The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-06

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N hsodling is when you pick il from
The ground or ths rocks I never allow
any one eth me TO kill Q snake
Copperheads ere the .sneaks of the
hills. Thsy lay low and cut people in
ell sorts Of ways. generslly IN the feet.
fses o. fingers Rattlesnskes give an
slsss, soppsrhssds nsver do. The bite
Of coppsshsad 10 worse than that Of
sattlssnske. I can tell the kind of
suaks the minute I see the bite; /
doa's care how long Afterwards. The
sAin around the wound made by q
yoaRg snake turns chestnut colsr; by
~ old snake il will be darker. The
bite Of IN old copperhe.d will kill
very quick. l heard OF . boy who died
u tvo hours. They sent for me by
hOrss aud wagon. bat before l got
there the boy VS. nearly blsck. He
bed bsea c0t in the bead By very old
snake. L hunted Tor the snake two
weeks. any how. bat l mover saw any
tsaess OF her. Sue got away. l Vas
cusious - 80 her, and / felt sOrsy he
oanss ! did not get the chance. Of
e"urps I like the basiness very much. !
like il because have done great deal
Of good. Ny father and gr~n.ifatber
never made Any charge. All they took
wss the expense in coming. Milk is
used considerably in killing poison. In
toe sumMer I an never without my
medicine. On the bills have il with
me ell the time. Here is some now.
The old man producsd sma bottle,
half filled with dark red, thick fluid.
That is it. It is cooked GU: Of roots
snd herbs, and is very bitter. But
medicine 10 not all l use Seine call
the motions I go through with over a
snake bite 'pOw-wowing. Pow-wow
ing consists Ut gently rubbing and
blowing the wound. But there 10
speeisi prayer said in low tone of
veios - sub. That's what they call
pow-wowing. In the Psnnsy ivAnia
German disl~ot t'is called .branche.'
Pow wowing is done for burns. sores.
srysipelas, 'wilifire. aud sirnilsr all
msnts. Il 10 an old German custom.
They cay there are special prayers for
each siluaent. sitn'Hn.h don't inos
more than ab .ut caring snake bites.
They say that seAriy all pOw>wowing
is handed down from man to woman
and frOm woman 10 man. A man rant
tell man nor y Won,an . woman.
This DOW vow il believed in by very,
any in thi. section OF tho State, es
peciaiiy among the German people. i
believe IN my secret. OF course. because
I never fail in Il. II you will walk
along over these rocks we may come
across . copperhssd. aud l will show
you how to pick her up. I'll take one
Of yeu slong aud no more. l don't
like to 70 vito crowd. Generally /
an slsne-'
An hours tramp With the old snake
chsrmee followed. over the rCcks and
through the brush. At various spots
he'd stop and listen. with his left ear
close to the ground. Suddenly he
stopped and very c0olly remarked: In
there LAYS black snake. No use max
ing much fuss with her. She's not big
and she'll run. II she was big one.
she'd stand her grosnd.' He took his
csne end in few minutes had the ser.
psut . prisoner under it By dexter.
ous movement With his right h.nd he
clutchsd thelsuake back OF the head and
lifted it. out sf the moss. 'Dou't be
afraid: she can't hurt II she would. See
vhst . pisroioR block eye shs's got.
Shes z clean one, two years old. Q
fsmale.' He canght the serpent BY the
tail and wound Il assnnd his arm,
0raspins the coils. he transferred it to
his LEFT hand. and stroksd it, head
with HE right In Ave minutes he had
Of sssmsd % hsvs perfect oontrol Of
The serpent and it csAsed wrigRling.
Now I'll lay her down and she'll not
ruu.' He did %. snd the snake re-
uainsd - be plsced il. He then stirred
L aboat gently. ead il silsOtly glided
away into the bushes again. 'Don's be
afn5d . blsck toskss. 4 big oae may
bite 700, bnt wNAeh it's bsAd. I wish
- soald hai b61Ese CANA We've had
. good many thunder storms. and cop
perhsa1s and RAtsless lay very low.
The hotter the weather u, the more
they come ou:.
The scare better game. - old
Nike stylS.: he poisonous reptiles' vas
given NJ. I'm sSry I could mt have
. chance 70 show you . little some
thing As concluded; hut some other
time ~ nay msst sy.in; and the Old
man went further up the hill IN search
'of his oystsrious herbs and roots
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