The speaker terms himself a wolf spirit, possessing peculiar power. The animal as drawn has a line across the body signifying its spirit character. [Illustration] At last I become a spirit. The circle denotes the spot occupied by the speaker; his hands extended are directed toward the source of his powers. [Illustration] I give you the mī'gis. The upper character represents the arm reaching down giving a sacred shell, the mī'gis, the sacred emblem of the “Grand Medicine Society.” The “giving of the mī'gis” signifies its “being shot” into the body of a new member of the society to give him life and the power of communing with spirits, or Man'idōs. [Illustration] You are speaking to me. An arm is extended toward a circle containing a smaller one, the latter representing the spot occupied by Midē' friends. The characters next explained are taken from the last line, D, of the series given in Pl. XVII. The speaker appears to have great faith in his own powers as a Midē'. [Illustration] Spirit I am, I enter. The otter, which Man'idō, the speaker, professes to represent, is entering the sacred structure of Midē' lodge. [Illustration] Midē' friends, do you hear me? The circles denote the locality where the Midē' are supposed to be congregated. The waving lines signify hearing, when, as in this case, attached to the ears. [Illustration] The first time I heard you. The speaker asserts that he heard the voices of the Man'idōs when he went through his first initiation into the society. He is still represented as the otter. [Illustration] The spirit, he does hear (?) The interpretation is vague, but could not be otherwise explained. The lines from the ears denote hearing. [Illustration] They, the Midē' friends, have paid enough. The arm in the attitude of giving, to Ki'tshi Man'idō, signifies that the Midē' have made presents of sufficient value to be enabled to possess the secrets, which they received in return. [Illustration] They have pity on me, the chief Midē'. The arms of Ki'tshi Man'idō are extended to the Midē' lodge, giving assistance as besought. The song mnemonically represented in Pl. XVIII A (reproduced from Pl. X A. of the Seventh Ann. Rep. Bur. of Ethn.) is sung by the Ojibwa preceptor who has been instructing the candidate for initiation. It praises the preceptor’s efforts and the character of the knowledge he has imparted. Its delivery is made to extend over as much time as possible. [Illustration: BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY TENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XVIII MNEMONIC SONGS--OJIBWA.] The mnemonic characters were drawn by Sikas'sigĕ, and are a copy of an old birchbark scroll, which has for many years been in his possession, and which was a transcript of one in the possession of his father Baiédzĭk, one of the leading Midē' at Mille Lacs, Minnesota. [Illustration]