The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-02-22

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wonder.
''Do you want to fire again Z" ask
/; ed Grignon.
I They all expressed wish to do so.
"Well, hand me the pistols"
I To their amazement the pistols were
gone
] They looked at one another in won
sder.
/ "You see," said Grignon, ''they
fired the pistols at me, too; and ]
swallowed them
"Swallowed them,' faltered the In.
dian, and he told this to his astonished
companions.
Eyes; do you want them"
The Indian nodded.
Whereupon Grignon opened his
mouth, and rolling back his eyes, he
inserted his fingers and drew Il pistol
apparently from his throat Another
folio we'd Then he drew forth THU i,
then fourth, aud so on until he had
drawn forth the eigh. pistols from his
throat, while the Indian stood looking
on in utter bewilderment.
After this Grignon calmly drew
forth six or eight more pistols, then a
number of cartridges and finally a
carbine.
sI'm the medicine man." said he
solemnly.
The Indians said not word.
"Do you want to fire again ?" said
he, and he offered the pistols to the
Indians. -.E
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Grignon tossed the pistols, car
tridges, and carbine over to us, and
stnii'-d benignantly on the astonished
sarages.
He then shook his hard.
A knife fell out of the palm. An
! other follower, and another. lie shook
three more out of his left hand, and
drew score or so out of his ears
"Pcrhaps you would like something
to drink ?" said he, smilingly, to the
Indian who spoke English.
The savages locked at him suspi-
ciously..
"What1l you have? Rum, brandy,
gin, whisky, ale, porter, wine, or ci-
der?'
The Indian frightened up, and
spoke to his fellows. They all prefer
red whisky
Grignon asked the Indian to lend
him loose blanket which he wore
The Indian took it off doubtfully. -
Grignon shook it; bottle rolled out.
He shook it again; glass fell out
G!e shook it third time; nine more
tumblers fell out. Finally, he shook
it again a corkscrew tumbled down.
"WiH you take it raw or with wa
ter?' asked Grignon, as he proceeded
to unscrew the cork.
The Indian said nothing.
"Isn't that good whisky ?" asked
Grignon, rs he poured out q glass.
The Indian s,nelIed it suspiciously.
Then he tasted it. The taste was
enough He drank it all off, smacked
his lips, looked around triumr hanty
on his companions and then-held out
his glass for more. AT this all the
other Indians. encouraged by this eX
pertinent, clamored for some. Grig-
non poured away from his bottle
Each one drank and wanted more.
But Grignon shook his head.
Not now" he said to the spokes-
man. "Ill give You 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 jolliest mood conceivable. -,
''Before I give you any more" said
he, 'slet me make you so that you will
not get drunk
He walked up to the first Indian,
and took his hands in each OF his, end
looked at him steadfastly in the eyes
for some time. Then he stroked his
brows and lett him: this he did to
each. The Indians had got all over
suspicion, and merely expected that
something good was coming. So they
allowed him to do as he choose.
Grigron then stood off little dis
tance, and in loud voice ordered
them all to f6ok at him. Whether
they understood or not made no diff
ference, They certainly all did look
at him.
1 had seen plenty of experiments
before in mesmerism and electro-biol- (
ogy, so that the present scene did not
surprise me so much as it did my COM
panions and the other Indians.
The Indians suddenly rushed wildly !
around, with the others all joined to
him, trying to free themselves, but ut
terly unable, yelling and bowling like
wild beasts.
At last shout from Grignon, and the !
charm was dispelled. They sprang |
back from one another, and stood mo-
tionless, like so many statues
Suddenly they all began to shiver !
as though they were suffering from in
tense cold. They gathered their
blankets closely around them. their
teeth chattering and every limb trem-
bling.
In an instant they were painting as
if 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 begun to bark like dogs They
went down on all fours, and evidently,
imagined that they were of the canine
species .-..s
Then they tried to initiate the mo
ton, and croaking of frogs. After
this they went through performances
too numerous to mention.
The two Indians who held the
horses looked on in horror, sbewildered
and stupefied, not knowing what to
do. They would have fled in their
fright, but dared not leave their COM
panions behind Grignon stood calm
with frowning brows. watching the up
roar, himself the presiding spirit of