[ 10 ] The Indians imagine that good and evil spirits can cast a spell over any person they desire, and while under it, they have no control over their own actions, but are obliged to follow the inclination of the spirit by which the spell is cast.
[ 11 ] Rattlesnake root&Botanical, Polygala senega&being an active stimulant, will counteract the bite of this most poisonous of reptiles.
[ 12 ] A common mode of taking fish among the Indians.
[ 13 ] The gauntlet consists in drawing up the members of the village in two files facing each other four feet apart, through which the victim has to make his way, the Indians striking at him as he runs with clubs, knives, tomahawks or any weapon they choose to arm themselves with. Not one out of a hundred get through the file, and if they do they are sure to meet with kindness; but if beaten down they are either killed on the spot or carried wounded and bleeding to the stake where they perish amidst horrible tortures.
[ 14 ] Bark cut off from trees to indicate a certain course through the forests. It is a very common practice among the pioneers of the West.