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Show i INDIAN TREATMENT OF SICK. Superstitious Ceremony That Is Often a Last Resort. In answer to Inquiries as to tho meaning of tho word It was explained that a pachofsha Is a feast and a part of tho incantation and superstitious i ceremony conducted over tho sick by t tho lower class of Ignorant Indians. When a man is thought to bo sick ' ! enough to require the services of a doctor ho is put into a hut, and for t thrco days no ono except tho doctor sees him. Tho doctor goes into tho j woods and gathers herbs, from whlcn ' ho prepares a potion for tho sick man j and then keops a lonely vigil with hlrji. : At tho end o tho third day, if tho patient pa-tient is not improved, tho order is glv- j en to prepare a pachofsha. Corn and moat, either beef, pork or gamo, aro put in a largo kettle and stowed until tho corn is soft. All tho relatives of the sick man arc entitled to attend, and they gather j around tho kettle for tho feast. Tho j j sick man Is brought out and served I first. He Is fed as much as his slim- f ach can hold, and tho others then lurn jj In and devour tho remainder of tho I stow. When this is concluded a bon- 1 firo Is built and lighted, and tho crowd - circles around and dances to tho tune wt of a weird chant. After till-, if the sick man does not show signt of I ting bettor, nothing mor done for 11 him, and ho dies m gets. woli by act of Providence. Oklahoma Tlifles Jour-. na1, ,j V- . 1 |