--- title: Medicine Men Among the Indians — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: Medicine Men Among the Indians, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Nearly all tribes have their medicine men. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Wigwam stories told by North American…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/) / Medicine Men Among the Indians # Medicine Men Among the Indians Medicine Men Among the Indians of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 20 sentences and 307 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. Nearly all tribes have their medicine men.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") These men choose this work, frequently because of some deformity which unfits them for the warpath, and they fit themselves for it, sometimes from boyhood.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") They have great power over all their people.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") They are called into the council when the tribe goes to war.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") They are called upon when any one is sick.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") They believe and teach that sickness is caused by an evil spirit.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Their medicine is to contrive some way to drive out the evil spirit of sickness.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The medicine man usually works himself into a frenzy or even into a fit, and while in this state his mutterings are taken for advice and followed.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") The patient must then get well.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") If he does not, it is because the evil spirit cannot be conquered.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Many tribes believe that the soul leaves the body when the evil spirit of sickness enters.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") The Portage Indians of British America hold this belief.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Their medicine men try to bring back the wandering soul by many curious performances.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") For one thing, the sick man’s friends are ordered to hang up his buckskin moccasins stuffed with soft feathery down.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") If the feathers become warm to the touch, they will know that the wandering soul has touched them and perhaps is hiding in them.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") The moccasins are quickly put upon the feet of the patient that his soul may not escape.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") If he does not get well, it is because his friends were not quick enough in their work.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") The medicine men of many tribes dress themselves in hideous fashion to excite the fear and compel the respect of their people.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") They do not have to go on the warpath, but will do it sometimes.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") It seems to be a good chance for the deformed to win respect from the physically perfect.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [The Indian’s Eye Training](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/11/) - next →: [The Indian At Home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/13/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)