, 1864-11-08
TIE DAYENFOETS QUE
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A correspondent OF the London M3rri

a correspondent OF the London JH3FHln}
Pasa5 that the D davenport "mastfsstatlou'
CT tying and uniting Is an old trick among
the nciaas Of the northwest coass VI Am.rl-
CT. He wss trsvelngi In Oregon in 1911, and
met certain Thomas M'KsS, Rho had ben
in The hudson Bay Compan,'z service. THIS
h' 'ka3 told the following story Of an advta-
ture OF his BONE years before:
"Ihere WaB camp OF thu Nisqnally Indians
! htar uufs, anu amongst them y ~ q famous
medicine nan or cUDjurer, Is yoa would
call bin. That chap could tell everytnlng
that Was going to happen for q hundred
!eAts to cunt, believe; SO Mr. Ogd-n de-
+ ternfned 10 consult bun WeIl, We ali went
| to h1a lodge, which Was made thu same "a the
Slbu1 Mane thetrd, With poles co7e1ed over
! with Buffalo SKINS. Hts a. We'll as the
Others Was rouEd, In ehape Ut sussr-loaf,
shout twelve feet Rcross anu ABOUT twelve
1eet hlgb, agd ~ the top oft he had got q
parcel Of bells hung. There WA cotbiug Ia
the lodge when ne went La oa1y him squat
|. It'd In the middle Of 1t, and buncle OF buffalo
robes lying against tue wall Ut the iJaye,
Tnese we Afterwards lifted up. ana rere quite
SURF that no cue Was hid ulutr them, Mr..
Ogden told him that We had coma to consult
htM Aa grtRt medicine Lad shout son4ethiug
that We wanted to know. liz Was almost
naked, having IotliIE on hnt IN Old buiTalo
robe over bus shoulders and cloth about his
loins.
latter Mr. Ogden bad spoken be went
throueh b q lot OF nanoeuyres sud antics, which
be called mixing mediciae;' and then, al.
though it Was perfect calm, not hreatn Of
vino moving, the ]ouge conItneuc4d rockfu.
Violently from side to side at times almost
lying postrate, as If it Was blown do IN BY
ga1t of wind, and then rising up and going
down on the other side, amt al this time the
btlts were changing and clashlng and max
q n fhrnA1 nj a
thing became perfectly still. and he told Us
10 70 outside and see what was on the
top 0t the lodge. When we went outside
We looked Immediately for come one near
one conld have bean hid, for it was on
quite y bare prairie, and not q bush9near 1t.
Ne looked Oh the top ot the lodge, al he had
tD1d US, and there Was white crow, which
certaiuly had not heen thsra Whan Nc wsut
into it.
$50 We returned to him and told him
what We had seau: then he said, tNoH tie
me up as ciose us sou Gao, 80 that / cannot
get awey, ard tske your own ropes for We
thought 1t was BIT ot hunhug, and We
our own good lassoes and lalrats {hofse
hair ropes), and took bis buffalo robe OF him
aud titd him up; first, We It'd his hands be-
hind his back; he YVES equatted on his hams and
heels, and we tied his legs together, aud bis
bands to bis legs; then We tied q rope around
~
were, and knotted the ropes at every turn,
80 that one y Hould think It would take man
at least half an hour to set him adritt~ Well,
then, somebody proposed that We ehould tie
him in the net; this Has seine net that we
had at the camp; SO We rolled him up In 1t,
knotted the enus together and also secured
them again with fope. He asked us to put his
Knife hear hun; this We did, laying Il down
about yard from him, as be Was lying look
Ing like ball OF net. He told us to 70 out
ct the lodge, and not to LOOK In again until
VIE heard the bell ring.
OF the lodge for the white crow, and had hard-
y noticed that 1t wss gone before we heard
thc bell. We rushed in, and thern Was the
old beggar seated In the middle Of the lodge
as NE Lad seen him at first, with his baffllo
robe on, and looking IS if nothing had hap
white crow. He then told us to 60 ont
again. and this time We were cut perhaps
five mfhutee-bQs When We went into the
lodge again there he was tied up looking
Just the same ball Of net IS We had left him
the first time. But the white crow was not
to be seen. He told US then to unite him which
We did, and PRECIOUS long time 1t took US
to do 1t, for he Was 60 firmly tied and knotted
up. After he WIS free he sat for & short
time, apparently to recover h1s strength, aud
then began making medicine again; Where-
upon, as before, the lodge waved, the bella
rapid flight, circling around the old mans
head, and when all became still again, perch
ed itself upon his shoulder. Then said he,
Now you may ask me what you want to
knDW;' so Mr. Ogden eatd tWe wish to |
know when Mr- n lavish aud his party will |
be here the answer was 'On the third |
day from this, ut half an hour before sunset, !
Jon will see him and hls party coming down !
the BILL The next question was Whore |
is he noW2' The ans wer, They arecanp- |
ed upon a certain creek, naming it, He |
was then asked, sWhas has delayed tnem |
go lo1g ? and be answered that they had
been detained in the mountains four days BY I
snow. Well, eir, on the third day from that, |
Just about half IN hour before sunset, sure
enough there We SAW the party coming |
down the bill, and when they got into camp |
they told us that three days before they had |
been camped upon the creek that WAS namsd !
By the old man, and that they had been lde-
layed In the mountains four days by enow."
Mell.Hounds.
Hon. Geo. ". Peck, of Michigan, de1egate
to all the Democratic State Conventions. del
ecate to the Chicago Convention. and rep
reBentatiye man Of the sentiments of the
party, in public speech denounced our SOL
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