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  The 
  initial 
  character 
  on 
  Fig. 
  3(5 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  at 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  

   upper 
  corner, 
  and 
  represents 
  the 
  Bear 
  Man'ido. 
  The 
  third 
  figure 
  is 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  36.— 
  Leech 
  Lake 
  Mide' 
  song. 
  

  

  that 
  of 
  the 
  Mide'wiwin, 
  with 
  fouT 
  man'idos 
  within 
  it, 
  probably 
  the 
  

   guardians 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  degrees. 
  The 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  was 
  a 
  Mide' 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  degree, 
  as 
  was 
  stated 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  his 
  Mide'wi- 
  

   gwas 
  or 
  "medicine 
  chart," 
  illustrated 
  on 
  Plate 
  in, 
  C. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  37 
  represents 
  what 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  mishkiki 
  or 
  medicine 
  

   song, 
  as 
  is 
  suggested 
  by 
  the 
  figures 
  of 
  plants 
  and 
  roots. 
  It 
  is 
  im- 
  

   possible 
  to 
  state 
  absolutely 
  at 
  which 
  side 
  the 
  initial 
  character 
  is 
  

   placed, 
  though 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  the 
  human 
  figure 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  

   left 
  hand 
  corner 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  common 
  cus- 
  

   tom. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  38 
  seems 
  to 
  pertain 
  to 
  hunting, 
  and 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  recog- 
  

   nized 
  as 
  a 
  hunter's 
  chart. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  belief 
  of 
  several 
  Mide', 
  

   it 
  is 
  lead 
  from 
  right 
  to 
  left, 
  the 
  human 
  figure 
  indicating 
  the 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  crane, 
  bear, 
  etc. 
  , 
  

   are 
  turned. 
  The 
  lower 
  left 
  hand 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  has 
  five 
  marks 
  

   upon 
  the 
  breast, 
  which 
  probably 
  indicate 
  mi'gis 
  spots, 
  to 
  denote 
  the 
  

   power 
  of 
  magic 
  influence 
  possessed 
  by 
  the 
  recorder. 
  

  

  