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Chapter 4: The Interview

Indian sagamores chiefs or subchiefs in the Abnakis culture.

stripes [Archaic] welts on the skin caused by whipping.

alchemy the ancient system of chemistry and philosophy having the aim of changing base metals into gold.

simples [Archaic] medicines from herbs or plants.

leech .[Archaic] a doctor. In Hawthorne's time, blood-sucking leeches were used to effect a cure by removing blood.

Lethe the river of forgetfulness, flowing through Hades, whose water produces loss of memory in those who drink of it.

Nepenthe a drug supposed by the ancient Greeks to cause forgetfulness of sorrow.

Paracelsus (1493-1541) The most famous medieval alchemist; he was Swiss.

bale-fire an outdoor fire; bonfire; here, a beacon fire.

Black Man the devil who "haunts the forest."


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