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Toads are used, but only for poison medicines. The quail's heart 

 is used for the same piu-pose. If a person is killed outright, his heart 

 is used as a medicine, as the hmnan heart is regarded as having great 

 efficacy ui such medicuies. It is used in war, for compellmg people 

 to give you presents, and for courting women. The bear likewise is 

 used for a variety of purposes. Its liver is especially powerful. It 

 is rubbed over the body whenever m pam. It is often used by 

 women who have uijured themselves m childbirth, or in the form of 

 tonics, poultices, and emetic ; or for toothaches, bathuig sore eyes, ear- 

 aches, headaches ; as snuff, as a physic, for bums, strictures, boils, hemor- 

 rhages, iiajections m the rectimfi, consumption, measles, dysentery, 

 chills, nosebleed, pains in the stomach, and headaches caused by 

 poisoning. 



Sometimes a woman would take a hair of her husband and stick 

 it hi to some bad medicme. Li such a case he would never leave her 

 for he would become very much enamored of her. If ever she went 

 away, he would miss her very much. However, he always had a 

 headache. Finally he would get sick and lose his appetite and then 

 his eyesight. That is why it is forbidden to use this medicine, 

 although some still do it. 



Many Wumebago are blmd, because there is a medicine that 

 causes blindness. If one person offends another who possesses such 

 a medicme, the latter would cause the offender to become blind. 



The Wimiebago have medicines for every purpose; for courting, 

 for becoming rich, for obtainmg good looks, etc. Even if a person 

 is very holy, these poisoners can poison him. If a man was a good 

 hunter or if he was wise and good, these bad shamans would poison 

 him. If an mdividual was a great medicine man and these bad 

 shamans got jealous, they would poison him. Indeed, only if a person 

 was poor and lowly would they like him. Such a man they would 

 never poison for they had no reason for being jealous of him. A 

 bad shaman is always treated with the greatest respect and honor, 

 because he kills many people. 



A warrior is also greatly respect«d and flattered. It is the Indian's 

 greatest desire to become a warrior. All desire that, and they also 

 wish to become great medicine men and bad shamans. 



This is the way they prepare ajid use their courtuig medicines. 

 The courting medicme known to me is a plant of a]>parently two 

 varieties, one of which has a blue blossom and the other no blossom at 

 all. Otherwise they are alike. The one with the blue blossom is the 

 male and the one without the blossom is the female. When I go out 

 to dig this plant, I do not dig for these two specimens miless I can 

 find them growiag together closely. Even then I do not dig any two 

 specimens unless the male is found growing on the east side. For 

 that reason it is very hard to fuid them. As soon as I find two that 



