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  MEDICINE 
  MEN 
  

  

  Each 
  tribe 
  had 
  men 
  who 
  professed 
  to 
  mediate 
  between 
  the 
  world 
  

   of 
  spirits 
  and 
  the 
  world 
  of 
  men. 
  The 
  designation 
  and 
  functions 
  of 
  

   these 
  persons 
  differed 
  considerably 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  tribes, 
  but 
  they 
  

   may 
  be 
  classed 
  roughly 
  as 
  priest-doctors, 
  prophet-doctors, 
  and 
  herba- 
  

   list 
  doctors. 
  

  

  Priest-doctors. 
  — 
  The 
  priest-doctor 
  was 
  a 
  magician 
  and 
  the 
  art 
  which 
  

   he 
  practiced 
  was 
  magic. 
  In 
  some 
  tribes 
  the 
  men 
  who 
  practiced 
  this 
  

   art 
  formed 
  into 
  societies 
  or 
  associations. 
  They 
  were 
  admitted 
  by 
  

   a 
  public 
  ceremony, 
  after 
  having 
  been 
  instructed 
  in 
  private, 
  and 
  

   given 
  evidence 
  of 
  their 
  skill 
  and 
  fitness. 
  Anyone 
  could 
  become 
  a 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Priest-doctor's 
  lodge 
  

  

  follower 
  and 
  practicer 
  of 
  this 
  art. 
  The 
  priest-doctors 
  assembled 
  to 
  

   teach 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  supplicating 
  spirits. 
  These 
  practitioners 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  

   distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  true 
  priests, 
  whose 
  positions 
  and 
  functions 
  

   were 
  tribal 
  instead 
  of 
  individual. 
  

  

  Catlin 
  2 
  describes 
  the 
  practice 
  and 
  dress 
  of 
  the 
  medicine 
  man 
  pic- 
  

   tured 
  in 
  figure 
  2 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Here 
  is 
  a 
  gentleman 
  who 
  gains 
  laurels 
  without 
  going 
  to 
  war 
  — 
  who 
  stays 
  

   at 
  home 
  and 
  takes 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  women 
  and 
  children. 
  His 
  fame 
  and 
  influence, 
  

   which 
  often 
  exceed 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  is 
  gained 
  without 
  risk 
  of 
  life, 
  

   hut 
  by 
  a 
  little 
  legerdemain 
  and 
  cunning, 
  which 
  are 
  easily 
  practiced 
  upon 
  a 
  

   superstitious 
  people, 
  who 
  are 
  weak 
  enough 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  his 
  mystic 
  arts 
  

   often 
  produce 
  miracles, 
  and 
  which, 
  like 
  all 
  miracles, 
  are 
  difficult 
  to 
  prove 
  or 
  to 
  

   disprove. 
  

  

  2 
  Life 
  Amongst 
  the 
  Indians. 
  By 
  George 
  Catlin. 
  

  

  