The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa - Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the - Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, - Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300

Walter James Hoffman

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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 Author: Walter James Hoffman Release Date: September 25, 2006 [EBook #19368] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GRAND MEDICINE SOCIETY *** Produced by Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr, with additional images from http://www.1st-hand-history.org/) This e-text contains a few letters with unusual diacritics: ā ē ī ō ū (vowel with macron or “long” mark) ă ĕ ĭ ŏ ŭ (vowel with breve or “short” mark) If any of these characters do not display properly—in particular, if the diacritic does not appear directly above the letter—or if the quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that the browser’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change your browser’s default font. Note that the accent marks, as in “Midē´wiwin,” are not meant to display on top of any letter. Some typographical errors have been corrected. They have been marked in the text with mouse-hover popups. The variation between “Ojibwa” and “Ojibway” is as in the original. Technical note on MIDI files. 143 THE MIDĒ´WIWIN OR “GRAND MEDICINE SOCIETY” OF T BY H E O W. J. HOFFMAN. 145 CONTENTS. Introduction Shamans Midē´wiwin Midē´wigân Page 149 156 164 187 First degree Preparatory instruction Midē´ therapeutics Imploration for clear weather Initiation of candidate Descriptive notes Second degree Preparation of candidate Initiation of candidate Descriptive notes Third degree Preparation of candidate Initiation of candidate Descriptive notes Fourth degree Preparation of candidate Initiation of candidate Descriptive notes Dzhibai´ Midē´wigân Initiation by substitution Supplementary notes Pictography Music Dress and ornaments Future of the society Footnotes Index Musical Notation: following Plate X.b (pgs. 207-208) pages 213, 214, 216 following Plate XVII.a (pgs. 266-273) pages 285, 286 189 189 197 207 210 220 224 224 231 236 240 241 243 251 255 257 258 274 278 281 286 286 289 298 299 147 ILLUSTRATIONS. Illustrations have been placed as close as practicable to their discussion in the text. Multi-part Plates have been divided. The printed page numbers show the original location of the illustrations. Plates and Figures were numbered continuously within each Bureau of Ethnology volume, so there is no Plate I in this article. PLATE II.Map showing present distribution of Ojibwa III.Red Lake and Leech Lake records IV.Sikas´sige’s record V.Origin of Âníshinâ´bēg VI.Facial decoration VII.Facial decoration VIII.Ojibwa’s record IX.Mnemonic songs: IX.a — IX.b — IX.c X.Mnemonic songs: X.a — X.b — X.c — X.d XI.Sacred objects XII.Invitation sticks XIII.Mnemonic songs: XIII.a — XIII.b — XIII.c — XIII.d XIV.Mnemonic songs: XIV.a — XIV.b — XIV.c — XIV.d XV.Sacred posts XVI.Mnemonic songs: Page. 150 166 170 172 174 178 182 193 202 220 236 238 288 240 XVI.a — XVI.b — XVI.c — XVI.d XVII.Mnemonic songs: XVII.a — XVII.b XVIII.Jĕs´sakkīd´ removing disease XIX.Birch-bark records XX.Sacred bark scroll and contents XXI.Midē´ relics from Leech Lake XXII.Mnemonic songs: XXII.a — XXII.b XXIII.Midē´ dancing garters FIG. 1.Herbalist preparing medicine and treating patient 2.Sikas´sigĕ’s combined charts, showing descent of Mī´nabō´zho 3.Origin of ginseng 4.Peep-hole post 5.Migration of Âníshinâ´bēg 6.Birch-bark record, from White Earth 7.Birch-bark record, from Bed Lake 8.Birch-bark record, from Red Lake 9.Eshgibō´ga 10.Diagram of Midē´wigân of the first degree 11.Interior of Midē´wigân 12.Ojibwa drums 13.Midē´ rattle 14.Midē´ rattle 15.Shooting the Mīgis 16.Wooden beads 17.Wooden effigy 18.Wooden effigy 19.Hawk-leg fetish 20.Hunter’s medicine 21.Hunter’s medicine 22.Wâbĕnō´ drum 23.Diagram of Midē´wigân of the second degree 24.Midē´ destroying an enemy 25.Diagram of Midē´wigân of the third degree 26.Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge 27.Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge 28.Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge 29.Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge 30.Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge 31.Jĕs´sakkīd´ curing woman 32.Jĕs´sakkīd´ curing man 33.Diagram of Midē´wigân of the fourth degree 34.General view of Midē´wigân 35.Indian diagram of ghost lodge 36.Leech Lake Midē´ song 37.Leech Lake Midē´ song 38.Leech Lake Midē´ song 39.Leech Lake Midē´ song 244 266 278 286 288 390 392 298 159 174 175 178 179 185 186 186 187 188 188 190 191 191 192 205 205 205 220 222 222 223 224 238 240 252 252 252 252 252 255 255 255 256 279 295 296 297 297 148 PLATE II. OJIBWA INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. I Red Lake. II White Earth. III Winnibigoshish. IV Cass Lake. V Leech Lake. VI Deer Creek. VII Bois Forte. VIII Vermillion Lake. IX Fond du Lac. X Mille Lacs. XI Lac Court Oreílle. XII La Pointe. XIII Lac de Flanibeau. XIV Red Cliff. XV Grand Portage. Larger Map 149 THE MIDĒ´WIWIN OR “GRAND MEDICINE SOCIETY” OF THE OJIBWAY. BY W. J. HOFFMAN. INTRODUCTION. The Ojibwa is one of the largest tribes of the United States, and it is scattered over a considerable area, from the Province of Ontario, on the east, to the Red River of the North, on the west, and from Manitoba southward through the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This tribe is, strictly speaking, a timber people, and in its westward migration or dispersion has never passed beyond the limit of the timber growth which so remarkably divides the State of Minnesota into two parts possessing distinct physical features. The western portion of this State is a gently undulating prairie which sweeps away to the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern portion is heavily timbered. The dividing line, at or near the meridian of 95° 50' west longitude, extends due north and south, and at a point about 75 miles south of the northern boundary the timber line trends toward the northwest, crossing the State line, 49° north latitude, at about 97° 10' west longitude. Minnesota contains many thousand lakes of various sizes, some of which are connected by fine water courses, while others are entirely isolated. The wooded country is undulating, the elevated portions being covered chiefly with pine, fir, spruce, and other coniferous trees, and the lowest depressions being occupied by lakes, ponds, or marshes, around which occur the tamarack, willow, and other trees which thrive in moist ground, while the regions between these extremes are covered with oak, poplar, ash, birch, maple, and many other varieties of trees and shrubs. Wild fowl,