Song of Chi-ah-ba, a celebrated Ojibbeway Medicine man, at the administration of his remedies.
Fig. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Fig. 1. Ah-way-ah noan-dah-wug-ga muk-kud-da ge-na-beek goo-we-ah-we-aun ne-kaun.
Some one, I hear him; but I make myself black snake, my friend.
The medicine man speaks in his own person. He hears some one; he knows who it is that has used bad medicine to break his patient’s life; but he brings, to oppose it, the power and craftiness of the black snake.
2. Ain-dun wa-we-tum-maun o-ge-tah-kum-maig ke-he-a. Ain-dun wa-we-tum-maun, etc.
I myself speak, standing here on the ground.
He takes a bold and open stand against his enemies, and those of his employer.
3. We-go-nain-wa-we-ow we-he-naun? O-ge-na-beek-o-ga wa-we-yah we-he-nah.