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  THE 
  JIIDE 
  W1W1N 
  OF 
  THE 
  OJIBVVA. 
  

  

  1+ 
  + 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  sitting 
  round 
  the 
  interior 
  in 
  a 
  row. 
  

  

  [This 
  evidently 
  signifies 
  the 
  Ghost 
  Lodge, 
  as 
  the 
  structure 
  is 
  drawn 
  

   at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  that 
  usually 
  made 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  Mide'wigan, 
  and 
  

   also 
  because 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  reproduced 
  from 
  the 
  Red 
  Lake 
  chart 
  already 
  

   alluded 
  to 
  and 
  figured 
  in 
  PL 
  m, 
  No. 
  112. 
  The 
  spirits 
  or 
  shadows, 
  as 
  

   the 
  dead 
  are 
  termed, 
  are 
  also 
  indicated 
  by 
  crosses 
  in 
  like 
  manner.] 
  

  

  You 
  who 
  are 
  newly 
  hung; 
  you 
  have 
  reached 
  half, 
  and 
  you 
  are 
  now 
  

   full. 
  

  

  [The 
  allusion 
  is 
  to 
  three 
  phases 
  of 
  the 
  moon, 
  probably 
  having 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  to 
  certain 
  periods 
  at 
  which 
  some 
  important 
  ceremonies 
  or 
  events 
  

   are 
  to 
  occur.] 
  

  

  /(3 
  

  

  K) 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  going 
  for 
  my 
  dish. 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  intimates 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  feast, 
  the 
  dish 
  being 
  

   shown 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  circle; 
  the 
  footprints 
  are 
  directed 
  

   toward, 
  it 
  and 
  signify, 
  by 
  their 
  shape, 
  that 
  he 
  likens 
  himself 
  to 
  the 
  

   Bear 
  man 
  ido, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  guardians 
  of 
  the 
  Midewiwin.] 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  d 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  (I 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  C> 
  

  

  

  I 
  go 
  through 
  the 
  medicine 
  lodge. 
  

  

  [The 
  footprints 
  within 
  the 
  parallel 
  lines 
  denote 
  his 
  having 
  passed 
  

   through 
  an 
  unnamed 
  number 
  of 
  degrees. 
  Although 
  the 
  structure 
  is 
  

   indicated 
  as 
  being 
  erected 
  like 
  the 
  Ghost 
  Lodge, 
  i.e., 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  

   it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  Midewiwin 
  is 
  intended. 
  This 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  instance 
  

   of 
  the 
  non-systematic 
  manner 
  of 
  objective 
  ideagraphic 
  delineation.] 
  

  

  Let 
  us 
  commune 
  with 
  one 
  another. 
  

  

  [The 
  speaker 
  is 
  desirous 
  of 
  communing 
  with 
  his 
  favorite 
  man'idos, 
  

   with 
  whom 
  he 
  considers 
  himself 
  on 
  an 
  equality, 
  as 
  is 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  

   anthropomorphic 
  form 
  of 
  one 
  between 
  whom 
  and 
  himself 
  the 
  voice 
  

   lines 
  extend.] 
  

  

  On 
  Figs. 
  36-39, 
  are 
  reproduced 
  several 
  series 
  of 
  pictographs 
  from 
  

   birch-bark 
  songs 
  found 
  among 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  a 
  deceased 
  Mide' 
  priest, 
  

   at 
  Leech 
  Lake. 
  Reference 
  to 
  other 
  relics 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

   collection 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  effigies 
  and 
  beads 
  

   employed 
  by 
  Mide' 
  in 
  the 
  endeavor 
  to 
  prove 
  the 
  genuineness 
  of 
  their 
  

   religion 
  and 
  profession. 
  These 
  menmonic 
  songs 
  were 
  exhibited 
  to 
  

   many 
  Mide' 
  priests 
  from 
  various 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  Ojibwa 
  country, 
  

   in 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  obtaining 
  some 
  satisfactory 
  explanation 
  regarding 
  

   the 
  import 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  characters; 
  but, 
  although 
  they 
  were 
  pro- 
  

   nounced 
  to 
  be 
  "Grand 
  Medicine," 
  no 
  suggestions 
  were 
  offered 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  merest 
  repetition 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  object 
  or 
  what 
  it 
  probably 
  

   was 
  meant 
  to 
  represent. 
  The 
  direction 
  of 
  their 
  order 
  was 
  men- 
  

   tioned, 
  because 
  in 
  most 
  instances 
  the 
  initial 
  character 
  furnishes 
  the 
  

   guide. 
  Apart 
  from 
  this, 
  the 
  illustrations 
  are 
  of 
  interest 
  as 
  exhibit- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  superior 
  character 
  and 
  cleverness 
  of 
  their 
  execution. 
  

  

  