Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-30
A Thrilling nncident.
MAS. INGALLS,, A BAPTIST MISSIONARY ~ ssn\
NAH, AMONG THE RrDpHisf Paissrs.


MAS. INGALLS,, A BAPrisr MISSIONARY ~ sgnN
NAH, AMONG THE RrDpRisf Paissrs.
We we're pleasantly euteftain>
ed this morning BY Mrs. ingalls,. mission
ary from Burmah. Who came 10 osf omce,
accompanied BY President Sesss, OF Brown
univsrsisy, and while here rslatsd many tos
terssting experiences Of her missionary ~
bors, and made frequent reference - ths
valuable aid Afforded her BY the pain Aili
er." which is, she says, frequently called ~
the natives the &c I'd Medicine" and eooe
times wosshsppsd BY them.
One instance she relatcs - foIl0We: One
stormy day wAs sent fos 70 visit one =!
their God.msn, or high priests VINO mad
been severely wounded, the messenger say-
ING that he Was killed. told hImtt Mas no
use then for me to 60, as my medicine
could not raise The dead. But be persisted.
saying "the God Medicine would not surely
tail 10 do him some good = native
preachers, who better understood the ex>
trsvsgancs Of their language. urged me
strongly to 60, feeling that Cod had IN TINS
way opened door 70 the gosps'. IN answer
70 our s,any prayers. But l still iiesitatcd,
fearing for the reputation Of my medicine,
which had become . powerful cid 10 giving
me access TO the natives. At length !
Yielded, And taking in my hand bottle Of
the pain Killer" the charm that had
opened this door, followed nv guide
through the monastery into the inner or
most sacred place, where lay the wounded
man upon the ground, . ghsstIy object, COZ
cred with blood and apparently dead.
l knew something Of the dangers that
surrounded me, and, notwithstanding ny
tsust il Him who said, II will never leave
nor forsaks you," could no: wholly dives(
myself Of fear. Standing beside the dyine
man, ] said to the monks or priests Who
had followed me in, or were there before
me. that nv medicine could not raise The
dead, nor bring back the departed spirit;-
and. should 10 fail TO restore Their irsens,
they ought not 70 condemn the medic'ne.-
Still, would do oil in my power Tor ehs
wounded man; but, 10 begin with, ! must
have some bandages. They bad rome, and
knew not where 70 get any. ! pointed e
the altar curtain but that could not b'
touched, except by the high priest. II VA
the sacred yellow cloth. started to leave
saying il would be useless for me to remain
as could do nothing without means. Bu
they would not let me CO. The God Mar
must be saved, and might, for this pur'
pose, use the sacred cloth. speedily lait
"profans" hands on il. and shortly convert
Cd Il into bandages, with which, saturated
in "Pain Killer" bound up the wounds .
the still insenvible man.
thso asked for cup in which to pre-
pare some Pain Killer" but the sacrst
; cups Of their gods, used only in their reli
gious rites and never touched BY hand
profsne, were the only ores TO be had. II
save the God Man might use one Of them
though no one Of those present, dared tak'
and give il TO me- took one. however
and prepared in it, and gave to the uncor'
} scious sufferer, strong dose Of The "Pair
Killer"
Tho nsn soon began to show signs Of re
. turning consciousness, and eoon recovered
From this time her influence with th'
priests, Is we'll ~ with tho lower castes
was almost unbounded. and for this sh,
felt herself greatly indebted to the "Ps'i
Killer She said, that year BY yesH sh'
learned to place more end more reliance up
on it, ~ a remedy for oil diseases Of th'
stomach even cholera, SO fatal there-a
well % for oil the bilious affections SO prev
alcnt in that climate and that it seldom
failed to realize all her expectations. ant
often surprised her BY the promptness an'
efficiency Of ito action.
CoMxrxlcArED.