" Yet she made him take more of the medicine, and a second
heart came out. This she also put on the fire. But when a third came he
grabbed it from her hand, and swallowed it. However, he was almost
entirely cured.
Another time an Indian village was visited by a Kewahqu', but he was
driven away by magic. The people marked _crosses_ on the trees
where they expected the Kewahqu' to come. There was a great excitement
among the Indians, expecting to hear their strange visitor with his
frightful noises. It was the old people who gave the advice to mark
crosses on the trees.
Another time an Indian of either the Passamaquoddy or Mareschite tribe
was turned to a Kewahqu'. The last time he was seen was by a party of
Indian hunters, who recognized him. He had only small strips of
clothing. "This country,"' he said," is too warm for me. I am going to
a colder one."
This story from the Passamaquoddy Anglo-Indian, manuscript of Mitchell
supplies some very important deficiencies in the preceding Micmac
version. We are told that the _heart_ of the Chenoo is of ice in
human figure. This human figure is that of the Kewahqu' himself, or
rather his very self, or microcosm. It is this, and not the liver,
which is swallowed by the victor, who thus adds another frozen "soul"
to his own. Of the three vomited by the Kewahqu', two were the hearts
of enemies whom he had conquered.
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