Their faces and bodies were tattooed or scarred in hideous designs.

In their sickness they wore no clothing, not even loin-cloths, though they retained their shell armlets, their bead necklaces, and their leather belts, between which and the skin were thrust naked knives.

The bodies of many were covered with horrible sores.

Swarms of flies rose and settled, or flew back and forth in clouds.
The white man went down the line, dosing each man with medicine.

To some he gave chlorodyne.