Show INDIAN TREATMENT OF SICK superstitious ceremony that Is I 1 otter a lait last scort la III eikom anver er iu to inquI inquiries rIts ai as to to tb weaning of the word mord it was a ex explained plaine that a is e a team feast and a part of the incantation and superstitious ceremony conducted over the sick b the loer 1 class da of ignorant indian whai a man ie Is thought to bo be alch hick enough to require the services of a 4 doctor be he la Is put into a hut and for three daye days no one ellent the doctor seen bim the doctor goes into the wooda woods and gather gathers herbs from alata he prepare prepares a potion for the ick sick man and abon tbt n keepe keeps a lonely vigil ith hlin 1 U I the end ot of the third day it hie the pa tient in not improved tb the order 1 to gh si so to prepare a corn and albat either beef pork or game arc are put in a large kettle and slowed until the corn la Is soft all kit the re laties of the sick lck map man aro are entitled to attend and hey they gather around round the kettle for the feast ice 1 he ak alk man 1 Is brought out ani ant lemed first he ile Is I 1 fed i is anuell as a lile lilt ach can hold and the olbers then turn in and debour the of tho the ste lev A ahen lica this thi la Is concluded a ion bon anre in to built and lighted ani the crowd circles around and slid dances to the tune of a chant artar this if the sick man dooe does not show signs of got ting better nothing more Is done for him and ho he dies or ede gets N veil ell by act ot of providence Okli oklahoma homa times jour nal |