The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-30
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CURED BY WHIPPING,
Radical and Enectual Indian Remedy for
Fever and Aguo.

Radical and Enectual Indian Remedy for
Fever and Aguc.
After n week or ten days the fever
with which had been afflicted nbated
somewhat, says a writer in Forest ind
Stream, and Peter, taking my double
ibarreled rifle by way Of armament and
half dozen hard biscuit by way of
grub, gave notice of two days absence,
and, bucllling his blanket about him,
went off up the trail.
Late in the evening of the second day,
while was lying on the bearslSin with
swimming brain and fcvercd brow, he
came back, but not alone. Two strong,
athletic squaws, each toting large
pack, were his companions. He intro
duced them as "Old Dlackbird souaw
and her gal; pooty young sQuaw-grcat
medicine"
The elder of the two was about as
tough, lcathery-looking specimen Of
aboriginal ugliness as I have ever
fallen in with, and making due allow
ancc for difference in age the daughter
was the perfect model of her. They
both cast their loads unccremoniously
aside, and the elder proceeded at once
to business. Watching ME closely as
she did SO, she rolled large handful Of
leaves in her hand until they were par
TALLY pulveriZed, then passed them over
to the younger squaw, who soon made
n pint OF very bitter tea from them
which was told to drink. l managed
to gulp it down. hot and bitter as it
was, and the old squuw then seized mo
without ceremony, packed me snugly in
bearslsin and blankets, after which she
and her daughter, wrapping their own
blankets about them, lay down on
either side of nc, crowding me in a
manner moro close than pleasant.
My lcathery bellies answered to help
get up Il copious .pcrspiration, which
was just what they intended; and when
i awokc from the first sound, refresh
ing sleep l had enjoyed for weeks it
was with cool, clear head and limbs
free from pain.
With the rise of the sun the confound-
ed aguc began to threaten me; and Mrs.
.Blackbird, with the help of her interest
ing daughter, proceeded to take meas
ures for expclling it in a manner quito
as novel and original as her treatment
OF fever. First, she undid bundle of
.dirty-blue cloth, and took thcrcfrom sew
'eral bundles of neatly bound, minute
twigs. had heard some hard stories
of ''whippin' out the ager," and smellcd
n pretty extensive mice Immediately;
but, on the whole, concluded to 90
through, SO l suffered them to divcst
me of my clothing and seize me firmly
by the wrists; and made no objection
even when Mrs. Blackbird began to ap-
ply the switches gently to the bare skin
Gradually the blows Increased in
rapidity and severity; old Peter, who
had stood by as spectator ut first,
stepped forward and seized q wrist
firmly in each hand SO suddenly that
had no time to object, and the whipping
immediately became energetic and gen
cral. Each of the squaws, with a
switch in each hand, We'd with the
other in rapidity of hitting; and as the
sluggish, torpid blood strove to dash
with answering speed through the
tinglinS veins the pain became unen-
durable. had resolved to bear all that
was asked of me in hopes of u radical
cure, but the torture was too severe;
and ordered them to desist, trying ut
the same time to wrench myself loose
from Peter. They only laughed, and
laid on the harder.
oSSoAiS iudi Will pun, ana went
in on my muscle, biting and butting
furiously at old Peter, and giving the
1cathery females ungallant kicks about
the ribs and abdomen-a proceeding
that made them laugh all the more, and
brought down the switches with in
creased vigor. cntrcated and cursed
by turns, tried bribery and flnttery,
begged for resting spell, and thrent-
ened death to the party of conspirators
Immediately l got loose, but all in vain.
They logged me for time that seemed
an age, and only let me off when was
too exhausted TO stand alone. Then I
was again cnveloped in skins and
blankets, when, strange as it may seem,
almost Immediately fell into deep
slumbcr, from which / did not awake
until evening. When did awake it
was with o general sense of soreness
all over the outer man, but where was
the asuc? Gone. Completely cured, as
well as the fever.