. Kitchi-Gami : wanderings round Lake Superior. ons about the constantly recurringvomiting of shells seems to be again represented. At 8, I was told, a song is represented betweenthe sun (9) and the earth (10). The song, my In-dian said, must be sung exactly at mid-day, becausethe sun is then floating perpendicularly over theearth. 296 THE TOMAHAWK. The quadrangle (at 11) is meant for a piece ofcloth, such as the priests receive as a reward and pay-ment after their exertions. I cannot say, though, whythis piece of cloth again hangs between the sun andearth. The priest (at 12) sings, Le voila!
. Kitchi-Gami : wanderings round Lake Superior. ons about the constantly recurringvomiting of shells seems to be again represented. At 8, I was told, a song is represented betweenthe sun (9) and the earth (10). The song, my In-dian said, must be sung exactly at mid-day, becausethe sun is then floating perpendicularly over theearth. 296 THE TOMAHAWK. The quadrangle (at 11) is meant for a piece ofcloth, such as the priests receive as a reward and pay-ment after their exertions. I cannot say, though, whythis piece of cloth again hangs between the sun andearth. The priest (at 12) sings, Le voila! le sacrifice,qui a ete donne au grand-pretre! With this figure the whole performance terminated. I noticed, in the possession of one of the youngwarriors who came down from the interior to the bay,a tomahawk, richly decorated on both sides, or, as theOjibbeways call this instrument, a wagak of the things represented on it were merely idleornaments, but others had a meaning. On one side was a drawing, of which I here presenta copy:. My friend told me it represented his dream of life, AN ALLEGORY. 297 and that he had this dream on the St. Croix River,when he was quite a young fellow. He fasted tendays for it. The two human figures at a, he told me, repre-sented himself and his guardian spirit, or guide, whospoke to him in his dream, and ordered him to lookupwards. When he did so, he saw a large, handsomeeagle (a kiniou) sitting in its nest, as is representedat b. The double mark under the bird indicates thenest. Above the bird a crown of glistening starsfloated, and over them the moon (d). I often think of this face, this eagle, he said, and I not only think of it, but I speak to it in aloud voice. I. Has it already helped thee ? He. Frequently. If it did not help me I shouldnot have taken so much trouble to paint it on mytomahawk. J. Canst thou impart to me all the circumstancesand course of this dream ? He. No; but when I am in great danger, and onthe point of dyin
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