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must have been his paroxysms of dying rage In order tc 
take out the charm from him, the Bakatla or. tho following 
day made a huge bonfire over tho carcass, which was de- 
clared to bo that of the largest lion they had ovor seen. 
Besides crunching the bone into splinters, ho loft eleven 
teoth-wounds on tho upper part of my arm. 
A wound from this animal’s tooth resembles a gun-shot 
wound ; it is generally followed by a great deal of slough 
mg and discharge, and pains tire felt in tho part periodically 
ever afterward. 1 had on a tartan jacket on tho occasion, 
and I believo that it wiped off all the virus from tho tooth 
that pierced tho flesh, for my two companions in this affray 
have both suffered from tho peculiar pains, while I have 
escaped with only the inconvcnienco of a falso joint in ray 
limb. Tho man whoso shoulder was wounded showed mo 
his wound actually burst forth afresh on tho same month 
of the following year. This curious point deserves tho 
attention of inquirers. 
I attached myself to the tribe called Bakucna or Bak- 
wains, tho chief of which, named Sechclc, was then living 
with his peoplo at a place called Shokuano. I was from 
tho first struck by his intelligence, and by tho marked 
manner in which wo both felt drawn to each other. This 
remarkable man has not only embraced Christianity, but 
expounds its doctrinos to his people. 
Secholo continued to mako a consistent profession for 
about three years; and, perceiving at last somo of tho 
difficulties of his case, and also feeling compassion for the 
poor women, who wore by far tho best of our scholars, 1 Im I 
no dosiro that ho should bo in any hurry to mako a fill 
profession by baptism and putting away all his wives b’t 
one. His principal wife, too, was about tho most unlikely 
subjoct in tho tribe ever to become any thing olso than a" 
out-and-out greasy disciple of the old school. She has 
since become greatly altered, I hear, for tho better ; but 
again and again bavo I seen Sochele send her out of church 
to put her gown on, and away she would go with ner lip* 
