In attempting to gain a true conception of the race's
capacities and history, there is no one element of their social life
which demands closer attention than the power of these teachers.
Hitherto, they have been spoken of with a contempt which I hope this
chapter shows is unjustifiable. However much we may deplore the use they
made of their skill, we must estimate it fairly, and grant it its due
weight in measuring the influence of the religious sentiment on the
history of man.
FOOTNOTES:
[265-1] Haeser, _Geschichte der Medicin_, pp. 4, 7: Jena, 1845.
[265-2] Schoolcraft, _Ind. Tribes_, v. p. 440.
[267-1] Carver, _Travels in North America_, p. 73: Boston, 1802;
_Narrative of John Tanner_, p. 135.
[267-2] Sahagun, _Hist. de la Nueva Espana_, lib. x. cap. 20; _Le Livre
Sacre des Quiches_, p. 177; _Lett. sur les Superstit. du Perou_, pp. 89,
91.
[269-1] _Life of Black Hawk_, p. 13.
[270-1] _Travs. in North America_, p. 74.
[270-2] _Journal Historique_, p. 362.
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