HOFFMAN) 



NIGHT CEREMONY 



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Females — Continued. 



Ke'niaqki'sau Little Eagle. 



Ke'niaqki'sau I Little Eagle. 



Ke'waiatshlwan The-eddy. 



Ke'shluqka'fj 2 Moon- woman. 



Ke'shikoq'kl'u 2 iloon-woman. 



Ej'niaqhi'ii Eagle woman. 



Kl'nlaqki'sa Little-she-eagle. 



Klno'ka The-long-one. 



Ki'sba'no'wlii One-who-sheds-teurs. 



Ki'shiwii'tshiwan Roaring-rapids. 



Kiwaqkwo"amuqk' . . . Flying-clouds. 



Kushe'aqkrci French- woman. 



Kushe'aqki'u French woman. 



Kushe'aqki'u 3 French woman. 



Mishkwo'panoq Red-dawn. 



Mushaq'kwutuq'klu Sky-woman, [tree. 



Nuq'k;iha"anm Picks • blossom - oil- the ■ 



Niisr. | ' kui'Ik Travels-alone. 



Na'wata'winc'u She-who picks-berries. 



Ki'knni<i / sakwii'u T Shewho-leads. 



Ni'sBt (girl) "Elizabeth." 



O'shona'muniq'klil Vermilion- woman. 



Pa'raikVshik6k' Scattering-clouds. 



Pasa'niiqkwatuq'klu . . .The-touching-clouds. 



Paskiina'ni'uqkl'iV The-bird'stail-tonching. 



PO'tJiu'iiudii'mo Bird-woman. 



Pi'shiiqku'uqkru Cattle- woman 



Pi'tn'nowe Approaehing-light. 



Pi'taqka mikuq'ktu That- which grows 



Sa'su.ss (Unknown) 



Shi'awaqkliV Bend in-the-river. 



Ta'k ki'zhikoqk' Day-woman. 



TamO' n Gray-squirrel. 



TshO batsh' 4 (French.) 



Wa'banu mita'mo Wabano- woman. 



W&'bano mita'ino 6 Wabano- woman. 



Wa'hataunoq'kwctuk (Unknown). 

 (girl). 



Darkness having come on, the usher and the medicine woman put 

 more wood on the fires, built near each end of the inclosure, and also 

 lit the lanterns suspended from the archway of the wiko'mik at vari- 

 ous places. In a short time the candidate was called forward, to stand 

 before the left-hand medicine man of the first group. The candidate's 

 friends and family, to the number of eight, stood in a semicircle around 

 the candidate and kept time to the chant and drumming by dancing 

 in a shuffling manner, in the spot first taken by them. 



Kio'pet now chanted to the candidate, and the women in a few 

 moments caught the monotonous air, if such it may be designated, and 

 sang in a peculiar high-pitched voice, reminding one of the sound made 

 by a bagpipe. The translation of Nio'pet's chant is as follows: 



"When Ma'nabush erected the niita'wiko'mik he placed tobacco 

 before the Great Mystery as an offering. Therefore it is always used as 

 an offering when one seeks to become a member of the Mita/wit." 



These words were repeated, as before stated, and reiterated so that 

 their delivery consumed from ten to fifteen minutes. The candidate at 

 the conclusion of the song returned to his seat, as did also his friends. 



A ceremonial smoke having been taken by most of those present, the 

 drum was pushed along westward to the medicine man next to Nio'pet, 

 who was now accompanied by the rattle and by the other two perform- 

 ers to his right. When the drumming began the candidate and his 

 friends again came forward and stood reverentially before the drum- 

 mer, when the latter began to chant the following: 



"Ton see how the mitawikS'mik is built; it is the same as that 

 directed by the Great Mystery to be built by MaVnabush for the Indians. 



■Not related to preceding of same name. 



s The slight difference in the spelling is due in this and in similar eases to individual peculiarity 

 in pronunciation. 



3 The women bearing these three similar names are not related. 



4 1 '(irruption of the French je passe. 



6 Not related to the preceding of similar name. 



