Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-02-01

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The, Indians eyes flashed.
'ShoOtP cried Grignon, folding his
arms. all -s-
The Indian hesitated moment. He
looked at US suspiciOuslY. Then he look
ed at his companions, and said some-
thing in their Language. They all re-
sponded vehemently. stg gEia-5r.
The Indian took aim. Ie.
You tell me to shoot said he. -
Shoot ? said Grignon again.
The Indian fired.
Grignon smiled, and walking forward
to the Indian, he handed him bullet.
The Indian looked paralY7ed.
GrignOn showed him how to fire it
again, Pr -as. 1 eH 20
The Indian fred the other five shots,
GrignOn caught each bullet, some
times seeming to catch it from his breast,
sometimes from his face, and each time
he handed it to the Indian,
The other Indians were now in state
Of wild excitement.
They may all shoot if they choose
said Grignon, and saying this, he went
to his trunk, drew out nine pistols, and
coming up to them, proceeded to load
each one. He took the powder and put
it in, then the Wadding and bullet, and
the Indians saw him do it. He handed
a pistol to each on loading it.. Sudden
ly, one of these fellows took aim, and
fired. GrignOn, without seeming to have
noticed him, raised his hand and SEEM
ed to catch a bullet from his forehead =
He tossed this toward the Indian, who
picked it up with an air of stupefaetiOn.
Eight reports sounded in rapid success
sion.
Grignon took of his hat and walked
up to the Indians. To their amaze
ment eight bullets were in his hat
Each man took and looked at it in won
der.
do you want to fire again p asked
GrigROn. @ sig En- s.z
They all expressed a wish to do so.
We'll, hand me the pistOls.'
To their amazement the pistols were
gone. .sl-a,--essr -ise
They looked at one another in wond-
you see,' said Grignon, they fred
the pistols at me, too; and I swallowed
them,' r. ',t. .5-. .s-sr.. ..-
Swallowed them,' faltered the Indi-
an, and he told this to his astonished
companions.
Yes; do you want them mY H-t
The Indian nodded.
Whereupon Grignon opened his mouth
and rolling back his eyes, he inserted
his fingers and drew 3 pistol apparently
from his throat, Another followed
Then he drew forth a third, then fourth,
and so on until he had drawn forth the
eight pistols from his throat, while the
Indian stood looking on in utter hsWild-
srment. ~ ..
After this GrignOn calmly drew forth
six or eight more pistols, then number
of cartridges, and finally a caFbine.
Pm the medicine man. said he sol
emnly. a-.r
The Indians said not q word.
do you want to fire again p said he,
and he offered the pistols to the Indi-
ans. . e....s
They all shrunk back in horror.
GrignOn tossed the pistols, cartridges,
and earbine over to US, and smiled be-
nignantly on the astOnished savages.
He then shook his hand. r-e
A knife fell out of the palm. AnOth-
er followed, and another. He shook
three more out Of his left hand, and
drew a score or 50 out Of his ears.
perhaps you would like something to
drink p said he, smillingly, to the Indi-
an who spoke English.
The savages looked at him suspicious
y. '.-
'Whatn you haveP Rum, brandy,
gin, whisky, ale, porter, wine, or cider?
The Indian frightened up, and spoke
to his fellows. They all preferred whis-
ky. -o..a-r ~ g Hs-a.e-
Grignon asked the Indian to lend him
a loose blanket which he wore. The In
dian took it off doubtfully. Grignon
shook it; bottle rolled out. He shook
itagain; glass fell out. He shook it
third time a glass fell out. He shack
it third time nine more tumblers fell
out. Finally, he shook it again; cark-
screw tumbled down. -1
will you take it raw or with water p
asked GFignOn, as he proceeded to un-
screw the cork.
The Indian said nothing.
isn't that good whisky?' asked Grig-
non, as he poured out glass. a
The Indian smelled it suspieiously.-
Then he tasted it. The taste was
enough, He drank it all of, smacked
his lips, looked around triumphantly on
his companions, and then--held out his
glass for more. At this all the other In
dams, encouraged by this experiment,
clanored for some. GrignOn poured
away from his bottle. Each one drank
and wanted more. .r '1
But GrignOn shook his hesd.
Not now, he said to the spokesman.
II'll give you a bottle apiece to carry
home with yOu.' And going up to the
blanket he shook out dozen bottles Of
the same kind as the last. --
BY this time the Indians were in the
jollfest mood conceivable.
Before I give you any more said he,
'Iet me make you so that you viii not
get drank - ..-.--9
He walked up to the first Indian, and
took his hands in each Of his, and look
ed at him steadfastly in the eyes for
some time. Then he strOked his brOWs
and left him; this he did to each. The
Indians had got all over suspicion, and
was coming. So they allowed him to do
as he choose. t.
Grignon then stood off q little dist
auce, and in loud voice ordered them
all to look at him. Whether they un-
derstOOd or not made no difference
They certainly all did look at him.
had seen plenty of experiments be-
fore in mesmerism and electrO-biology,
so that the present scene did not surprise
me so much as it did my companions
and the other Indians.
Grignon simply stood at 9 distance,
waving his arms at times, and giving
words Of command.
The Indians suddenly rushed wildly
around, with the Others all Joined to
him, trying to free themselves, but ut
terly unable, pelling and bowling like
wild beasts.
At last, a shout from Grignon, the
charm was dispelled, They sprang back
from one another, and stood motiOnless,
like so many statues.
Suddenly they all began to shiver rs
though they were suffering from intense
cold. They gathered their blankets
closely around them, their teeth chat
tering and every limb trembling.