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to the sound of a drum, points his medicine bag in the manner of a gun, at the member to be admitted. The effect is instantaneous, he is seized with violent convulsions, retchings, & spasms, during which he vomits or pretends to vomit, or else to bring out of his arm, leg or breast, a bead or small shell. Which is afterward & preserved with sacred care in his medicine bag. Previous to entering the lodge the candidate has been privately instructed? in his part. Two beads are given him on of which he swallows, the other he is directed to conceal in his mouth or elsewhere & to produce it after having limited violent spasms & convulsions. His signal for performing is the presentation of another's