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Fig. 31.—Jĕs´sakkīd´ curing woman. | Fig. 32.—Jĕs´sakkīd´ curing man. |
[Fig. 31] represents a Jĕs´sakkīd´ curing a sick woman by sucking the demon through a bone tube. The pictograph was drawn upon a piece of birch bark which was carried in the owner’s Midē´ sack, and was intended to record an event of importance.
No. 1 represents the actor, holding a rattle in hand. Around his head is an additional circle, denoting quantity (literally, more than an ordinary amount of knowledge), the short line projecting to the right indicating the tube used.
No. 2 is the woman operated upon.
[Fig. 32] represents an exhibition by a Jĕs´sakkīd´, a resident of White Earth, Minnesota. The priest is shown in No. 1 holding his rattle, the line extending from his eye to the patient’s abdomen signifying that he has located the demon and is about to begin his exorcism. No. 2 is the patient lying before the operator.
[ FOURTH DEGREE.]
Fig. 33.—Diagram of Midē´wigân of the fourth degree.
The Midē´wigân, in which this degree is conferred, differs from the preceding structures by having open doorways in both the northern and southern walls, about midway between the eastern and western extremities and opposite to one another. [Fig. 33] represents a ground plan, in which may also be observed the location of each of the four Midē´ posts. [Fig. 34] shows general view of same structure. A short distance from the eastern entrance is deposited the sacred stone, beyond which is an area reserved for the presents to be deposited by an applicant for initiation. The remaining two-thirds of the space toward the western door is occupied at regular intervals by four posts, the first being painted red with a band of green around the top. ([Pl. XV], No. 1.) The second post is red, and has scattered over its surface spots of white clay to symbolize