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The Medicine Men
The squaw of [le-jo-quip?] was healed by a
medicine man – at the Pottawattomie [Potawatomie] Mills
Her head was affected by disease – perhaps
a [neuralgia?] attack. The friends and family
[illegible] to witness the wonderful [cure?].
Wild and frantic speculations [illegible] manifests
the head of the woman was excoriated with a
sharp [fluid?] – bleeding was a necessary consequence
and no doubt some relief was effective. But the
Charlatan - Medicine man – placed his mouth
upon her head and offered to suck from
the [illegible] small bones the cause of her disease which he had
adroitly concealed in his hand – and at the
happy moment – he affected to spit the bones
into his hands exhibiting to the friends and relatives to the [illegible] who
had submitted to the painful ordeal which
he had [illegible] through – with the utmost [illegible]
based upon a faith from the efficacy and
results of the magical powers of the medicine man.
The [illegible] complete.
The Indians are well known to have jugglers
among them – whose peculiar genius and gift is
to appertain in “famous [trances?]” to obtain news
of [illegible] and voyageurs [illegible].
This a singular fact that some of the
modern trends and tricks that the [illegible]
of our day sometimes perform before [illegible]
Object Description
| TCHA Identification Number | 2-35(1) |
| TCHA Alternative Identification Number | 1-54(10) |
| Purdue Identification Number | GWb2f35i1 |
| Title | Indian medicine man |
| Creators |
Winter, George, 1810-1876 |
| Description | "Indian medicine man" (title from verso of first page) AMs, 4 p. (handwritten; on paper with embossed seal reading "L.L.B. & Co.") |
| Description Continued | Description of a curing ceremony performed at Potawatami Mills upon M-joquis' wife, who had some disease of the head. The medicine man made a cut on her head and then pretended to suck out some small bones which were supposedly the cause of her illness. Other medicine men go into trances to obtain news of absent tribe members. In the Cass manuscripts of 1723, there is a description (quoted) of various tricks practiced by medicine men. Similar tricks are used by contemporary circus performers. The use of the term "medicine" to refer to spiritual activities comes from the French. The Indians have no indiginous greeting; they have adopted the phrase "Bonjour nic." List of several Sioux words. |
| Subjects |
Medicine Indians of North America--Health & welfare Shamans Salutations Sioux Nation |
| Repository | Tippecanoe County Historical Association |
| Rights Statement | Images in the George Winter Collection should not be used without written permission from the Tippecanoe County Historical Association. To obtain reproduction rights and prices, contact the Tippecanoe County Historical Association at info@tippecanoehistory.org |
| Extent of Original | 4 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | George Winter Collection |
| Date Digitized | 07/20/2006 |
| Type | text |
| Format | JP2 |
| Capture Device | Epson Expression 10000XL Photo Scanner |
| Capture Details | Silverfast 6.4.1 r8c by Lazersoft |
| Resolution | 300 ppi |
| Color Depth | 24 bit |
| Color Management | Monaco EZcolor using an IT8 target |
| URI | ark:/34231/c6s46pvr |
Description
| Title | page01 |
| Repository | Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries |
| Rights Statement | Images in the George Winter Collection should not be used without written permission from the Tippecanoe County Historical Association. To obtain reproduction rights and prices, contact the Tippecanoe County Historical Association at info@tippecanoehistory.org |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | George Winter Collection |
| Transcript |
The Medicine Men The squaw of [le-jo-quip?] was healed by a medicine man – at the Pottawattomie [Potawatomie] Mills Her head was affected by disease – perhaps a [neuralgia?] attack. The friends and family [illegible] to witness the wonderful [cure?]. Wild and frantic speculations [illegible] manifests the head of the woman was excoriated with a sharp [fluid?] – bleeding was a necessary consequence and no doubt some relief was effective. But the Charlatan - Medicine man – placed his mouth upon her head and offered to suck from the [illegible] small bones the cause of her disease which he had adroitly concealed in his hand – and at the happy moment – he affected to spit the bones into his hands exhibiting to the friends and relatives to the [illegible] who had submitted to the painful ordeal which he had [illegible] through – with the utmost [illegible] based upon a faith from the efficacy and results of the magical powers of the medicine man. The [illegible] complete. The Indians are well known to have jugglers among them – whose peculiar genius and gift is to appertain in “famous [trances?]” to obtain news of [illegible] and voyageurs [illegible]. This a singular fact that some of the modern trends and tricks that the [illegible] of our day sometimes perform before [illegible] |
| Type | text |
| Format | JP2 |
| Capture Device | Epson Expression 10000XL Photo Scanner |
| Capture Details | Silverfast 6.4.1 r8c by Lazersoft |
| Color Depth | 24 bit |
| Color Management | Monaco EZcolor using an IT8 target |
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