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name was Matoomyan. She was the first Avho 
came out from the hole, and had orders respect- 
ing the cattle, and was appointed to superintend 
them ; but her brother Matoome came out, and 
without leave went and led the cattle round the 
end of a mountain, which so enraged his sister, 
who possessed medicine for the preservation of 
life and health, that she returned to the hole, car- 
rying with her the precious medicine ; in conse- 
quence of which diseases and death came into the 
world, and prevail in it to this day. 
I inquired of him how they treated their sick ; 
he said, that when a person is very ill, they are 
accustomed to kill an animal, and to dig up some 
roots, with which they prepare a medicine, and give 
it him. To cure a head-ache, they burn a certain 
kind of wood, and take the ashes as snuff. When 
the small-pox comes among them, they select the 
person who seems to have the most favorable 
kind, and from him they take the matter and 
inoculate other people. The disease is thereby 
rendered more lenient. 
The Mashows obtained the knowledge of inocu- 
lation from the Wanketzens, who got it from the 
Mootchuaseelay ; these received it from the Seke- 
tay, and the Seketay obtained it from the Mahha- 
latseelay. The Seketay is the only nation that 
trades with the Mahhalatseelay. They commence 
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