758 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
numerous midé’ records in the possession of the Bureau of Ethnology. 
o, the character represents aman using the rattle, as in the ceremony 
of incantation. The projections above the head denote his superior 
powers. 
p, amide’, holding in his right hand a bear’s paw medicine bag, and 
in his left hand an arrow. The character resembles similar drawings 
to denote vessels in which herbs are boiled and from the top of which 
vapor is issuing. . 
q, a mide’ medicine sack. The character appears like similar draw- 
jngs of the otter; in the present instance, however, the ornamentation 
upon the skin shows it to be not a living animal. 
r, a beaver’s tail, from Schoolcraft (y). Many other illustrations of 
this general nature are given by Mr. Schoolcraft, nearly all colored 
according to his fancy. 
