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a small piece of white stuflt which we all examined with a flashlight. The doctor said 

 he thought he could get the rest of it out the next evening. The assistant carried the 

 pan outside and threw it into the brush. A bowl of rice and some buns were placed 

 on the blanket and we all ate. The doctor sang four songs, we had a few shots of 

 whiskey, and were invited to return the next night. The same people were present the. 

 second evening, and the doctor spoke saying he was going to use a stronger spirit 

 tonight. The patient laid on his back on the blanket with his torso bare. After another 

 long speech and song the treatment began. He swallowed the bone, gagged until we 

 became worried, but finally coughed it up. He sucked on the same part of the body 

 as before, with the bone well into his mouth and his lips touching the body of the 

 patient (Fig. 11 ). On the second attempt he had one of the women insert the bone 

 in his mouth, and had another lady shake his rattle. After several suckings he asked 



FIG. 11 — Doctor Sucking on Patient. 



his assistant to get a larger bone tube hidden under the bed. He unwrapped it, 

 swallowed it and on the first sucking attempt got three or four pieces of white stuff 

 which were spat into the pan. He sucked several times more and stopped. We in- 

 spected the contents of the pan which were again thrown outside by the assistant. The 

 doctor said he got it all out. He said that a woman from Chief Lake had sorcerized 

 the patient, and that he was sending that sickness back to her to see what she could 

 do with it. The patient gave him two packages of tobacco and a pair of gloves. The 

 doctor sang four songs 'to scare the sickness away from here' but no food served 

 this time." (Field Notes 1941.) 



The Wabe)w 



Although 1 could discover no trace of it among the modern Wisconsin 

 Chippewa, both Schoolcraft and Hoffman report the existence of a third 



