MALLERY. ] CHART OF OJIBWA CHANT. 245 
{ am holding my pail. 
Vessel of medicine; arm reaching down to it. 
My arrow point is of iron, and about to kill a male 
bear. 
Bear, above arrow. Bow—lower character. 
Speaking to the ‘“‘sky.” Power of communing with the Great 
Spirit, Ki'tshi Man/‘ido’. 
SS 
I am about to speak to the sky. si 
Iam about to depart; 1 will liken myself to a bear. Rs 
Bear, tracks and path. " ‘)) 
Q 
I am walking on the hard sand beach. + 
Body of water, and lynx. ‘The ellipse denotes a lake. 
La 
Another song of a similar character, reproduced from birehbark on 
Pl. x1x ¢, is explained below. It was also made by “Little French- 
man,” and relates to the searching for and preparation of objects used 
in sorcery. 
It is fiery, that which I give you. 
w)), 
Vessel, with flames on top. Contains strong water wi-bin’, a a 
magical decoction. 
It is growing, the tree. x / 
Midé’wigin, with trees growing around it at four corners. | 1) 
I cover the earth with my length. 
Snakes; guardians of the first degree. 
The bear is contained within me. 
oy 
Bear spirit within the man—i. e., the speaker. This indicates 
that he possesses the power of the Bear Man‘ido, one of the most 
powerful of the guardians of the Mideé’ society. (\ 
He has Man/‘ido (spirit) in his mouth. 2 
Possessing the power of curing by ‘‘sucking” bad spirits from 
patient’s body. This is the practice of the lower shamans, known \ 
as Jés’sakkid’. 
