is 
  represented 
  upon 
  a 
  circle, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  descending 
  

   toward 
  the 
  earth, 
  whi< 
  h 
  is 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  horizontal 
  line, 
  upon 
  which 
  

   is 
  an 
  Indian 
  habitation. 
  The 
  character 
  to 
  denote 
  the 
  sky 
  is 
  usually 
  

   drawn 
  as 
  a 
  curved 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  convexity 
  above, 
  but 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  

   the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  lines 
  are 
  continued 
  below, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  unite 
  and 
  to 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  the 
  ring; 
  the 
  intention 
  being, 
  as 
  suggested 
  by 
  several 
  Mide' 
  

   priests, 
  to 
  denote 
  great 
  altitude 
  above 
  the 
  earth, 
  i. 
  e. 
  , 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  

   visible 
  azure 
  sky, 
  which 
  is 
  designated 
  by 
  curved 
  lines 
  only.] 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  feeling 
  for 
  it, 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  is 
  reaching 
  into 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  hidden 
  

   medicines. 
  1 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  talking 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  [The 
  Mide' 
  is 
  communing 
  with 
  the 
  medicine 
  Manido' 
  with 
  the 
  Mide' 
  

   sack, 
  which 
  he 
  holds 
  in 
  his 
  hand. 
  The 
  voice 
  lines 
  extend 
  from 
  his 
  

   mouth 
  to 
  the 
  sack, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  an 
  Owl, 
  as 
  

   before 
  noted 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  second 
  character 
  in 
  this 
  song. 
  | 
  

  

  