The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-09
HEROIC TREATMENT.
How Two squawG Cured White zEan of
 Fever and -3gus.

How Two squawG Cured White zEan of
 Fever and -3gus.
 After a week CT ten days the fever somewhat abatcd, says q writer in Forest and Stream, and Peter. taking my doublc-barrcled rife by way of arIna- mcnt and half dczcn hard biccJit l5y way of grub, gave notice Of two days absence, ard, bucl-ling his blanket about h;I1, went eff up tho trail.
 Late in the evening of the second day while I was lying on the 5earGl1in with swimming brain and Q fevercd brow he came back, but not alone. Two strong, athletic sqg.aws, each tot ing large pack, were hi5 companions. He introduced tllcTn as ''0le Dlaclzbird squaws and he gal; pooty young squaw great medicine"
 The elder Of tho two was about as tough, leathery-lo0ki1g . specimen of aboriginal ugliness as I have ever fallen' in with, end making due allowances for difference m age the daughter was tl1e perfect model of her. They both cast their loads u1cercmoniously aside and the elder proceeded at once to business. Watching nc closely as she did So she rolled large handful of leaves in her hand until they were partially pulver- ized, then passing them over to the younger squaw, who soon made 8 pint of very bitter tea from them which was told to drink. managed to gulp it down, hot and bitter as it was, and the old squaw then seized me without cere- mony, packed ne snugly in bear-slzin and blankets, after which she and her daughter, wrapping their own blankets around them, lay down on either side of me, crowding nc in a manner more close than pleasant.
 I trust King David's medicine, which answered the purpose so well, was not a squaw-or, il sl1e were, that she was young and good-lookiag.
 My leathery bclles answered, howcv- CT, to help get up 6 copiCus precipitation, which was just what they intended, and when I awol1e from the first sound re- freshing sleep Lad enjoyed for weeks it was with 9 cool, clear head and limbs free from pain.
 With the rise Of the sun the co2found- cd ague began to threaten ne. and Mrs. Blacl1bird, with the help cf her inter- esting daughter, proceeded to take measures for cxpclling it in manner quite as novel and original as her treat Tlcnt of fever. First she urdid Q bun dle of dirty blue cloth and took there from several bundles of neatly bound,
 minute twigs. I had heard some hard stories of ''whippin' out the ager," and snelled pretty extensive nice immc- diately, but on the whole concluded to go through, so l suffered them to diyest me of my clothing and seize ne firmly by the wrists, and made no objection even when Mrs. Blackbird began to ap- ply the switchings gently to the bare skin. Gradually the blows increased in rapidity and severity. Old Peter, who had stood by as a spectator at first, stepped forward and seized a wrist firmly in each hand, so suddenly that I had no time to object; and the whip ping immediately became energetic and general. Each of tho squaws with a switch in each hand vied with the oth- CT in rapidity of hitting, and as the slug gish, torpid blood strcve to dash with answering speed through the tingling veins the pain became uncomfortable. I had resolved to bear all that was asked of me in hope of Q radical euro, bat the torture was too severe, and 1 ordered them to desist, trying ct the same time to wrench raysclflcose from Peter. They only laugfed and laid cn the harder. l became mad with pain and went in on my muscle, Eiting and brttting furi- ously at cd Peter end giving tho lcath- cry females UnGallant kicks about the ribs and abdomcn-a proceeding that made them laugh Gll the more and brought down the switches with in- creased vigor. I entreated and cursed by turns, tried bribery and nattcry, begged fer resting spell, and threat cned death to the rarty Of conspirators immediately get loCse, but all in vain. They iicCCcd me fer time that seemed an cgc, end only let mo off when 1 was too exhausted to stand alone. Then l was again o1vclopcd in skins and blan- llots, when, strange as it may seem, I almost immediately fell into 9 deep slumber, frcm which I cid not awake until cvcnirc. When I did awake 1t was with q general sence Of soreness all over the outer nan; but where was the ague? Gone Completely cured. as well as the fever.
 SURVIVED HIS EXECUTION.