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A FEW.chapter,mTHE ARTS OF THE MEDICINE MENdays after the occurrence of theincidents recorded in the precedingMenehwehna, whom I nowfound to be the great chief ofthe village ofMichilimackinac, came to the lodge of myfriend; and when the usual ceremony of smokingwas finished, he observed that Indians werenow daily arriving from Detroit, some of whomhad lost relations or friends in the war, andwho would certainly retaliate on any Englishmanthey found; upon which account hiserrand was to advise that I should be dressedlike an Indian, an expedient whence I mighthope to escape all future insult.I could not but consent to the proposal, andthe chief was so kind as to assist my friendand his family in effecting that very day thedesired metamorphosis. My hair was cut off,and my head shaved with the exception of aspot on the crown of about twice the diameterof a crown-piece. My face was painted withthree or four different colors, some parts of itred, and others black. A shirt was providedfor me, painted with vermilion mixed withgrease. A large collar of wampum was putround my neck, and another suspended on my