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JUGGLERY STRUCTURE 



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era Minnesota. The Menomiui tshi'saqkan is composed of four upright 

 poles from G to 8 feet high, securely planted in the ground at the east, 

 south, west, and north sides of a circle measuring 3 to 4 feet in diameter. 

 These poles are from 4 to 6 inches thick. Around them is wrapped 

 bark, and sometimes even pieces of cloth, to make the interior invisible 

 from without (figure 20). 



The tshi'saqka sometimes enters this place when he wants to consult 

 the ma'nidos about the future. The latter come here and tell him what 



Fig. 20— Taui'saqkan or jugglery. 



he wishes to know. To invoke their presence, he first enters the inclos- 

 ure, then facing the east, addresses the ma'nidos who are supposed to 

 abide in that direction, that they come to him; then he faces the south, 

 and invokes the presence of the ma'nidos from that direction; then he 

 talks to the ma'nidos who live in the west; and finally he turns to the 

 north, and appeals to the ma'nidos of that region. 



The following data are obtained from Menomiui Indians who are mem- 

 bers of the Mita'wit, as well as from others who have laid aside their 

 aboriginal beliefs and embraced Christianity. Although the structures 

 exist at the present day, no prophecies have been made in this manner 



