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be able to cure the diseases with which they are afflicted.' She then 

 made the bag as Ma'nabttsh had requested, and handed it to him, 

 saying, 'Here, Mii'niibush, is your bag,' whereupon he took it, and 

 laying it on the ground so that he could open the top, he spoke to 

 the Ina'miiqki'fr, through the bag, 'My friends, come to me aud 

 give me your aid; let plants and roots grow beneath the surface, 

 and also upon it, that I may be able to prepare medicines. The 

 Inii'maqki'iV came together from all directions, some from beneath the 

 earth, and others from various parts of the sky. They granted the 

 request made by Ma'niibush, and then he called out to the four good 

 mysteries in the sky above him to aid him by granting him their favor. 

 The good mysteries gave him instructions how to fast that he might 

 dream of his ma'uido, who would always be his servant and guardian, 

 and also told him to take the black ashes from the lire wherewith he 

 could blacken his face when he fasted. 



"Then he also received from the good mysteries two large drums, 

 one of them to be used in making medicine for good purposes, the other 

 to be employed when he wanted to possess himself of the power for 

 doing harm to his enemies. 



"Then the good mysteries gave him the tshi'saqkan, the wigwam 

 built with four posts and wrapped with bark, in which he could fast 

 and dream, so as to enable him to see at any distance where game was 

 to be found, and where his enemies were in hiding. 



"Then the good mysteries gave him the small flat rattle, that he 

 might invoke the good ma'nidos when he required their assistance, or 

 when he was fasting and dreaming. 



"The good mysteries then instructed him how to make the hunting 

 medicines aud also those used to heal the sick. There were to be many 

 varieties of medicines. The sturgeon scale and red medicine were to 

 be used for hunting bear; another substance was good to carry when 

 hunting deer, while another kind was to be used to catch beaver. Mii'nii- 

 bfish was told that, when using the beaver medicine, he was to cut two 

 short sticks, each as long as a finger, and to lay one over the other like 

 a cross, putting the medicine on the sticks where they crossed. This 

 was then to be put in the trap, so that beavers would smell it and come 

 to the place where the trap was set. A beaver would then hunt for the 

 medicine and put his paw into the trap to take it out, when his paw 

 would be caught. 



"When Ma'nabfish had been instructed in the preparation of these 

 medicines and the manner in which they were to be used, he gathered 

 together the gifts to keep for his uncles and their descendants upon the 

 earth." 



By the time the above chant had been completed it was approaching 

 midnight and the greater number of the members of the society retired 

 to their own tents, which had beeu erected near by. Those, however., 

 who had been selected to assist remained until later in the night. 



