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dition, that it will only grow where they have trod-, 
den, and was never known before the EngUjh came 
into this Country. The moft farnous old Phyfician 
among the Apomatick Indians-, as I was informed 
by a Perfon of a very good Underhand ing, ufed 
moftly an Herb which he fhewed me, whofe Leaf is 
much like Self-heal in Winter^ I obferved it was 
red underneath, and would at length appear tinged 
on the upper Side alfo : It makes a good Salve, only 
it fills a Wound too fail with Flelh. I took a 
Draught of this Herb, along with forne others, which- 
I have left in the North of England. The great Suc- 
cefs they have in curing Wounds and Sores, I appre- 
hend moftly to proceed from their Manner of dref- 
iing them: For they firft cleanfe them, by Sucking, 
which, though a very nafty, is, no doubt, the moft 
efFcdfual and beft way imaginable 5 then they take 
iho. biting ^erjicary, che\vTt in their Mouths, 
and thence fquirt the Juieb'therebL into the Wound, 
which they will do as if it' were out of a Syringe; 
Then they apply their Salve- herbs, either bruifed or 
beaten ih to a Salve with Greafe, binding it on with 
Lark and Silk-grafs. -’Golohej Spencer y 
S ecretary of -State of Virginia, - 'told me of a very 
ftrange and extraordinary Cure performed by an In- 
dian, on one of his Negroes. The Negro was a 
very good Servant, wherefore his Mafter had valued 
him much 5 but by Degrees he grew dim-lighted, and 
was troubled \yith terrible Pains in his Eyes, fo that 
with one he could fec but a little, and none at all 
with the other > and as the Pain ftill increafed,. the 
Colonel was greatly apprehenlive, left his Negro 
would be quite blind. Several Surgeons were Tent 
for. 
