The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-02-25

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from one another, and stood motionless
like so many statues
Suddenly they all began to shiver as
though they were suffering from intense
cold They gathered their blankts
closely around them, their teeth chatter>
ing and every limb trembling
In an instant they were painting as
though suffering from extreme heat,
drawing difficult brcaths, gasping and
finging off those blankets which but a
moment before they had wrapped SO
tightly about them.
This then passed.
They began to bark like dogs. They
went down on all fours, and evidently
imagined they were of the canine spe-
cies.
Then they tried to initiate the motion
and croaking of frogs. After this they
went through performances too numer-
Gus to mention.
The two indians who held the horses
looked on in horror, bewildered and stu
pefied, not knowing what to do. They
would have fed IN their fright, but dared
not leave their companions behind. Grig-
non stood calm, with frowning broWs,
watching the uproar, himself the presid-
ing spirit Of the scene. My companions
were confounded Even some of those,
as they afterward told me, thought that
Grignon was the devil.
At last Grignon gave loud shout.
The Indians fell fat on the ground.
They lay there for some time as if
dead. Then Grignon waved his arms,
and they rose to their feet. All looked
bewildered and frightened. With terri
fed glances they regarded first Grignon
aud then one another.
The Indian is superstitious, like all
savages; in fact, like all human beings.
These men saw in Grignon a terrible de-
mon, who could exert over them any
power which he choose.
He advanced toward them.
They recoiled.
He walked up nearer.
They turned and ran toward their
| horses
Grignon ran after them.
In freuzy of terror each man flung
himself upon his horse.
4 Grignon shouted after them
/ Away they went They urged their
horses at the top of their speed
1 Grignon followed them but short dis
| tance
j Then he turned back and came into
our enclosure.
'sGather up those bottles said he.
/ s.Taekle up the horses and let us be
marching"
Instantly our men arose and obeyc1
Grignon took heavy glass of whisky,
! and then lay down in one of the wagons,
1 utterly exhausted.
We travelled all that DAY, and all the
/ next night, unmolested. Grignon slept
long and soundly. After resting for a
i time, we pushed on our teams, SO as to
get as far beyond the hostile Indians
i as possible
We saw nothing more of them.
/ 'sThey won't dare to pursue US, said
Grignon, confidently 'sThey'll so back
t and tell such u story as will be the won
der of the savage for many long year.
/ Grignon was right. Not only did they
j not pursue US, but for all the remainder
of the year, aud for all the next, no tray
elers on that route were molested.
q don't see. said [, ..how you man
aged to do those tricks on the open
ground without any table.
Grignon smiled.
'eOnly clumsy performers use tables, .
said he. Il could have done far more
wonderful things, but they would have
been thrown away on those savaaes. I'll
reserve my good tricks for San Fran-
cisco"
And SO he did for, of al! the wizards,
] magicians, and coujurers that ever visited
the Golden State, none have won such
fame, or excited such wonder, as my
fricAd Grignon.
/ FATE OF AUsTRIA-One of the most
interesting questions raised by the war Is
what will become of Austria? Clearly
| her actual condition cannot be a perma-
ncnt one. She has under her rule some
ten or twelve millions of Germans who
naturally must be desirous of joining
i their brethren who have resuscitated the
glories OF the ancient Empire. A little
Jealousy, and the soreness of the defeat
/ at Sadowa, may prevent them from giving
expression to that desire just now but,
after little time, when these unpleasant
recollections have lost their bitterness,
/ they are sure to aeitate for coalition with
/ the great mass of their race. Austrian
statesmen cannot be unaware of this fact,
and, no doubt, they will prepare for the
predestin ID change In their political con-
dition. Those among them who are
| German in race, and. therefore, German
in sympathy, would not be very sorry to
see the Empire of FRANCIS JosEPH tum-