Show INDIAN TREATMENT OF SICK Super ous ceremony that is often a last resort in answer to inquiries as to the meaning of the word it was explained that a pach ofsha Is a feast and a part of the incantation and superstitious ceremony conducted over the sick by the lower class of ignorant indians when a man is thought to be sick enough to require the services of a doctor he is put into a hut and or three days no one except the doctor sees him the doctor goes into the woods and gathers herbs from he prepares a potion tor for the sick man and then keeps a lonely vigil with him at the end ot of the third day it the pa tient is not improved the order is div en to prepare a pach ofsha corn and meat either beet beef pork or game are put in a large kettle and stewed until the corn is soft all the relatives of the sick man are entitled to attend and they gather around the kettle for the feast the sick man Is brought out and served first he is fed as much as his atom ach can hold and theother the other then turn in and devour the remainder of the stew when this is 18 concluded a bon fire Is built and lighted and the crowd circles around and dances to the tune of a weird chant after this it if the sick man does not show signs of get ting better nothing more is done lone for him and he dies or gets well by act 0 of providence oklahoma times jour nal |