Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-11-27
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notle whatever. We took a'hasty break
fast, and then delibersted on what We
ought 10 do. whether to take advantage Of
this respite aud move on; OF wait for d
time. Most Of us Thought we had better
hurry on; but Grictionf gavo il as his
opinion that the Indians were vet Ia the
hcighborhood, spd were awaiting 10 attack
on the march. lie thought that il world
be better 70 wait at least another day. We
all yielded to his opinion, aud awaited al
we best could. het ~ ~ a.' .st'Ql,
lwe'did not have to wait long. s,e
Aiter a. few hours, At about ten o'clock
ten or a dozen horsemcn appeared over q
niIloek in the listauce riding slowly 20
llxtr8 A. odi lla 1871 H1ff4a 7lFi4'H'' fiN
: s1hsy wish to have psflsy." said Orig
non. @Some or you. step forth, aud see
what they want lrwish to have q little
| 70 say, bat will watt" fi. - '.',.'.
0nc d our men was selected, and wen:
outside of onr Enclosure to meet them. &
's Meanwhile 6rienon lifted trunk ou
Of the wagon which belonged TO him, drew
II outside, and busted himself coolIy Ia ar
ranging and turning over the things. w.
al thought that this was done for III.
purpose Of assuming an air ofindifference
So none Of Us noticed bim particularly,
Our represen ntative stood outside waiting
for the Indians. Ten Of them dismoun-
ted. aud walked toward Us ia friendly
manper, while the rest held the horses.
Il One OF them addressed our man ia bro
ken English. s., so o.s.a s..i a. rsa
The Indians, he said, did not want oul
lives. They wanted powder, Ii We
would give them vhat We had they woule
LEI US 20 10, safety, and protect us iron
other tribes ill We got beyond the Plaius
Give them our powderl A pleasant re-
guest l. scarcely needed debate. W.
Well, thea, would we, give them ou'
balle,s2 They were very much in wanl
OF bullets. ..,..t - l.eai,.
| One OF US said in low voice that bull
lets we're the only thing they would get
fiom Us, but the Indians did not hear
him. Our representative refused .yer,
mildly. e -. fasal
The Indians now stood talking with
one another, and Grignon adyanced to-
ward them. lie shispered something in
= low voice TO our representative, who
Withdrew. ~. e ..-..i. ...... .f q,
Grigpon then stood facing the Indians
! Are you the Csptain?' said the spokes'
~au Of The Indians, suddcnly, as be noticed
Grignop. :, l.s.r ~ ossi gk,..
~yo, I'm the medicine man; you can
shoot these men, or these horses; l save
them" '...ft. .-..s a, IS trfl
The Indian translated this to his com,
panions, who burst into roars Of laughter
Giigaon advanced more closely. lie
was looking steadily at the Indian, and
We noticed that the latter appeared TO be
uncomfortable under his gaze. ase.issrH
See" said Grigaon. ''you can't shoot
me. Here '--and he drew pistol from
his pocket, a revolver --'Gre ut, me. Air..
The Indian smiled. ,ehi,s 81
"You don't want me to kill, yOu2, said
he, scorniuily.s qo ,si- iaa hlseo si3l Z.
s." You can 1. p.asfH .4fsl7Ira tsr4'
The lndiau's eyes flashed. or s8i snoi.
Shoot cried -Griguon, folding his
arms. t,ss..4 s.i Is sai8isa aeei ola
The lpdian hesitated moment. He
looked Ut US spspiciously, Then he looked
Ut his companions aud said something in
their language They all responded We
hsmeutly. 80 -. - r.-f n. irl
4 The Indian took aim. screwed ssisal
! "You tell me TO shoot said he. eal 8
"Sheoi." cried 4riguon again. aa5 la'
The Indian fired. aeussf. sfatsA9f
i Griguon smiled, and. walking forward
to the Indian, he handed him bullet.
The Indians looked paralyzed. b le8s
j Grignon showed him how to FIRE il
again. ss .sfst..l iaa .sssi'
Il The Indian fred the other five shots. Z
i Grignon caught each bullet, sonetimes
seeming to catch it from his breast, some
times from his face, and each time ht
handed il to the Indian.s ai5Hos 1is'l 3
Tbs other ladians were now in a state
Of wild excitement.,, ..4s .ss si Aa
They may all shoot if they choose,
said Grignon. and saying this he went tt
his trunk, drew out nine pistols, aud com
ing up to them proceededto load each one
lie took the powder and put itiin, then
the wadding and bullet, and the Indians
saw him do it. He handed pistol tc
each on loading it Suddenly one ol
these fellows took aim and fred. Grig-
non, without seeming to have noticed
him, raised his hand and seemed to catch
bullet from his forehead He tossed thi.
toward the Indian, who picked il mp Will
an air Of fstupefaction. 'ia14'
Then he stood Of, and told all the rest
10 nre.- ilf9a yaa..sa
!. Eightrepofts sounded in rapid sue
cession. \ ls.e .ssasaa 8 l.1l -.
j Grignon took of his hat and walked NJ
to the indians. To their am ement eigh
bullets were in his hat. Each man took
one and looked at ii in wonder. sar SIX
ssDo you want to zfre againg' asked
Griguon.s,a. saiss4Io aaEs diia 1feoss
They all expressed a wihh to do so. ni.
4 s''Well, hand me the pistols.'' - nsissi
Toatheir' anazement tie pistols were
4 gone.n 90 ri boa 61it sinssias3ssb "a,
! gTheyslook at one another in wonder. 5
/ lyon see," said Grignon, ,o' ''they fired
] thepistols at mesotoo; and L swallowed
them.p sna ni uism9t ~ a,s8 70 sta.
4 7sSwallowed tbemH faltered. the Indian
aud he told this to his astounded com
panions. ssr y .1isssI sidi & i'..a.aa
4 "Yes; do you want then?''a' - 1.-s
\ The Indian nodded. o 81 ss....s a.tsi
sWherenpon GrignoD opened his mouth
and rolling back his eyes, he inserted hi.
hogers and drew pistol apparently from
his throat. Another followed. Then .hs
drew forth . third, then fourth, and 81
on until he had drawn forth eight pistoll
from his throat, while the Indians stood