86 THE HUPA. 
her friends must refund to him the seven strings. The friends were not 
willing to do this, but they offered, in case the woman did not wish to marry 
him, to refund the money minus one string for each of her children. 
Finally, however, the woman married him. 
The Hupa do not compare with the Indians farther south in the num- 
ber of substances which they employ in their therapeutics. They are poor 
physicians. Angelica is a panacea with them, and almost the only one. 
Their great remedy is suction and conjuration. 
