The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-03-28

on don't want me to Kill you {" he
said scorufully.
lyon can't"
The Indians eyes flashed.
'Shoot!'' cried Grignon. folding his
arms.
The Indian hesitated moment. He
looked at us suspiciously. Then he
looked at his companions, and said some.
thing in their language. They all re-
sponded vehemently,
The Indian took aim.
s'YmI tell me to shoot?' said he.
"Shoot" said Grignon again.
| The Indian fired, ,ss. "a. s,s.
Grignon smiled, and walking forward
to the Indian, handed him a bullet.
The Indian looked paralyzed.
.Grignon showed him how to fire it
again. ~ s9sEl@ e - IS
The Indian fired the other FIVE shots.
Grgnon caught each bullet. sometimes
seemingto catch it from his breast,some-
times ftom his face aud each time he
handed iste the Indian 'ff Z
The other Indians were now in state
of excitement. -e..ztss.5,
s'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 bullets. and
the Indians saw him do it. He handed
a pistol to each on doing it Suddenly
one of these fellows took aim and fired.
Grignon, without seeming to have no.
ticed him. raised his hand and seemed TO
catcha bullet from his forehead. He
tossed this towards the Indian, who
picked it up with an air Of stupefaction.
Eight reports sounded in rapid success,
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Grignon took off his hat and walked
/ up to the Indians. To their amazemeht,
eight bullets werein his hat Each man
| took it and looked at itin wonder. rs
s'Do you want to fire again r asked
Grignon.
They all expressed wish to do so.
"Well, then, HAND me the pistols
To their amazement the pistols were
gone.
They looked at one another in won
der.
.You see,n SAID Grignon, "they fired
the pistols at me-, too, and swallowed
them" sas
"Swallowed them" faltered the Indi-
an, and he told this to his astonished
companions.
"Yes ;,do you want them p
| The Indian nodded. @
Whereupon Grignon opened his mouth
and rolling back his eyes,he inserted his
fingers and drew pistol apparently
lfrom his throat. Another followed -
Then he drew forth a third,then fourth
and 80 on until he had drawn forth the
| eight pistols from his throat, while the
Indians stood looking on in utter bewlls
derment as sQ sii5a1a s9'
| After this Grignon calmly drew forth
six or eight more pistols. then mum
| ber of cartrid ses, and finally carbine.
I'll m thesmedicine man." said he sol
emnly.
The Indians said not word.
do you want to fire, again ?" said
he,and he offered the pistols to the Indi-
ans
They all shrank back in horror.
Grignon tossed the pistols, cartridges
and carbine over to us. and smiled be-
lnignantly on the asfonished savages.
He then shook his hand. a
A knife fell out of his palm Another
followed. and another. He shook three
more out of, his left hand, and drew q
score or so out of his ears.
.sPerhaps YOU would hike something to
drink p said he, smilingly, to the Indian
who spoke English.
The savages looked at him suspicious
" aa
~What'll you have? Rum, brandy,
gin, whisky, ale, porter, wine or cider p
The Indian frightened up and spoke
to his fellows. They all preferred whis-
KY %
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
it again; glass fell out He shook it a
third time; nine more tnmblers fell out
Finally, he shook il again; a corkscrew
tumbled down.
..Will you takeit raw or with water p
asked Grignon, as he proceeded to un +
screw the cork. ss
The Indian said nothing
.Isn't that good whisky ?' asked
Grignon, as he poured out glass.
The Indian smelled it suspiciously.
Then be tasted it. The taste was enough
He drank it all off. smacked his lips,
looked around triumphantly on his com
panions and then-held out his glass for
more. At this all the other indians en-
couraged by this experiment. clamored
for some. Grignon poured away from
his bottle. Each one drank and wanted
more.
But Grienon shook his head.
.Not now" he said to The spokesman.
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home with YOU And going mp to the
blanket he shook out a dozen bottles of
the same kind as the last. a..
By this time the Indians were in the
jolliest mood conceivable
"Before / give you any more" said
he, ssIet me make you, so that will not
get drunka'h a 0l 3
He walked up to the first Indian, and
took his hand in each of his, and looked
him steadfastly in the eyes for some
time. Then he stroked his brows and
lef. him; this he did to each. The In
dians had got over oil suspicion, and
merely expected that something good
was coming. So they allowed him to
do as he chose. 80
Grignon then stood off a little dis
tance, and in a loud voice ordered them
all to look at him. Whether they un-
dersiood 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 scenesdid not sur