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Show 292 THE MIDE'WIWIN OF THE OJIBWA. You, to whom I am speaking. [ A powerful Man'ido', the panther, is in an inclosureand to him the Mide' addresses his request.] w I am swimming- floating- down smoothly. [ The two pairs of serpentine lines indicate the river hanks, while the character between them is the Otter, here personated by the Mide'.] Bars denoting a pause. I have finished my drum. [ The Mide' is shown holding a Mide' drum which he is making for use in a ceremony.] My body is like unto you. [ The mTgis shell, the symbol of purity and the Mide'wiwin.] Hear me, you who are talking to me! [ The speaker extends his arms to the right and left indicating persons who are talking to him from their respective places. The lines denoting speech- or hearing- pass through the speaker's head to exclaim as above.] See what I am taking. [ The Mide1 has pulled up a medicinal root. This denotes his possessing a wonderful medicine and appears in the order of an advertise ment.] See me, whose head is out of water. On PI. XXII, B, is presented an illustration reproduced from a piece of birch bark owned by the preceptor of " Little Frenchman," of the import of which the latter was ignorant. His idea of the signification of the characters is based upon general information which he has received, and not upon any pertaining directly to the record. From general appearances the song seems to be a private |
