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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  67 
  

  

  spots 
  on 
  his 
  skin. 
  Next 
  came 
  the 
  bird, 
  who 
  condemned 
  man 
  because 
  " 
  he 
  

   burns 
  my 
  feet 
  off," 
  alluding 
  to 
  the 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  hunter 
  barbecues 
  

   birds 
  by 
  impaling 
  them 
  on 
  a 
  stick 
  set 
  over 
  the 
  fire, 
  so 
  that 
  their 
  feathers 
  

   and 
  tender 
  feet 
  arc 
  singed 
  and 
  burned. 
  Others 
  followed 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  strain. 
  

   The 
  ground 
  squirrel 
  alone 
  ventured 
  to 
  say 
  a 
  word 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  man. 
  who 
  

   seldom 
  hurt 
  him 
  because 
  he 
  was 
  so 
  small 
  : 
  hut 
  this 
  so 
  enraged 
  the 
  others 
  

   that 
  they 
  fell 
  upon 
  the 
  ground 
  squirrel 
  and 
  tore 
  him 
  with 
  their 
  teeth 
  and 
  

   claws, 
  and 
  the 
  stripes 
  remain 
  on 
  his 
  hack 
  to 
  this 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  assembly 
  then 
  began 
  to 
  devise 
  and 
  name 
  various 
  diseases, 
  one 
  after 
  

   another, 
  and 
  had 
  not 
  their 
  invention 
  finally 
  failed 
  them 
  not 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   human 
  race 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  aide 
  to 
  survive. 
  The 
  grubworm 
  in 
  his 
  place 
  of 
  

   honor 
  hailed 
  each 
  new 
  malady 
  with 
  delight, 
  until 
  at 
  last 
  they 
  had 
  reached 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  list, 
  when 
  some 
  one 
  suggested 
  that 
  it 
  he 
  arranged 
  so 
  that 
  

   menstruation 
  should 
  sometimes 
  prove 
  fatal 
  to 
  woman. 
  On 
  this 
  ho 
  rose 
  up 
  in 
  

   his 
  place 
  and 
  cried 
  : 
  " 
  Thanks 
  ! 
  I'm 
  glad 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  will 
  die, 
  for 
  they 
  

   are 
  getting 
  so 
  thick 
  that 
  they 
  tread 
  on 
  me." 
  He 
  fairly 
  shook 
  with 
  joy 
  at 
  

   the 
  thought, 
  so 
  that 
  he 
  fell 
  over 
  backward 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  get 
  on 
  his 
  feet 
  

   again, 
  but 
  had 
  to 
  wriggle 
  off 
  on 
  his 
  back, 
  as 
  the 
  grubworm 
  has 
  done 
  ever 
  

   since. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  plants, 
  who 
  were 
  friendly 
  to 
  man. 
  heard 
  what 
  had 
  been 
  done 
  

   by 
  the 
  animals, 
  they 
  determined 
  to 
  defeat 
  their 
  evil 
  designs. 
  Each 
  tree, 
  

   shrub, 
  and 
  herb, 
  down 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  grasses 
  and 
  mosses, 
  agreed 
  to 
  furnish 
  

   a 
  remedy 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  diseases 
  named, 
  and 
  each 
  said: 
  "I 
  shall 
  appear 
  

   to 
  help 
  man 
  when 
  he 
  calls 
  upon 
  me 
  in 
  his 
  need." 
  Thus 
  did 
  medicine 
  originate, 
  

   and 
  the 
  plants, 
  every 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  its 
  use 
  if 
  we 
  only 
  knew 
  it. 
  furnish 
  the 
  

   antidote 
  to 
  counteract 
  the 
  evil 
  wrought 
  by 
  the 
  revengeful 
  animals. 
  When 
  

   the 
  doctor 
  is 
  in 
  doubt 
  what 
  treatment 
  to 
  apply 
  for 
  the 
  relief 
  of 
  a 
  patient. 
  

   the 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  suggests 
  to 
  him 
  the 
  proper 
  remedy. 
  

  

  INDIAN 
  THEORIES 
  OF 
  DISEASE 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  believed 
  that 
  disease 
  was 
  caused 
  by: 
  

  

  1. 
  A 
  malevolent 
  spirit 
  which 
  assumed 
  material 
  form 
  either 
  ani- 
  

   mate 
  or 
  inanimate 
  and 
  attacked 
  the 
  victim 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  provo- 
  

   cation. 
  

  

  2. 
  A 
  spirit, 
  or 
  an 
  object 
  supernaturally 
  injected 
  into 
  a 
  person, 
  

   which 
  acted 
  at 
  the 
  suggestion 
  of 
  a 
  human 
  enemy 
  who 
  possessed 
  su- 
  

   pernatural 
  powers. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  angered 
  spirits 
  of 
  the 
  dead, 
  or 
  those 
  of 
  animals, 
  plants. 
  

   and 
  other 
  natural 
  objects. 
  

  

  4. 
  Absence 
  of 
  the 
  patient's 
  soul. 
  

  

  ARRANGEMENT 
  OF 
  ENHIBITS 
  

  

  Magic 
  medicine. 
  — 
  Exorcism; 
  Invocation: 
  Incantation; 
  Amulets 
  and 
  

   charms; 
  Talismans; 
  Fetiches; 
  Transference 
  of 
  disease; 
  Signatures; 
  

   Evil 
  eye. 
  

  

  Pharmacological 
  medicine. 
  — 
  Some 
  drugs 
  of 
  the 
  Indians. 
  

  

  Surgical 
  medicine. 
  — 
  Sudatory 
  (sweat) 
  bath: 
  Venesection: 
  Cupping; 
  

   ( 
  Jautery. 
  

  

  