Jumat, 03 Maret 2017

Medicine Men Accused of ‘Malpractice’ Sometimes Faced the Ultimate Penalty

Revenge-minded relatives and tribesmen took extreme measures. The Wishram medicine man struggled as men bound his hands and feet, looped a noose around his neck and tied the other end of the rope to the saddle pommel atop an Indian pony. One man slapped the horse on the rump, sending the animal running. As it …

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