32 ~=Bringier owihe Region of the Mississippi, ¥e. 
the fattest for the old people, and. the nemsinder is dudes 
among all.the others. 
‘They have prophets, whom they call. ere hey pro- 
phesy ama apes which they P genes: muni- 
0 8 ie 
ich, t to the 9 Be font appear to aR 2: posi seri- 
ous nature, and some of them would surprise our own show 
masters.’ The. most extraordinary is a secret they pretend 
to’have, of a composition which preserves them altogether 
from the action of fire. After anointing their hands with 
his composition, which leaves no mark on the hand, they 
take hold of large stones red hot,* which, even at arm’s 
length, would burn any other person. The. acid: of a kind 
eres be bess er aa awe 01 
‘rounder the st e the threads, 
and if. they are are perfectly round they preserve them entirely. 
I have seen also, several in the possession of some of the 
Freach. hunters on. the Arkansas, which have: mani ested 
that property. 3 
The. sage eae are Fikewise their : physicians. 
+ 
on sali, of about ae 
ease 
eect: Praitie, 9 where weeds grow twelve ov 
eaerataens there are ee; on: anita cibuinta, whieh 
may be eighty or one hu sdned feet high; the surface of on 
is pericctiy level, and — s more than ees alae a 
fore TF a great distance round, is almost 
hee: puget which = 
ne. Bringier does not infor i eth he secereae this from hear- 
it with the hag wn y he meant it only as an 
ih te o be done, ‘and quite # 
examole of lege 
different une is done. Editor. 
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