Medicine-men

Among all the tribes of North America they were one of the principal "properties" used by the Medicine-men in their ceremonies; and among the tribes which have not been christianized they are still to be found in use.

Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Edward Burnett Tylor

Thus, to mention one in very frequent use, we have the expression "Medicine-men" -- meaning their priests and conjurers.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

_Medicine-men_ and ceremonies, 133 communicate with gods, 32 employment of, in puberty rites, 46, 125 marriage ceremony conducted by, 138

The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910

Medicine-men were always more influential than the chiefs.

The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910

Medicine-men are called in to pray to the spirits of these animals when a woman approaching confinement puts on the belt.

The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910

Medicine-men, their importance in history, 16; inspired by spirits of the dead, 322

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

Medicine-men were present who have often eaten the bodies of dead men, exhumed from their graves, and who to this day are dreaded by all the people, because there is not an Indian in the camp but that superstitiously believes these doctors can kill them by their sorcery.

Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission Eugene Stock 1882

_Wakan Teepee_ because the Medicine-men or magicians often held their dances and feasts in it.

The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878

The chiefs and the leading warriors usually belong to the secret order of "Medicine-men" or "Sons of _Unktéhee_" -- the Spirit of the Waters.

The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878

For a very full and accurate account of the Medicine-men of the Dakotas, and their rites, etc., see Chap. II, Neill's Hist.

The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878