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Show Dipsosisgof Quack Doctor. The Ikes have a peculiar and exemplary method of disposing ot quack doctors, in othor words, bogus "medicine men." One of this ilk, while practicing practic-ing his profession among tho Middle Paik Ulcs, succeeded in fatally poison-iinT poison-iinT two men and nun wnmiui' nnrl before the corpses wine, ready for ttie funeral, Piat, chief of the tribe, quietly took down his Winchester rifle and went for the doctor. He put nine bullets into him, which was "bad medicine" for tho medicine man, whose three wives aro now widows. "Medicine" nith the Indians means witchcraft, sorcery, lie Uing, any thing, in fact, that they cannot understand, and they greatly reverence a first-class medicine man; but an unsuccessful practioner they deem better fitted for the hapoy hunting grounds thou tins mundane sphere. |