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three pieces employed by drum- 

 mers of the Dreamer society. 



ta'waq'ka, drum used in cere- 

 monies of the Grand Medicine 

 society. It consists of a piece 

 of wood hollowed out of a piece 

 of tree trunk, about 15 or 18 

 inches high and from 8 to 10 

 inchesin diameter, having a head 

 of buckskin and a bottom of wood. 

 Water is put into it to the depth 

 of 2 or 3 inches, giving the drum 

 greater intensity of sound, which 

 maybe heard several miles away 

 on a quiet night. 



t a ' w a q ' k a ' k w a n ii ' 1 1 k , drum- 

 stick; from tawii'qkwa, drum, 

 and aq'tlk, stick or wood. 



te', at that place, that, there. 



temi'u, it is deep — speaking of a 

 river or a well. 



tepa'ke'so, moon; lit., last-night 

 sun. 



te p a' qkan oka win , judgment. 



tipiiq', night. 



titaq'biiV, bitter. 



tobaq', night. 



tobaq'ke'so, the moon; from 

 tobaq', night, and ke'so. sun. 



toto'ba, the saw- whet owl. 



towaq'ka. <SVe ta'waq'ka. 



tshe'kaba'wa'san, the name of 

 a bowlder of pink granite, on 

 Wolf river, where the Meuom- 

 ini deposit tobacco as an offering 

 to the Great Mystery; formerly 

 an Indian, but was transformed 

 by Ma'niibush, because he 

 wanted everlasting life, which, 

 as a rock, he is supposed to 

 possess. 



"tshi'anisikan, a yellow flower 

 resembling the aster, dried and 

 powdered. It is then used as a 

 snuff for colds, etc. 



tshi k ' t shit 6m , "water side," i.e., 

 shore. 



Tshikwa'set, " the-sound-of-the- 

 thiinder;'' a personal name. 



tshi'pate'ir, it is protruding, as 

 from the ground like a- twig; it 

 is standing, like a post. 



tshipe'kaino 1 , ghost feast; a 

 ceremony of the Grand Medicine 

 society observed before the rit- 

 ual of initiation begins. 



tshiq'kwan, meteor. 



tshi'saqka, a juggler; one who 

 foretells, and gives remedies for 

 various diseases caused by invis- 

 ible beings or evil ma'nidos. 



tshi'saqkan, a juggler's operat- 

 ing wigwam, made by erecting 

 four poles at equal distances, 

 north, south, east, and west. 

 They are then wrapped about 

 with bark, blankets, or skins. 

 The juggler enters and invokes 

 the turtle ma'nido to bring him 

 other ma'nidos to consult regard- 

 ing prophecies or to answer ques- 

 tions put by visiting Indians. 



uke'souno'me, crown of the 

 head. 



u'kiqk aq'tlk, the jack pine, the 

 roots of which are sometimes 

 split into threads for sewing 

 together pieces of birch or other 

 bark, when making canoes or 

 building bark huts. 



uma'nui, cheek. 



umu'ne", toothache worm; when 

 pain Occurs in the joints, or teeth, 

 it is believed to be caused by a 

 small worm. 



u n a ' w a nink ', pine squirrel ; also 

 a gens of the Big Thunder 

 phratry. 



u n nii', his or her arm. 



u n n;iq', hand. 



u " n ii q ' k e q ' s a n , finger — little 

 hand, from u"naq', hand, and 

 keq'san, little. 



u n niiq'keq'si, his or her lingers. 



u"n;iq'ki, his or her hand. 



una'tawa'pi n , lightning. 



unawa'nik, squirrel. 



uni'tipaqkot, night. 



uqpa'niu v , his or her chest. 



uq 'puokan, pipe. 



uq'puokan ina'niiV , the "pipe 

 man," the attendant to the musi- 

 cians of the Dreamer society. 



wii, what! 



w a b a ' , tomorrow. 



wa'bakine'u", "white-eagle;" a 

 personal name. 



waban', dawn; daylight. 



Wa'bashiiiu", " white dressed- 

 skin;" a personal name. 



waba'shiu, marten; also,agens 

 of the Moose phratry. 



