Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-10
RED MEN AND MEDICINE.
THE BUSINESS OF SENDING OUT IN
DAMS TO ADVERTISE NosTRuMs.

DAMS TO ADVERTISE NosTRUMs.
Turning out Indian Remedies by the
Hogshesd-How the Travelling Medi-
cine Companies Are Gotten Up--Tbs
Source OF supply.
In country towns the fences, sheds and
barn doors will bloom In the spring with
gaudy thirty two sheet posters, represent
ing the Kickapoo Indians preparing over
camp fires their wonderful herb medicines
that cure all ills, and travelling troupes OF
fakirs will pitch their tents ON the greens,
give free Wild West shows, lure the ailing
countrymen and thus get them within
the reach Of the gifted lecturer who ex-
pounds the merits Of the nostTums Prep
arations for the patent medicine campaign
are being made in the top story of build
ing in West street, and fellows glib Of
/ tongue are being hired to travel as takers
with the shows. Fifty separate Kickapoo
companies are thus being fitted out, each
10 consist Of six genuine Indians, four
white performers or fakirs and one bill
poster, all under the management OF q
medicine lecturer. The outfit consists OF
stage, dressing ROOM and doctors tents,
Indian tepecs, boxes Of fireworks, pam.
phleis, circulars and books Of astounding
fiction about tho wonderful medical dis
coycries OF the kickapoos, who are pic
tured In the act of boiling herbs.
REMEDIES BY THE HoGsHEAD
In tho loft Of the big building labora-
tory is running full lsast, burning out
Kicknpoo remedies by the hogshead, but
% the noble Kickapoo Of tho thirty two
sheet poster cannot stand New York
climate in the winter his services are dis
pcnsed with, and tho plain, ordinary
white men are boiling the herbs by steam.
In one corner of the loft conical canvas
tents are stretched by ropes from the
rofters, and d man walks about with pot
OF paint and big brush decorating them
with rude aboriginal art These will he
Indinn tepecs, warranted genuine from
ktckapooland. Hanging from the walls
nre camp kettles, small water easks
painted by the same artist who does the
tepees, highly colored posters, govern
ment blankets Of various hues, toma-
hawks, head dress, scaiping knives, etc,
and all around are piled boxes Of bottled
medicine, prepared by the white Kicka-
poos In the laboratory. In the managers
offices Indian curios are profusely scattered
around. Relies from the field Of the
Custer massacre, necklaces of grizzly
claws, Pawnee blankets, war clubs and
quivcrs Of arrows are numerous, and the
walls are covered with colored plates
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THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY.
"The Indians have nothing to do but
sing and dance, and that is fun for them,
Most of the time they lie around and
smoke, and they enjoy loaflng Where
do we get our Kickapoos' Wei, most of
them are Pawnees from the reservation,
although we have few Sioux. We get
permission from tho interior department
TO hire them, and the agent at the reser-
walton sends them to u.s. We are resnon-
sible for them, and must send them back
whenever they want to go home, 1t gives
them chance to see civilized life, and it
Is not very difficult to get them. Once in