[502] Mayhew, p. 202; Williams, p. 152; Winslow, pp. 357-58.
[503] Gookin, p. 154.
[504] Ibid.; Mayhew, p. 202; Williams, pp. 212-13; Winslow, pp. 317-18; Wood, pp. 92-93. Gookin says that there were both male and female powows and that they cured both by magic and by herbal means. Williams states that the powows administered nothing in the course of a cure, but proceeded by verbal means only. In none of the reports that recount the actual actions used by the powow is there any mention of the use of herbal cures as part of the process.
[505] Williams, pp. 212-13.
[506] Winslow, pp. 362-63.
[507] Ibid., p. 359.
[508] B. Bassett, “Fabulous Traditions and Customs of the Indians of Martha’s Vineyard,” Massachusetts Historical Society, COLLECTIONS, Ser. 1, I (Boston, 1792), p. 40.
[509] Williams, p. 210.
[510] Wood, pp. 84-85.
[511] Williams, p. 148.