CONTENTS 



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Introduction H 



History of the investigation 11 



Habitat of the tribe 12 



The tribal name 12 



Discovery and early history 14 



Treaties with the Federal Government 20 



Present location 31 



Population and characteristics 32 



Antiquities 36 



Tribal government, totems and chiefs 39 



The lines of chieftaincy 39 



< irigin of totems 39 



The totems of the present 41 



Totemic organization *2 



Genealogy of chiefs *■* 



Language employed iu cult rituals W 



Cult societies "° 



Mitii'wit, or Grand Medicine society 66 



Organization of the society 66 



Ceremonies of 1890 "9 



Notes on the ceremonies .-- 104 



Ceremonies of 1891 113 



Notes on the ceremonies 116 



Ceremonies of 1892 125 



Notes on the ceremonies 127 



Ceremonies of 1893 138 



Supplementary note on the ceremonies 137 



Tshi'saqka, or jugglers 138 



The Wa'heno 151 



The Dreamers 15 ' 



Mythology 1G1 



Former condition of the myths 161 



The travels of Ma/nabush 162 



The origin of maple sugar and of menstruation 173 



Mii nabflsh and the Bear ana/maqki'Q 175 



How the young Hunter caught the Sun 181 



The Hunter and the Elk people, and how the Moose were defeated 182 



The young mau and the Bears 196 



The Rabbit and the Saw-whet 200 



Manabush and the Birds 203 



Kaku'ene, the Jumper, and the origin of tobacco 205 



The search for Ma'nabiisk 206 



Folk tales -° 9 



The Moon 209 



The Aurora borealis 210 



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