_f_, representation of the grand medicine lodge. This character, with slight addition, is usually employed by the southern division of the Ojibwa to denote the lodge of a jĕssakkī'd, and is ordinarily termed a “jugglery.” _g_, a woman, and signifies that women may also be admitted to the midē'wigân', shown in the preceding character. _h_, a pause or rest in the chant. _i_, the sacred snake-skin bag, having the power of giving life through its skin. This power is indicated by the lines radiating from the head and the back of the snake. _j_ represents a woman. _k_, another illustration of the mī'gis, represented by the sacred otter. _l_ denotes a woman who is inspired, as shown by the line extending from the heart to the mouth in the lower chart, and simply showing the heart in the upper. In the latter she is also empowered to cure with magic plants. _m_ represents a Midē' shaman, but no explanation was obtained of the special character delineated. [Illustration: FIG. 170.--Minabozho.] In Fig. 170 is presented a variant of the characters shown in _a_ of Fig. 169. The fact that this denotes the power to cure by the use of plants would appear to indicate an older and more appropriate form than the delineation of the bow and arrow, as well as being more in keeping with the general rendering of the tradition. Fig. 171, two-thirds real size, is a reproduction, introduced here for comparison and explanation, of a record illustrating the alleged power of a Midē'. [Illustration: FIG. 171.--Midē' practicing incantation.] _a_, the author, is the Midē', who was called upon to take a man’s life at a distant camp. The line extending from the Midē' to _i_, explained below, signifies that his power extended to at least that distance. _b_, an assistant Midē'. _c_, _d_, _e_, and _f_ represent the four degrees of the Midéwin, of which both shamans are members. The degrees are also indicated by the vertical lines above each lodge character. _g_ is the drum used in the ceremony. _h_ is an outline of the victim. A human figure is drawn upon a piece of birchbark, over which the incantations are made, and, to insure the death of the subject, a small spot of red paint is rubbed upon the breast and a sharp instrument thrust into it. _i_, the outer line represents a lake, while the inner one is an island, upon which the victim resides. The ceremony indicated in the above description actually occurred at White Earth during the autumn of 1884, and, by a coincidence, the Indian “conjured” died the following spring of pneumonia resulting from cold contracted during the winter. This was considered as the result of the Midē'’s power, and naturally secured for him many new adherents and believers. [Illustration: FIG. 172.--Jĕssakkī'd curing a woman.]