246 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
WS The hawk genus et sp. 
Ki-ni-en’, the hawk from which ‘‘medicine” is obtained. 
RQ I, who am about to talk. 
Head of man; lines from mouth denote speech. 
The interpretation now again proceeds from right to left. 
ZA. 
Zz I am about to walk. 
Ay Bear spirit, talking. The lines upon the back indicate his 
spirit character. 
z 
Iam crawling away. 
Mi’gis shell. The sacred emblem of the Midé’ society. 
Rest. 
* From this, I wish to be able to walk. 
v 
Taking “ medicine” trail (behind man), The speaker is address- 
ing « Man‘ido which he holds. 
I am being called to go there. 
‘ \ Sacred lodges, with spirits within. 
Lam going. 
Footprints, leading toward a wigwam. 
Rest. 
/ 
The Ojibwa chart, used in the “Song for the Metai, or for Medicine 
Hunting,” is taken from Tanner’s (a) Narrative and reproduced in 
Fig. 165, It should be noted that the Metai of Tanner’s intepretation, 
which follows, is the same as the Midé@’ in the foregoing interpretations: 
a, Now I hear it, my friends of the Metai, who are sitting about me. 
This and the three following are sung by the principal chief of the 
