The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-16

fritter root OF Louisiana. The plant
still ilourlshe5 in our forests, but has,
somehow, lost it's curative properties
and no longer bids the sick man "take
up his bed and walk" unless it be the
constituent Of the many panaceas and
patent medicines and bitters that now
a-day cure, so illogically, tho most CON
Trajectory diseases.
Both OF these gentlemen. "and they
are all, all honorable men," give
instances OF the almost miraculous
cures worked by this root. IT was only
necessary TO drop n little Of its juice
| upon wound, and it closed up itnme-
| diately, with scarcely u scar left behind
to recall its memory
! M. Du Lac narrates, in particular,
how an Indian, wounded In battle
almost as often as Ben Brun was shot
MT Colfax-seventy-thre times-know-
ing that IL he halted he would fall the
victim to the enemy's cruelty, he kept
on retreating despite his wounds, chew
ing as he ran this root, and occasionally
putting some OF it upon his many
wounds. Thus he continued, running
over sixty miles before he stopped, end
when at last he halted, it was TO find
his wounds completely healed and
cured
But not only was the poor savage pro-
tected against wounds, but he could
even defy fire; in fact, seemed free
from all the weaknesses Of humanity.
M. Du Lac and several others tell Us
OF the virtues Of the Savoyanne root.
The Savoyanne had pretty much the
same pecuiarities as the tabled Sala-
mander-only little more so. 1T was
safeguard and cure for all burns,
scalds, etc. Bathed in its Juice, one
could boldly put his arm in the. fire,
like Scnvola, or walk around, like Dan
iel's friends, Meshech, ct al, in the
fiery furnace, without the least bad
results although M. du Lac will not
warrant it as protection against fiery
rot-gut whisky.
"This was no Grecian fable."; no
second handed story picked up by him
M. du Lac had seen its wonders himself.
He was invited to q council OF the Osages.
Proceedings were commenced with q
friendly pipe all around. When this was
completed, the Grand Sun, the great
chief, announced that it was about time
for dinner, but that, as the weather was |
goldfish. they would take something to |
warm themselves up beforehand. NJ
du Lac signifed his Willingness she |
very frequently himself took a nip be-
fore meals. it was good for the diges-
ton; his particular vanity was cognac;
but"
What was his surprise to see enormous
goblets OF boiling bears grease, on fire,
brought in and swallowed by the saw
ages, who, as they drank this red-hot
Plutonian liquid, rolled their eyes and
winked knowingly at him, rs IL they
nightly enjoyed this pOusse-ca1e; a
course of red-hot Goals followed, which
they chewed up with apparent gusto.
gazing all the while at him to see il he
was sufficiently astounded at them and
their eccentric diet
They had succeeded The Frenehman
was absolutely Mortified and begged for
an explanation. 1t was the Great Man
itou, the savages insisted, that enabled
them to be ire-eaters, (there were, it
seems, Southern fire-eaters even them,
and they proposed that he should at
once adopt their faith and discard his
former religion and breeches. This,
however, he politely declined, with
thanks.
This so-called Manitou he subse-
1uently identified as a root, sayoyanne,
whose juice protected man from any
injury by fire.
He found also another plant of the
same order that had the effect of hard
sning water, This plant, NJ. Baudry
les Lozieres First Voyage to Louisiana,
DdSc lfo, 6iloo sow, ~ oii1o tHOAC Oflh pc
question: about its actual existence and
power. Il. des Lozieres calls it grass,
md says1t was known to the Creoles
lere by the name OF Semper Uirens, or
and that single drop of its
uice, dropped into cup of water, i'm
froze it.
We are sorry that this plant, Of all
others, Is now extinct in Louisiana, it
would have been so very useful during
.heSe hot summer nloruings. How nace