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The Medicine-Men of the Apache

John Gregory Bourke

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. . .Cabannes, comme la marque d'honneur qui les distingue des autres Nations du Canada." He narrates[128] that the Gaspé tradition or myth was, that the whole tribe being ravaged by a plague, the medicine-men had recourse to the Sun, who ordered them to make use of the cross in every extremity.

Herrera relates that the followers of Hernandez de Cordoba found at Cape Catoche "unos Adoratorios ... i Cruces pintadas que les causò gran admiracion."[129] He also says that Juan de Grijalva on the island of Cozumel found a number of oratories and temples, but one in particular was made in the form of a square tower, with four openings. Inside this tower was a cross made of lime, which the natives reverenced as the god of the rain; "una Cruz de Cal, de tres varas en alto, à la qual tenian por el Dios de la lluvia."[130]

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Community Reviews

I like reading about history and this is a great story with a different view point.

Addresses the medical practices of the Apache Indians and the role of their medicine men. Good insight into the traditional Apache.

Kind of bad. Interesting in that the author was a soldier who was with Crook during the Apache Wars, but frankly there isn't much of use here. Very often the author drew attention away from his lack of knowledge with a great deal of padding. IE, I don't know what an izze-kloth does, but if you look