Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-03

How n Native American Executed
the Davenport Mystery.
From the London Post, October 20.

FROM the LOhuoh fOSt, OCtOber 70.
correspondent, apropos Of the Davenport
manifestations. narTates a story which he heard
when travelling in the Oregon country in 1874
His informant was a certain Mckay. his princ-
pal guide. who at that time was what was called
free man, having been discharged from the
Hudson Bav COmpany's service, and settled on
n farm of MS own
Mckay on one occasion had been out trapping
with party. engaged to meet another party at a
certain creek but after waiting three days the 9th
er party had not appeared. Mr. Ogden, the
leader OF the party. being very anxious, deter
termned TO consult famous medicine man be
longing to a camp of the Nisquilly Indians near
| them. The medicine mans operations were
much of the same kind, but more startling in
degree. than those of the Davenport Brothers
We all went to his lodge, which was made the
same as the Sioux made theirs, with poles Gov
cred with buffalo skins Lis as well as the
others, was round, in the sha peof sugar loaf,
about twelve feet across and about twelve feet
high, and at the top he has got parcel of bells
hung There was nothing in the lodge when We
went in. only him squatted in the middle of it,
and bundle of buffalo robes lying against the
wall Of the lodge. These we afterward. lifted
up, and were quite sure that no one was hid TN
der them. Mr.. Ogden told him that had
come 70 consult him, as great medicine man
about something that wanted TO know. He
was almost naked having nothing on but an old
buffalo robe over his shoulders and cloth about
his Joins
After Mr. Ogden had spoken he went through
lot OF manuvers and antics which he called
making medicine" and then although il was a
perfect calm, not a breath OF wind moving the
lodge commenced rocking violently from side TO
side; at times lying almost PROSTATE as lift was
blown down BY gale of wind. then rising up
and going down the other side; and all this time
the bells were Changing and crashing and making
terrible row: then all of sudden everything
became perfectly STILL and he told US to go out
side and see what was on the top of the lodge |
should have said before that this lodge was quite
away, quarter of mile, from the rest of the
camp, and that there was not an Indian near it,
When We went outside We looked Immediately
for some one near the lodge. but there was not a
soul, and no one could have been hid, for it was
on quite a bare piece OF prairie. and not brush
near il. The Indians we're all huddled together
AT their own camp, frightened to death. for they
did not az all like what they called his strong
medicine. We looked on top of the lodge as he
had told u.s. and there was a white crow, which
certainly had not been there when we went into
it, So We returned TO him, and told him whar
we had seen; then he said. " Now tie me up as
close as you cat 30 that cannot get SWAY, and
take your own es." for We thought it was a
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ropes. so We GOT our own good asSoes and lariats
(horsehair rOpe-' aud took bis buffalo robe off
him and tied him up. First. we tied bis hands
behind his back; he VAS sguatteJ on his hams
and hees and we ,iei his legs together, and his
hands 70 his legs. then tied rope around his
body aud tied him all IN a heap as il were, and
knotted the ropes at every turn. 80 that one
would think that il would take at least
hslf an hour TO cast him adriit
know that il took Va precious long time to
tie the old beggar up Well. then, somebody
proposed that we should tie him in the net this
WIS fishing net sein that We bad at the
camp)-so We got chat Up and rolled him up IN
IL knOtted the ends together, and also secured
them again with rope. he asked Us 10 put bis
knife near him this did, laying it down about
ward from him, Is he was lying looking more
lodge and not 70 look at him again until We heard
the oel ring When got out we looked on
the top Of the lodge for the white cros, and had
hardly noticed tia, i gone before We heard
the bel,
We r1shed in. and there Was the old beggAr
seated 10 the middle OF the lodge "a We had seen
him at first, with his buffalo robe on. and look
ing as If nothing had happened 20 him, and on
his shoulder was seated the white crow. he
then told Us TO 90 out again. and this time We
we're out longer-perhaps five minutes-but
when We went into the lodge again there he was
tied up looking just the same ball Of net as We
had lei. him the first time But the white crow
was DOT 10 be seen He told Us TO unite him.
which We did. and long time il took Us to do il,
for he was so firmly tied and knotted up. After
he vas free he sat for a short time apparently to