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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  vol. 
  07 
  

  

  association 
  whatever 
  between 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  profession, 
  and 
  eaeli 
  prac- 
  

   tices 
  his 
  art 
  singly 
  and 
  alone 
  whenever 
  a 
  demand 
  is 
  made 
  and 
  the 
  fee 
  pre- 
  

   sented. 
  As 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  association, 
  so 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  initiation 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  

   one 
  may 
  become 
  a 
  jessakkid. 
  The 
  gift 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  thunder 
  

   god, 
  and 
  then 
  only 
  at 
  long 
  intervals 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  chosen 
  few. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  The 
  exor- 
  

   cism 
  of 
  demons 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  pretentions 
  of 
  this 
  personage, 
  and 
  evil 
  

   spirits 
  are 
  sometimes 
  removed 
  by 
  sucking 
  them 
  through 
  tubes. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  (See 
  

   figs. 
  4 
  and 
  12.) 
  The 
  lodge 
  (fig. 
  3) 
  used 
  by 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  men 
  consists 
  of 
  four 
  

   poles 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  forming 
  a 
  square 
  of 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  feet 
  and 
  upward 
  

   in 
  diameter, 
  around 
  which 
  are 
  wrapped 
  birch 
  bark, 
  robes, 
  or 
  canvas 
  in 
  such 
  

   a 
  way 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  upright 
  cylinder. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  When 
  the 
  prophet 
  has 
  seated 
  

   himself 
  within 
  his 
  lodge 
  the 
  structure 
  begins 
  to 
  sway 
  violently 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  

   side, 
  loud 
  thumping 
  noises 
  are 
  heard 
  within, 
  denoting 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  spirits, 
  

  

  

  Via&^a 
  ^v 
  - 
  ^'^Cr 
  ..--•■■', 
  "• 
  

  

  Fig. 
  4. 
  — 
  Medicine 
  man 
  removing 
  disease 
  

  

  and 
  numerous 
  voices 
  and 
  laughter 
  are 
  distinctly 
  audible 
  to 
  those 
  without. 
  

   Questions 
  may 
  then 
  be 
  put 
  to 
  the 
  prophet 
  and, 
  if 
  everything 
  be 
  favorable, 
  the 
  

   response 
  is 
  not 
  long 
  in 
  coming." 
  

  

  Herbalist 
  doctors. 
  — 
  These 
  persons, 
  men 
  and 
  women, 
  were 
  the 
  real 
  

   physicians 
  of 
  the 
  tribes. 
  They 
  administered 
  liquid 
  and 
  dry 
  medi- 
  

   cines, 
  bled 
  patients, 
  cupped 
  with 
  a 
  horn, 
  and 
  operated 
  on 
  ulcers, 
  

   swellings, 
  wounds, 
  etc. 
  Although 
  herbalists 
  were 
  aware 
  that 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  plants, 
  roots, 
  etc., 
  would 
  produce 
  a 
  definite 
  effect 
  upon 
  the 
  hu- 
  

   man 
  system, 
  they 
  attributed 
  any 
  benefit 
  obtained 
  therefrom 
  to 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  the 
  remedies 
  were 
  distasteful 
  and 
  injurious 
  to 
  the 
  demons 
  

   in 
  the 
  system 
  and 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  disease 
  was 
  attributed. 
  

  

  In 
  figure 
  5 
  the 
  doctor 
  is 
  seated 
  upon 
  a 
  mat 
  inside 
  of 
  a 
  rude 
  tent, 
  

   holding 
  between 
  his 
  feet 
  a 
  vessel, 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  stir- 
  

   ring 
  with 
  his 
  right 
  hand; 
  with 
  his 
  left 
  hand 
  he 
  shakes 
  a 
  rattle, 
  

   meantime 
  reciting 
  certain 
  incantations 
  whereby 
  he 
  potentizes 
  his 
  

  

  