Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-28
INDIAN JUGGLERY.
wonderful Performances of ::a Jossakeet
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wonderful Performances of ,a JoSsalSeed
 at Leech Lake in 1858.
 The feature of tho evening at one of the late meetings of the Anthropological So- ciety in New York City was paper by Colonel Garricl1 Mallory on ''Algonldn Glyphs on Bark and Stone" The paper also dealt briefly with some related sub jects, and will form part of the annual re- port of the Bureau of Ethnology. The fol- lowing is brief chapter on Indian Jug glerv,'' extracted from thls paper:
 Paul Beauleu, &n Ojibwa of mixed blood, present interpreter at White Earth agency, gave his experience with a jossa- keed at Lecch lake @'pOut the year 1858 The reports of U,ollerfui performances reached the agency C1J, as BCaulieu had no faith ill the jugglcrs, he CITercd one hundred dol lars, a large sum, then and there, against goods of equal value, that the juggler could not perform satisfactorily one of the tricks of his repertory to be selected by him (Beaulieau) in the presence of himself and a committee consisting of his friends. The wager was accepted with the result to be described.
 "A medicine lodge was made. Four strong poles were planted deep in the ground, rising to an elevation of at least ten or twelve feet; one of them having the branches remaining and rising a little be- yond it's fellows, this being the indication of a jossakeed as distinguished from a mede lodge. The interior diameter was less than four feet. The frame, which was inclined to the center, was then filled in with intertwined twigs and covered with blankets and birch bark from the ground to the top, leaving an orifice of about one foot in diameter open for the ingress and egress of spirits and of the objects to be men, toned, but not large enough for the pas sage of a mans body. At one side of the bottom wrapping flap was left for the en- trance of the jossakeed or shaman A committee of twelve was selected to see that no communication was possible be tween the jOssakeed and Confederates. These twelve nleH were respectable people, one of them being the Episcopal clergy man of the reservation. The spectators were several hundred in number, but stood of, not being allowed to approach
 "The jossakeed then removed his cloth ing, until nothing remained upon his person but the breeCh-clOth. Beaulieu then took a rope (Of his own selection for the purpOse) and first tied and knotted one end about the ankles; the knees were then securely tied together; next the wrists, after which the arms were passed over the knees, and g billet of wood passed under the knees, thus securing and keeping the arms down motion l less. The rope was then passed around the neck again and again, each time tied anC knotted so as to bring the face down upon the knees. A flat river-stone of black eolor-which was the jossakeed manedo ol amulet--was left lying upon his thighs The jossakeed was then carried to the lodge, placed inside upon mat on the ground, and the flap covering restored SC as to completely hide him from view.
 Immediately loud, humping noises were heard, and the framework began tC sway from side to side with much violence whereupon the clergyman remarked tha this was the work of the evil one, and il was no place for him; so he left, and die not see the end. After a few minutes O. violent movement and swaying of the lodge accompanied by loud, inarticulate noises the motions gradually ceased, when tht voice of the juggler was heard telling Beaulieu to go to the house of friend neal by and get the rope. Now, Beaulieu, sus pecting some joke was to be played upo1 him, directed the committee to be yer, careful not to permit any one to approach while he went for the rope, which he fount at the place indicated, still tied exactly a: i he had placed it about the neck and eX tremities of the jossakeed. He immediate ly returned, laid it down before the specta tors, and requested of the jossakeed to bt allowed to look at him, which was granted l but with the understanding that Beauliel was not to touch him.
 "When the covering was pulled asld' the jossalzced sat within the lodge con tentedly smoking hi@ pirc, with no other ob ject in sigh- tn-l t..3 black stone of manedo Beaulieu pa Ei1 wager of one hundred dollars An exhibition of similar pretendet powers, also for' a wager, was announced short time lator it cll0w Medicine, Minn. to be given in the presence of a numbe of army people; but at the threat o | the grand medicine-man of Leech lak bands, who probably objected t. interference with his lucrative monopoly the event did not take place and bets wer 1 declared off x So remarkable anl frequent were these performances of jug glery that the French in 1913 called tn whole body of Indians on the Ottawa river whom they met at very early period, tn sorcerers' They were the tribes after ward called Nipiseing, and were the typica Algonquins. No suspicion of jugglery il the sense of deception appears to have bee, entertained by any of the earliest Frenc and English writers. The severe Purita and the ardent Catholic both cOnsldere that the exhibitions were real and the Wor of the devil It is also worth mentiOnin that one of the derivatiOns of the nam 'Micmac' is connected with the word near ing sorcerer;' so that the known practice of this character having an important e1 feet upon the life of the people extende from the great lakes to the extreme east c the continent It was obvious to me i cross-examining the various old men tha the performances of jugglery were in eac caseAn exhibition of the pretended miracr lous power of an individual, whereby h obtained a reputation above his rivals an derived subsistence and authority by tn selling of charms and superhuman lnfol nation. The charms of fetiches, whic still are sold by few who are yet believe in, are of three kinds-eto bring death or dis ease to an enemy, to lure an enemy into an bush, and to create sexual love-"
 Arsenic as a Cosmetic.
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