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

by Walter James Hoffman

CONTENTS.

	Page
[Introduction]	149
[Shamans]	156
[Midē´wiwin]	164
[ Midē´wigân]	187
[First degree]	189
[ Preparatory instruction]	189
[ Midē´ therapeutics]	197
[ Imploration for clear weather]	207
[ Initiation of candidate]	210
[ Descriptive notes]	220
[Second degree]	224
[ Preparation of candidate]	224
[ Initiation of candidate]	231
[ Descriptive notes]	236
[Third degree]	240
[ Preparation of candidate]	241
[ Initiation of candidate]	243
[ Descriptive notes]	251
[Fourth degree]	255
[ Preparation of candidate]	257
[ Initiation of candidate]	258
[ Descriptive notes]	274
[Dzhibai´ Midē´wigân]	278
[Initiation by substitution]	281
[Supplementary notes]	286
[ Pictography]	286
[ Music]	289
[ Dress and ornaments]	298
[ Future of the society]	299
[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]

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.

		Page.
[Plate II.]	Map showing present distribution of Ojibwa	150
[III.]	Red Lake and Leech Lake records	166
[IV.]	Sikas´sige’s record	170
[V.]	Origin of Âníshinâ´bēg	172
[VI.]	Facial decoration	174
[VII.]	Facial decoration	178
[VIII.]	Ojibwa’s record	182
IX.	Mnemonic songs: [IX.a] — [IX.b] — [IX.c]	193
X.	Mnemonic songs: [X.a] — [X.b] — [X.c] — [X.d]	202
[XI.]	Sacred objects	220
[XII.]	Invitation sticks	236
XIII.	Mnemonic songs: [XIII.a] — [XIII.b] — [XIII.c] — [XIII.d]	238
XIV.	Mnemonic songs: [XIV.a] — [XIV.b] — [XIV.c] — [XIV.d]	288
[XV.]	Sacred posts	240
XVI.	Mnemonic songs: [XVI.a] — [XVI.b] — [XVI.c] — [XVI.d]	244
XVII.	Mnemonic songs: [XVII.a] — [XVII.b]	266
[XVIII.]	Jĕs´sakkīd´ removing disease	278
[XIX.]	Birch-bark records	286
[XX.]	Sacred bark scroll and contents	288
[XXI.]	Midē´ relics from Leech Lake	390
XXII.	Mnemonic songs: [XXII.a] — [XXII.b]	392
[XXIII.]	Midē´ dancing garters	298
[ Fig. 1.]	Herbalist preparing medicine and treating patient	159
[2.]	Sikas´sigĕ’s combined charts, showing descent of Mī´nabō´zho	174
[3.]	Origin of ginseng	175
[4.]	Peep-hole post	178
[5.]	Migration of Âníshinâ´bēg	179
[6.]	Birch-bark record, from White Earth	185
[7.]	Birch-bark record, from Bed Lake	186
[8.]	Birch-bark record, from Red Lake	186
[9.]	Eshgibō´ga	187
[10.]	Diagram of Midē´wigân of the first degree	188
[11.]	Interior of Midē´wigân	188
[12.]	Ojibwa drums	190
[13.]	Midē´ rattle	191
[14.]	Midē´ rattle	191
[15.]	Shooting the Mīgis	192
[16.]	Wooden beads	205
[17.]	Wooden effigy	205
[18.]	Wooden effigy	205
[19.]	Hawk-leg fetish	220
[20.]	Hunter’s medicine	222
[21.]	Hunter’s medicine	222
[22.]	Wâbĕnō´ drum	223
[23.]	Diagram of Midē´wigân of the second degree	224
[24.]	Midē´ destroying an enemy	238
[25.]	Diagram of Midē´wigân of the third degree	240
[26.]	Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge	252
[27.]	Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge	252
[28.]	Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge	252
[29.]	Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge	252
[30.]	Jĕs´sakkân´, or juggler’s lodge	252
[31.]	Jĕs´sakkīd´ curing woman	255
[32.]	Jĕs´sakkīd´ curing man	255
[33.]	Diagram of Midē´wigân of the fourth degree	255
[34.]	General view of Midē´wigân	256
[35.]	Indian diagram of ghost lodge	279
[36.]	Leech Lake Midē´ song	295
[37.]	Leech Lake Midē´ song	296
[38.]	Leech Lake Midē´ song	297
[39.]	Leech Lake Midē´ song	297

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