sweat bath
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The sweat bath was in common use among almost all the tribes north of Mexico excepting the central and eastern Eskimo, and was considered the great cure-all in sickness and invigorant in health.
Sometimes a sweat bath was taken, after which the body was rubbed with sweet-smelling plants.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
"Cannot I cut off the part and restore you by a sweat bath?" the friend asked.
From Myths and Legends of the Sioux by McLaughlin, Marie L.
Jim's overcoat gave him the pleasant feeling of sitting in a sweat bath but he dared not doff it.
From Mixed Faces by Norton, Roy
The person wishing to make trial of the virtues of the sweat bath entered the â´sĭ, a small earth-covered log house only high enough to allow of sitting down.
