I give you the mī'gis.
The upper character represents the arm reaching down giving a sacred shell, the mī'gis, the sacred emblem of the “Grand Medicine Society.” The “giving of the mī'gis” signifies its “being shot” into the body of a new member of the society to give him life and the power of communing with spirits, or Man'idōs.
You are speaking to me.
An arm is extended toward a circle containing a smaller one, the latter representing the spot occupied by Midē' friends.
The characters next explained are taken from the last line, D, of the series given in Pl. XVII. The speaker appears to have great faith in his own powers as a Midē'.
Spirit I am, I enter.
The otter, which Man'idō, the speaker, professes to represent, is entering the sacred structure of Midē' lodge.