District 7

Ad.efla S. Dixon

41.

Sunday was a day of ~e~erence and all adults were required to attend rel igious servi ces. The trip was usually niade in wagons ‚ ozearts ‚ etc., although the yowig wcanen of ~ big house rode handaon~ sad.&le horses. At each church there ~a placed a stepping block by which they de~nded frcni their at,eecls. Thite and colored uorshipped at the saine church, consthtct~d with a partition separating the two parts of the congregation but not extending to the pulpit. Proteseions of faith were accepted at the a~ne altar while Baptianal services ware held at a local creek and ail candidates ware baptizad on the aan~ day. Regular clothing was ~rn at this service. Children were not allov~d to attend church, and chriatenings were not c~mnon. &~a1l boys, reared entirely apart from t~ strict religious observances, used to slip away and shoot marbles on Sunday.


The health probleri was not ~—‘ery acute e~e as these people were provided with everything ~a~e ~ contented mind ~ ~ ~ lar~ p~?t i~ ~i~4Mn~ a robust body. Hoiever, a Lbctor who lived nearby cared for the sick. Two Cees were set - tbe larger one teing eharged if the patient recovered. Haine remedies were used for minor ills ~ catnip tea for thrash, tea tro~n Samson ~akeroot ~or cramps ‚ redwood and dogimod. bark tea,~or ~ ~
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generation. Peach brandy was giTon to anyone suspected o~ having ~tetmonia~

ii, the patient coughed, it was certain that he was a Tictim of the disease.


In these days, 4t  e-e~y~ bhsu~h~ bse~Pe~i 4~ mother t nan~her children.
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pregnancy. I~ another naine was given the child, the correct one would be so timly ituplanted in his subconscious mind that he would never be able to resiet