as many old men and women are pockmarked in the face and body. They state that a great number have been carried off by this disease, and I have been shown, on the top of a sandhill, seventy-four graves, which are said to be those of men, women, and children, carried off by this fell disorder. THE D…
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as many old men and women are pockmarked in the face and body. They state that a great number have been carried off by this disease, and I have been shown, on the top of a sandhill, seventy-four graves, which are said to be those of men, women, and children, carried off by this fell disorder. THE DOCTOR.— (Koonkie.) The Koonkie is a native who has seen the devil, when a child (the devil is called Kootchie), and is supposed to have received power from him to heal all sick. The way in which a man or woman becomes a doctor, is, that if when young they have had the nightmare, or an unpleasant dream, and relate this to the camp, the.
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