Year: 1877

u!dtc VOiiOy VI ouVto 10 uiCo by a party of male relatives stand ing outside waiting her signal. The patient is now supposed to recover but should the boat not move all hope is despaired, and it only remains for the " doctor" to complete his work.

 Their therapeutics can at best be regarded as empirical {; the doc- trines of similia sinailibus cw'ontur4 infinitesimal doses, have not yet been accepted with this excep. tion all schools of medicine seem to be in vogue among them.

 There are many instances of longevity among them, in spite of their pfecarious mode of exis. tence and the many violent deaths that occur. It is thought that many interesting data, bearing on pathology and therapeutics, might be obtained from a practice of medicine among them. The writer from his limited experience in this respect, (having been station. ed here but two mon ths ) forbesrs to enter on, the subject.

 Death is regarded with awe by them; mention of the dead is very rare, and, If made, the dead per son is, never designated by name but as, The that is gone." When a person dies the body is visited by friends and relatives each of whom donates some small person al article to- accompany him on. his journey. The body is then wrapped in a blanket, carried by the female relations of deceased and covered up with large stones to protect it from. wild animals. It was the writer's, fortune to- wit ness this performance the corpse was carried by four women each of whom held a corner of the blanket, they, followed by many other women, uttered the most heart-rending cries and lamenta- tions as they bore it to its last rest ing Dlace;, the men never touch the corpse, but stand and look on or remain away.

 Should the deceased have pos sessed.a a horse. ,. it is killed to. ac. company his master;. should the widow be destitute, the horse is not killed but its mane and tail are cut off. The writer learns that the practice of killing the horse was discontinued by order of General Crook It could not be regarded as other than cruel and, extravagant.

 On the day following the death the village has been deserted and. burned;. the widow having cut her hair now begins her mourn. ing; she sits about in a discOnso. late manner and utters a pecu. liar high staeatto sort of vail. with falsetto termination;. this is kept up day and night with a persist. ency that is astonishing; she con- tinues to mourn for six months or a year; during this time she does not wash her face or comb her hair; when her period of mourn ing has expired she begins to- paint and show that she wishes to get married; the brothers or inn mediate relatives of her deceased husband. have the preference in taking her as a wife, and should she not be taken by one of them, she must obtain their consent to marry out of the family;.an in- fraction of this rule subjects her to the possible loss of her nose.

 The mourning on the part of husband for his wife is much milder; generally only few months elapse ere he is painting his face in imitation of some marriageable female to signify hisintentiOn of replacing his loss;- sometimes however the grief of a husband is intense: he will strip himself of his apparel and rush about in a frenZied way for days with dishevelled hair and blood- shot eyes, even suicide has been committed by them when in this condition. The Oldest and Largest House