B

Birch-bark records and songs of the Midē´wiwin

[286]-[289]
C

Calumet, ceremonial use of, among Algonkian tribes

[153]

Cross, use of, in Indian ceremonials

[155]

Cuchan population

[188]
D

Dress and ornaments used in Ojibwa dances

[298], [299]

Dzhe Manido, the guardian spirit of the Midewiwin

[163], [166]

Dzhibai midewigân or “Ghost Lodge”

[278]-[281]
G

Gatschet, A. S., acknowledgments to

[143]

Ghost Lodge ceremonies

[278]-[281]

Ginseng, Mide tradition relating to origin of

[241], [242]

Grand Medicine Society. See Midewiwin.

H

Hawk-leg fetish, description and figure

[220], [221]

Hennepin, Louis,

cited on practices of Algonkian medicine men

[152], [154]

cited on ceremonial use of Calumet by Algonkian tribes

[153]

“Hunter’s medicine” of Midewiwin

[221]-[223]

Hunting, Mide “medicine” practiced in

[221]-[223]
J
Jessakid class of Shamans, relative importance of[156]
practices of[157]-[158], [251]-[255]

Jones, Peter, cited on medicine men of the Ojibwa

[162]

cited on witchcraft beliefs of OjibwaIndians

[237]

cited on Ojibwa love charm or powder

[258]

Jugglery among Ojibwa Indians

[276]-[277]
K

Kitshi Manido, the principal Ojibwa deity

[163]
L

La Hontan, A. L. de D., cited on practices of Algonkian medicinemen

[151]-[152]

Leech Lake record, how obtained

[171]

Love powder of Ojibwa Indians

[258]
M

Magical practices of Midewiwin

[205]-[206]

Mallery, Garrick, cited on Schoolcraft’s account of the Ojibwahieroglyphs

[156]

cited on Indian jugglery

[276]-[277]

cited on character and use of Algonkianpictographs

[287]-[288]

Marquette, Jaques, cited on practices of Algonkian medicine men

[152]-[153]

cited on use of the cross in Indianceremonials

[155]

Medical prescriptions of the Midewiwin

[197]-[201], [226], [241]-[242]

Medicine men, practices of, among Algonkian tribes

[151], [152], [154], [159]

Midē class of Shamans, relative importance of

[156]

how elected

[160], [163]-[164]
charts of, described[165], [174]-[183], [185]-[187]
therapeutics of[197]-[202]
Midē Society. See Midewiwin.
Midewigân, or Grand Medicine Lodge, described[187]-[189], [224], [240], [255]-[257]
Midewiwin or Grand Medicine Society of the Ojibwa
purposes of[151]
origin of[160]
degrees in[164]
records of[164]-[165]
ceremonies of first degree[189]-[224]
songs of[193]-[196], [202]-[203], [207]-[214], [216], [218]-[219], [227]-[230], [232]-[233], [239]-[240], [243]-[244], [246]-[251], [253]-[254], [259]-[261], [263]-[264], [266]-[273], [282]-[286], [289]-[297]
ceremony of initiation into[187]-[196], [202]-[286]
magical practices of[204]-[206]
ceremonies of second degree[224]-[240]
payments made to priests of[225]
use of tobacco in ceremonials of[231], [248]-[249]
drums used in ceremonies of[238]
ceremonies of third degree[240]-[255]
ceremonies of fourth degree[255]-[278]
initiation into, by substitution[281]-[286]
pictography of[286]-[289]
dress and ornaments used in dances of[298]-[299]
future of[299]-[300]
Migis (Indian charm or token), forms and uses of[191], [192], [215], [217]-[218], [220], [236], [251], [265]

Minabozho, an Ojibwa deity

[166]

Music of Midewiwin described

[289]-[290]
O
Ojibwa
area inhabited by[149]-[150]

belief of, respecting spirits

[163]
mythology of[163]
P

Pictography of Midewiwin

[286]-[289]

Plants used for medical purposes by the Midewiwin

[197]-[201], [226], [241], [242]
R

Red Lake Midē Chart described

[165]
S

Schoolcraft, H. R., cited on Wabeno

[156]

initiation into Midēwiwin

[161]

Shamans, classes of

[156]-[159]

Sikassige (Ojibwa Indian) furnishes account of origin of theIndians

[172]-[173]

Sikassige’s explanation of Mille Lacs chart

[174]-[181]

Songs used in ceremonies of the Midewiwin