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medicine tent
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a wigwam, teepee, etc. erected for use by a medicine-man (def. 1a).
See: medicine-man(def. 1a)
Quotations
1803
The affair went on very slowly, and it was not without many speeches, smoking-matches, and persuasive arguments, that the medicine-tent was prepared.
1939
The inner, or "medicine" tent, was enclosed by a great outer tent one hundred feet in circumference covered with the leather lodge coverings borrowed from the assembled tribes.
2
among Indians, a small, hut-like structure used by a medicine man (def. 1a) to demonstrate his magical powers by freeing himself from bonds and conversing with spirits.
Quotations
1859
There are Indian conjurors who will allow themselves to be bound from head to foot with nets, cords, straps, or anything; then, entering their small "medicine tent," it is seen to heave violently for about five minutes . . . and the wizard steps forth perfectly free.