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rubs his body all over. At the end of this moon he sweats under blankets, then goes into water & this ends the ceremony. This ceremony is sometimes extended to 4, 6, or 8 moons, or ten to 12 days only, but the course is the same.

      During the whole of this ceremony the physic is administered by the Is, te puc cau, chau thluco (Great Leader) who in speaking of a youth under initiation says I am physiching him) Boos,se,jijite sait litg nise cha; or I am teaching him all that is proper for him to know, nauk omulgau emucethlijite saut bitomise cha. The youth during this initiation does not touch any one except young persons who are under a like cause with himself & if he dreams, he drinks the Possau.
      War Physic. Ho,ith,le hil,lis,so,wau. When young men are going to war, they go into a hothouse of the town made for the purpose, and remain there for four days. They think the Mic,co,ho,yon,e jau and the Possau & they eat the Sou,watch,oau. The fourth day they come out, have their bundle ready & march. This bundle, or knapsack, is an old blanket, some parch corn flower (ya? flour) & leather to patch their moccasins. They have in their shot bags a charm -- a protection against all ills called the war physic, composed of chille yabby and is, te, pau, pau -- the bones of the snake & skin. 
       "The tradition of this physic is, that in old times the