Martha Eaton Melvin

part Abanaki (Penobscot) Indian. Many tales about her were related to younger generations by Lena Melvin, her daughter-in-las. Worked as a domestic in home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Cambridge; sang in Old South Cong. Ch. choir in Boston. Many Indian cures & beliefs - cure for warts: melt a drop of wax & put it on the wart, then mark a big "X" with a piece of wax on the back of the stove lid. When the "X" has burned away the wart will be gone.