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It was done in the following manner: Two dried stalks of the Mexican soap-plant, about three fourths of an inch in diameter, were selected, and one of them made flat on one side; near the edge of this flat surface a very small indentation was made to receive the end of the other stick, and a groove cut from this down the side.
The cold bath, assisted by some Taos brandy from the gourd xuage of the trapper, soon restored my strength; and the hideous pigment, lathered with the bruised roots of the palmilla the soap-plant of the New Mexicans, soon disappeared from my skin.
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