Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-01-26

drawn forth the eight pistols from his
throat, while the Indians stood looking
on in utter bewildermeht. And no
wonders for we ourselves felt no less as
tonishment. We colld-not account for
it we were as much st1apefed as the
Indians themselves. hsIss1H e ~1'.s. o..
sa After this Grignon calmly drew forth
six or eight more pistols then. a num-
Der of cartridges; and finally carbines
zee Pm the medicine man. said he sol
emnly. af,u~,a hHs .
The Indians said not; a word. ~l1
}9 Do YOU want to fire again ?'t said he,
and he offered pistols to the Indians.
They all shrunk back in horror.
Is Grignon tossed the pistols, cartridges,
and carbine over to US, and smiled be-
-nignantly on the astonished, sayages.
He then shookhi hand. -ss -l,a = -
- "A knifeifeH out of the palm. Another
followed, and another He Shook three
more out of his hand, and drew "a score
or so ont of his ears. =, ftsrff s8fs-s.i !.
:, g HPerhapsi you would Like something
to drink ~ said he, smilinglY to, the In
dian who spoke English. s-ss si.,..,.
The savage looked at, him suspi-
"What'n you have 2 Rum, brandy,
gin, whisky, ale, porter, wine or. cider ?''
The Indian frightened up, and spoke
to his fellows. They all preferred whis-
ky. ml-IysF .eI nsL
Grignon asked the Indian to lend him
a loose blanket which he wore. The
Indian took it pf doubtfdlly.- Grignon
shook it a bottle rolled ont. He shook
it;agaid ; IA 5glasssfoHed 0uts g Hesshook
it third time ). nine more tumblers fell
OUT He shook itsufp again ;Ssr corkscrew
suih15eI y TI:i ooWh z..s. LII %,
asked Grignon, as he proceeded to ,un-
screw the cork,-,a ,,,,7E -s.,fy,,5
The Indian said nothing,ogl b - ,soq
Isn't that good whisky p, asked
Grignon, as he poured out glass;
ia,T The Indian, asne1tN it zstlspiciously.-
Then he tasted it The taste was
enough. He drank It an off snaclked
his bps, looked around tr1nmphantly on
his companions, and then held out his
glass for more.i, At this all the other
Indians, encouraged by this expert
,ment, elamored for some. Grignon
poured away from his bottle. Each one
drank and wanted more. Grignon was
quite willing TO pour He was not for
getful, however, of the duties of 'hospi-
tality. 9He walked eli, to the Indians
who were holding the horses, Who had
been Watching the scene in stupsfac-
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smell of tlie whisky was enough for
them. They drank and wanted more.
But Grignon shook his head v,,;T'
,4.tGANot noE,nn he said to the spokes-
mani e IN give gou a hottie apiece to
carry home with you" And going up
to the blanket, he esshook out dozen
bottles of the same kind as the last.s
By this time the Indians were in the
.iolhest mood conceiVable
4 g Before give you any more said
be, aiet me make you SO, that you will
not get drunk. - 50
> ,He4walked up to the first Indian, and
took each of his hands in his, and looked
ar INN steadfastly tly m7theT eyes Tor sJIIIe
time. Then he stroked his bro5wvs and
left him this he did to each. The In
dams had all got over their suspicious,
and merely expected that ssomething
| goodwas coming. ! Soithey allowed him
to do as heschose.s-s,w 81 = : IDS e-.iz d
I 'Grignonl them stood off a. little dis
tance, and in q loud voice ordered them
all to look. at, him. Whether they IIn-
derstoodsor not made no, difference.
They certainly all did look at him. =
i had seen plenty of experiments be-
fore in mesmefism and electro-biology,
so that the present scene did not sur
prise me so much as it did my compan-
ions and the. other. Indians.
y SGrignon simply stood at "a distance,
waving his arms at times, ands giving
words of command. Every word was
obeyed3 81, .I4siAsl II
9 First, they all began to dance.
u Then they all yknelt down, e
Then they touched hands, and could
not sever themselves from one another's
contact One Indian suddenly rushed
wildly around, with the others all joined
to him, trying to- free themselves, 1but
utterly unable; yelling and bowling like
wild beasts. iiBd .lslil.fT 7oo0
At last, a shout from Grignon, and the
charm was dispe1led. They 'sprang back
from one another, and Stood motionless,
like so many statues. ,i4-,i4 z,I
:, sSuddenlY theyiall began to shiver as
though they were suffering from intense
eold.S Tney gathered their blankets
closely around them, their teeth chat
tering and every limb trembling.
In an instant they were painting as
though with1ektrenaelh heat, drawing diff
fcuit breaths, gasping andufinging off
those blankets which but a moment be-
fore they had wIapp pedse tightly about
them. AAkI 4
This then paSsedn-irG FENzrS1
!, They began to bark like dogs They
went down on all fours, and evidently
sr1a.s speeiesT sf TGT may " 'f5&S S'i'i''
g. Then they tried to initiate the motion
and tcroal<ing of frogs. After. this they
| went through performances too numer-
GUS to mention. At one time' they be-
came rigid, and darranged themselves
like the stakes of a tent-heads togeth>
| er, feet outward. Then four of them
I knelt down and tried to run about with
four others on their backs then they
J all jumped wildly up in the air, and be-
gan to flap their hands. At last they
made a furious onset upon one another
with fists, nails and teeth, and if they
had not left their weapons behind, they
certainly would have done some fright
| tul INJURY. ,asbI er'3 69;5v -a9usfs Ia
! IL The two Indians who held the horses
looked on in horror, bewildered and
! stupefied noth knowing what Ito do
} They would have fed i'm their fright, 'bd
dared not leave their companions be
! hind. Grignon stood sealnas with flown
! ing ibrows, watching theuproar, -himsel
the presiding spirit of the ,seene4a Ny
companions kwere ,eonfounded- G. Ever
4 some of them, as they afterwards tolS
] me- thought that GFignon was the devil
i. At last Grignon gave q loud shout.
J sq The Indians fell fat7on the ground.
l. They lay there nfor. some time as
dead.is bra --.,sis,i.i7i.- lI..i.... l1oIl
1a9 Ehen ;GFignOn waved his arms, ariC
! they r0selto their feet. All looked be
|awildered and frightened; With terrifet
glances they regarded first 1Sri s11on anC
| then one another. JS
The Indian is superstitious, Ike al
1 sayageslin fact, ike all human beings
| These, men saw, in Grignen teTfible de