Volume 10 of Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York
on page 700 Montcalm says of the Indians..."Should any misfortune happen
to them they would say tis a medicine they are getting; a term in their
language equivalent to charm in ours"... "....the English had thrown that
medicine on the Indians..."
 
Cyprien Tanguay states in one of his vols. that a certain individual was
a "medecin a Saginaw" (a former soldier, married to a Saulteuse, and who
wintered at Saginaw)
 
It was formerly believed that this man may have been a doctor, healer
or medicine man.  The French officials were known to have promised
blacksmiths to the Indians of the Saginaw area, but are there any
other instances of them sending "medecins" in other areas?
 
Or do the two terms mentioned have anything in common?
 
 
Anna Mae Maday
Eddy Historical & Genealogy Collection
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