Bullets  I  use."  •


trots  round  in  the  path  in  the  ceremonial  lodge,  and  is  shot  by  magic,  so  is  the
soul  shot  by  the  two  serpent-skins  when  trotting  round  the  path  about  the  fire
in  the  lodge.  The  power  of  the  mystic  snake-pouches  holds  on  to  the  soul  till
in  the  morning,  when  the  man  gets  the  possessor  of  the  soul.  The  soul  is  then
released,  and,  according  to  the  Ojibwa  mind,  the  game  returns  to  its  former  self.
Though  he  has  killed  the  moose  and  eaten  its  flesh,  yet  the  moose  still  lives  and
moves  and  continues  its  life,  as  before.
*  Cang^p^'s  song.    Song  to  get  game  that  has  to  be  shot  at.
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23.
'Ugicig6inin^i  nin^tutini,
Antan^biy^."


24.
"Pin^iwi'kan&wt  nimUcut^i  wihl,
Pin^iwi'kan£w&  nim&cutSUii  wihi."


25.
' '  Wihay^tcimllg58ih&,
Wihay^tciinllgd8ih&  kataw§bit&,
Na'kutamSn."

26.
"Nfbawit^a,  kinibawiULwsl,
OtcS  owftbicUci  Idnibawi."


27.
10       ''\^  "Kicigunka  a'rntakwawasinkaha  nba'ka'i'ganan,

Kicigunkll  a'l'ntakwllwllsinkahll  nb2l'ka*i*ganan.'


28.
"Winigwis^gwi,
Winigwis^gwi,
Winlgwisagft  Shi."


29.
1 5     ^£  * '  KinanS'  kw&naindn&,

Kinana'  kwlUiamdnS,
KlnanS'  kwlUiamdnll. "


^The  hunter  sings  this  song  on  the  night  before  the  day  on  which  he  wishes
to  hunt.  The  song  is  a  prayer  for  power  to  get  game;  and  if  the  morrow  begins
with  a  brilliant  sunrise,  then  the  prayer  is  answered.
'  Refers  either  to  a  person  with  such  a  name  or  to  an  animal  sought  by  the
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23.
'That  upon  our  sky  am  I  calling,
Is  why  here  I  sit. "  ^


24.
"The  paths  of  birds  do  I  hit,  shooting  with  magic,
The  paths  of  birds  do  I  hit,  shooting  with  magic."


25.
"That  I  may  be  spoken  of.
