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  INDIAN 
  MEDICAL 
  EXHIBIT 
  WHITEBREAD 
  

  

  thing 
  else 
  thai 
  he 
  can 
  gradually 
  gather, 
  to 
  consummate 
  ugliness 
  of 
  looks 
  and 
  

   Rightfulness 
  of 
  sounds 
  by 
  their 
  grating 
  and 
  rattling 
  noises 
  as 
  he 
  dances 
  

   underneath 
  them, 
  with 
  his 
  face 
  hidden, 
  adding 
  to 
  them 
  the 
  frightful 
  Hats 
  

   and 
  sharps 
  of 
  his 
  growling 
  and 
  squeaking 
  voice, 
  and 
  the 
  stamping 
  of 
  Ids 
  feet 
  

   as 
  he 
  dances 
  and 
  jumps 
  ever 
  and 
  around 
  Ids 
  dying 
  patient. 
  

  

  The 
  doctor 
  never 
  puts 
  on 
  this 
  frightful 
  dress 
  until 
  he 
  goes 
  to 
  pay 
  Ins 
  last 
  

   visit 
  to 
  his 
  patient, 
  and 
  when 
  he 
  moves 
  through 
  the 
  village 
  with 
  this 
  dress 
  on 
  

   it 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  villagers 
  that 
  the 
  patient 
  is 
  djdng; 
  and 
  from 
  sympathy, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  from 
  a 
  general 
  custom, 
  they 
  all 
  gather 
  around 
  in 
  a 
  crowd 
  to 
  witness 
  

   the 
  ceremony; 
  and 
  all, 
  with 
  the 
  hand 
  over 
  the 
  mouth, 
  commence 
  crying 
  and 
  

   moaning 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  pitiable 
  manner. 
  

  

  Prophet-doctors. 
  — 
  The 
  art 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  prophet 
  was 
  practiced 
  alone, 
  

   by 
  solitary 
  and 
  distinct 
  individuals 
  who 
  had 
  no 
  associates. 
  Prophets 
  

  

  Pig. 
  

  

  -Indian 
  phophet's 
  lodge 
  

  

  sprang 
  up 
  at 
  long 
  intervals 
  and 
  far 
  apart 
  among 
  the 
  Indian 
  tribes. 
  

   They 
  professed 
  to 
  be 
  under 
  supernatural 
  power 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  tilled 
  with 
  

   a 
  divine 
  afflatus. 
  The 
  art 
  which 
  they 
  practiced 
  resembled 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  priest-doctors, 
  differing 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  object 
  sought. 
  The 
  priest- 
  

   doctor 
  sought 
  to 
  control 
  of 
  influence 
  events: 
  the 
  prophet 
  to 
  predict 
  

   them. 
  Both 
  applied 
  to 
  spirits 
  for 
  their 
  power. 
  Both 
  used 
  material 
  

   substances, 
  such 
  as 
  stuffed 
  birds, 
  bones, 
  etc., 
  as 
  objects 
  by 
  or 
  through 
  

   which 
  the 
  secret 
  energy 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  exercised. 
  The 
  general 
  modes 
  of 
  

   operation 
  were 
  similar. 
  The 
  seventh 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  contains 
  the 
  following 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  

   Indian 
  prophets 
  among 
  the 
  Ojibwa 
  Indians: 
  

  

  The 
  jessakkid 
  is 
  a 
  seer 
  and 
  prophet 
  : 
  though 
  commonly 
  designated 
  a 
  "jug- 
  

   gler." 
  the 
  Indians 
  define 
  him 
  as 
  a 
  " 
  revealer 
  of 
  hidden 
  truths." 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  

  

  