The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-28
WAS HYPN0TISM
 KNOW TO NATIVES?
tCordova Timss1

Ind S.ikwan. high chief and medi- cine ma. ot the Copper River Indians, have 6 knowledge Of hypnotism. and r 9 where did he gct it and how long have tEe medicine men Of the tribe possessed the knovledgea Or is # possible that Stikwam personally dis covered lis own mesmeric powers and Kept i- 8 secret. applying f as Q zzaa1s q holding his autocratie posi- =sez among the members of the tribe.
 Tss following tale Is told by mem -s-s q the --ibe regarding the pow CTS c: tts great chief, which indicates hat hyp-oEism CT suspendend anima- -551. CT some similar power played aa impor-an- par in the ceremony or tha medicine man. l. is said that once. while in ths height ot his pow =r and Tigor S-tEwam announced to he tribe that his wife had died. There vas waili1g and moaning. and -1z members ot the tribe were called zz 70 view rhe body. There f lay. -s.-hsn -1s house Q: death aparently
 ' -5z5- .o--is. r was proposed that -4s women prepare -te body for bur =z. 6a- -h= big chief said them nay =5s announced thac the 1oma1's spir-
 had -anookad 70 far country.
 nd -@z- a- the end Q: three days she ao-,5 r=---1 and he would call her lack ro life
 4 the stated time. and in che pres =zce q many members Of the tribe.
 -1 passes and incaaraciozs, shout .zs= and bsa-iags upon the native drums. he commanded life 10 return D -he body ot the woman. and be- zo.6 within Q sho-r time she display I signs Q: returning consciousness and later arose from her couch and -alEe5 firing for many years a #it- ness 70 the miraculous powers Of the tyzs .ye=
 To 5he natives it appeared that Chief Srikwam vas possessed Of the -0wsr 10 restore lie and this fact aided greatly 70 his prestige stik- van. from the stories told Of him, must have be=n 9 narive Of unusual accomplishments, and his hold upon -1e natives was absolute. h trade --.-h rhs white u=n hs was as shreEd as -he best 0. them, and under his -nls the rrib4 vas we'll supplied with scod. including many luxuries as tea, sugar. flour. clothing and blankets. Thai hs had 10 power over life and 6eetz is ot course absurd from a white mans point ot view, but not 10 the native Some power he did possess that enabled him 70 put the woman -1 2 trance and then 70 bring her back 70 consciousness. That he did not pos s4ss power over death is at ~~D ap- parent when ir is stated that in due course ot time Stikwam went ta way q all flesh and carried his secret with aim
 His son and successor evidently did TO: possess the power, but he was 9 good hl1fer. nevertheless. In the course Of time his wife died. In this ease there was TO trance or tempo -arily suspended animation. The wo- r1an Ess dead With his fathers ez- ample before him, and desiring to sand on an equality with his prede- oesaor before the tribe as q chief and . medicine man, he also announced .hat in three days he would restore t, life 10 The woman. When the time came he gathered The tribe about and : commenced the mystic ceremonies Of ! lls cratt. but his passes and incanta- -ions were without avail. for the spirit i had departed, and not all his boagted l 1Eowess could bring it back. Chief he 1ss, and remained 20, but as q ! medicine man he had lost caste and Tas never again looked up to by his followers.
 Old stickwan's spirit, the natives
 gay. took up rs abode in Mount
 yErangeI. and when the volcanic a-ro.lre. -resff= rrr Stn,ve .he r.szka fhe