We heard of wonderful cures she made; how she always consulted the spirits about any illness; how there were said to be spirits in some of her dogs; how she was now a rainmaker and, in fact, a fully fledged witch.
I was curious to see some of these wonders, so used to get the old woman to come up when any one was ill, consult her, and generally make much of her.

There is no doubt she could diagnose a case well enough.
Matah suffered a good deal with a constant pain in one knee, he was quite lame from it.

He showed it to Bootha one day.

She sang a song to her spirits, then said: 'Too muchee water there; you steam him, put him on hot rag; you drink plenty cold water, all lite dat go.' As it happened a medical man was passing a few days afterwards with an insurance agent.

Matah consulted him.
'Hum! Yes, yes.