The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-23
CURED BY WHIPPING.
Radical and EGcctu2I Indian Remedy fo:
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 After q week CT ten days the fever vitl which ! had been afflicted a6atcd -5za aosyllat, scEs 9 writer iu Forest and .t-eam, and Peter, taking ray dolt,a- 5arrcied rifle by way of aTmament anc .olf 2 dozen Lard biscuit bv way c. rub. gave notice Of two days absence. nd, bEclling his blanket about him. vent of up the trail.
 Late in the evening Of the second day. while I was lying on the bearslzin with winning brain and fevered brow, he 12no back. but not alone. Two strong. lthletic squaws, each tcting . large 2aclz, were his companions. He intro luced them as "'Old BIaclzbird sq'1aw nd her gal; booty young squaw-great medicine"
 The elder Of the two was about a tough. leathery-loolzing a specimen o1 lboriginal uglincss as l have ever ialien in with, and making due allow 3nce for diference in age the daughter was the perfect model Of her. TheT both cast their loads uncerenoniously aside, and the elder proceeded at once D business. Watching me closely aa he did so, she rolled large handful O. caves in her hand until they were par .ially PsIiyerized, then passed them over % the younger squaw, who soon made !. pint Of very bitter tea from them which 1 was told to drink I ma1aCcC to gulp it down, hot and bitter as il was, and the old squaw then seized ne without ceremony, packed me. snu3ly iE oea~shin and blankets. after which she md her daughter, wrapping their own blankets about them, lay down or 3itbcr side of ne, crOwding me in manner more close than pleasant.
 By leathcry bellies answered to help ret up 8 copiolIs precipitation, which vas just what they intended; and when 1 aFycile from the first sound, refresh ng sleep had enjoyed for weeks t Tas with a cool, clear head and limbs trae from pain.
 With the rise of the sun the confound- sd agzie began to threaten me: and Mrs. Blackbird, with the help of her interest ng daughter, proceeded to take meas lres for expelling it in a manner quite $ novel and original as her trcatne1t )f fever. First, she undid bundle c1 iirty-blue cloth, and took thercfrom scv- 4ral bundles of neatly bound, minute wigs. 1 had heard some hard sto1icg of ''whippin' cut the ager," and smellcd pretty extensive mice immediately; put, on the whole, concluded to go through, so I suffered them to divest ne of my clothing and seize me firmly 3y the wrists; and I made no objection wen when Mrs. Blackbird began to ap- ply the switches gently to the bare skin.
 Gradually the blows increased il ,apidity and severity; old Peter, wkc lad stood by as spectator at first. topped forward and seized wrist iInly in each hand so suddenly that ] lad lo time to object and the whipping ~anediately became energetic and gen sral. Each of the squaws, with |; witch in each hand, vied with tie )ther in rapidity of hitting; and as the ,luggisl, torpid blood strove to da3I with answering speed through the yingling veins the pain became uneE- iurable. l had resolved to bear all that vas asked of me in hopes of a radica ,uGe, but the torture was too severe. l nd I ordered them to desist, trying q he same time to wrench myself loose rom Peter. They only laughed, and aid on the harder.
 I became mad with pain, and I went n on my muscle, biting and putting uriously at old Peter, and giving the oathery females ungallant kicks about he ribs and abdomen-a proceeding hat made them laugh all the more, anc }rought down the switches with in reased vigor. entreated and cursed y turns, tried bribery and fattery, }eggod for a resting spell, and threat ned death to the party of conspiratorc immediately got loose, but all in vain. They logged ne for Q time that seemed n age, and only let me off when was % exhausted to stand alone. Then ] vas again envelCped in skins anG blankets when, strange as it may seem, , almost immediately fell into a deer lumber, from which I did not awake nGl evening. When l did awake it vas with a general sense of soreness III over the outer man, but where was he ague? Gone. Completely cured, as well as the fever.