In the old days, writes the most notable nineteen-century white observer of the Cherokee religion, "When the Cherokee were the lord of the whole country from the Savannah to the Ohio, well fed and warmly clad, and leading an active life in the open air, he was able to maintain a condition of robust health notwithstanding the incorrectness of his medical ideas and his disregard of sanitary regulations." The same accredited authority spares few words...
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