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the ''strong man" says: " If he gets well it will thunder." Indeed, it is 

 quiet for a short time and then it thunders. He says: " You will hear 

 the thunder twice." 



33. When a "strong man" is shot, a child is made ready. Its face 

 is painted red or sometimes black. Its hair is tied up over its fore- 

 head. Sometimes two children are made ready. Then water is poured 

 on the "strong man" who has been shot, and the arrow is taken out. 

 When two persons look after him, one is a girl and one a boy. The 

 girl is placed on one side of the house. She holds a torch in one hand 

 and a rattle in the other. The boy is placed at the other side of the 

 house and has a whistle. On top of the house is a man who pours the 

 water on the wounded "strong man." Then all the blood comes out of 

 the "strong man." If there is no "strong man" in a town, a shaman 

 who sucks is paid and he sucks out the blood from the one who is 

 shot. 



