hoffman] STORY OF MA'NABUSH 115 



(Irani again came to Nio'pet in turn, when lie concluded tue story of 

 Ma'nabiish., as follows: 



"When Mii'iiabush bad accomplished the works for which Kisbii' 

 Ma'nido sent him down to the earth, he went far away and built his 

 wigwam on the northeastern shore of a large lake, where he took up 

 his abode. As he was alone, the good ma'nidos concluded to give him 

 for a companion his twin brother, whom they brought to life and called 

 Naq'pote [which signifies an expert marksman]. He was formed like 

 a human being, but, being a ma'nido, could assume the shape of a wolf, 

 in which form lie hunted for food. Mii'iiabush was aware of the auger 

 of the bad ma'nidos who dwelt beneath the earth, the ana'maqki'u, 

 and warned his brother, the Wolf, never to return home by crossing the 

 lake, but always to go around along the shore. Once after the Wolf 

 had been hunting all day long he found himself directly opposite his 

 wigwam, and being tired, concluded to cross the lake. He had not 

 gone halfway across when the ice broke, so the Wolf was seized by the 

 bad ma'nidos, and destroyed. 



"Ma'nabiish at once knew what had befallen his brother, and in his 

 distress mourned for four days. Every time that Ma'nabiish sighed 

 the earth trembled, which caused the hills and ridges to form over 

 its surface. Then the shade of Moqwai'o, the Wolf, appeared before 

 Mii'iiabush, and knowing that his brother could not be restored Ma'na- 

 biish told him to follow the path of the setting sun and become the 

 chief of the shades in the Hereafter where all would meet. Mii'iiabush 

 then secreted himself in a large rock near Mackinaw. Here his uncles, 

 the people, for many years visited Ma'nabiish, and always built a long 

 lodge, the mitii'wiko'mik, where they sang; so when Ma'nabiish did not 

 wish to see them in his human form he appeared to them in the form of 

 a little white rabbit, with trembling ears, just as he had first appeared 

 to Noko'mis." 



Following is the notation of the song given by the mitii' v . The pro- 

 longed syllables employed were "he, he," with the lower note on "yo, 

 ho." 



/fry * f < J J * a m a *"# a a a a a ~a— 11 J '' ' ' '"' '"'' 



On the completion of the chant, Nio'pet passed the drum to the next 

 singer on his right. The subsequent portions of the ceremonies did not 

 vary greatly from those of 1890. 



The ceremony of shooting the kona'pamik was completed early in the 

 afternoon, after which the new member tried his powers on those pres- 



