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McKenzie, James. Some Account of the King's Posts, the Labrador Coast, and the Island of Anticosti by an Indian Trader Residing there Several Years with a Description of the Natives and the Journal of a trip through those Countries in 1808 by the Same Person. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0017 seated in his Temple than the Country resounds with the Noise of his rattle and singing which is composed of a repetition of Ya-tat-shis shi ku unie kui, Ya-tat-shis she ku unie kui – Ki-ka-ka-ui shi shi ka ma ni, ki ka ka ui she ka ma ni[.] 'Great Master of animals among the clouds bless us and let us continue to make as good as usual[.]' After he has worked himself into convulsions by his contortions and yowling till rivulets of perspiration trickle from his naked Body he cries a sort of ecstacy 'He comes – he comes – I see him I see him – he is dressed very fine'[.] Then the spell is over and the Charm complete – And the good Doctor after recovering his exhausted spirits relates to the anxious By standers his conversation with Kawabapishit what success may be expected in the chace and how he has concluded a treaty of Peace with their common Enemy the Devil[.] In his medical capacity this man administers no other medicines to effect a cure than singing and blowing on the part affected and sucking it – the intention of which is to counteract the Machinations of their Enemies [22] L E G E N D : |
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