St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-05
CURED BY A WHIPPING.
Radical and Effectual Indian
Remedy for Fever and Acme

Radical and ETectual Indian
Remedy for Fever and Ague.
Forest and Stream.
After week or ten days the fever
somewhat abated. and Peter. taking my
double-barreled rifle by way of arma-
ment, and half dozen hard biscuit by
way of grub, gave notice of two days
absence, and. bucklihg his blanket about
him, went off up the trail.
Late in the evening of the second
day. while / was lying OH the bearskin
with swimming brain and a feyered
brow, he came back, but not alone.
Two strong, athletic squaws, each toting
a large pack, were his companions. He
introduced them as "Old Blackbird
squaw and he gal; pooty young squaw
great medicine.
The elder of the. two was about as
tough, leathery-l"oking specimen OF
aboriginal ugllness as have ever fallen
In with. and, making due allowance for
difference in age, the daughter was the
perfect model of her. They both cast
their loads unceremOniousIy aside, and
the elder proceeded at once to business.
Watching me closely as SHE did so, she
rolled large handful of leaves in heI
hand until they were partially pulver.
lied; then passed them over to the
younger SQuaw, who SuOn made pint
OF very bitter tea from them, which l
was told to drink. managed to gulp
it down. hot and bitter as it was. and
the old squaw then seized me without
ceremony, packed me snugly in bear,
skin and blankets, after which she ane
her daughter, wrapping their owl
blankets about them, lay down on eithe.
CT 10 rf In.
more close than pleasant.
L trust King David's medicine. which
answered the purpose so well, was no
a squaw-or. If she were, that she wal
young and good-lo0king.
My leathery bellies, however, answered
to help get up a copIOuS perspiration
which was just what they intended. anc
when awoke from the first sound, re-
freshing sleep had enjoyed for weeks
it was with cool, clear head and limbl
free from pain.
With the rise Of the sun the confound,
ed ague began to threaten HE, and Mrs.
Blackbird. with the help of her inter-
esting daughter. proceeded to take
measures for eXpelling it in a manner
quite as novel and original as her treat
ment of fever. First she undid a bun
die of dirty blue cloth and took there
from several bundles of neaIly-bound
minute twigs. had heard some hard
stories of "whippin' out the ager." and
smelled pretty extensive mice immedi-
ately, but on the whole concluded TO
go through. SO suffered them to divest
me of my clothing and seize me firmly
by the wrists, and made no objection
even when Mrs. Blackbird began to
apply the switches gently to the bare
skin. Gradually the blows increased in
rapidity and severity; old Peter, who
had stood by as spectator at first,
stepped forward and seized wrist
firmly in each hand. so suddenly that
had no time to object; and the whip
ping Immediately became energetic and
general. Each of the squaws, with q
switch in each hand, wed with the
other in rapidity of hitting, and as the
sluggish. torpid blood strOye to dash
with answering speed through the
tingliDg veins the pain became unen-
durable. had resolved to bear all that
was asked of me In hope of radical
cure, but the torture was too severe;
and l ordered them to desist, trying at
the same timo 10 wrench myself
loose from Peter. They only laughed
and laid on the harder. l became mad
with pain. and went in on my muscle,
biting ana butting furiously at old
otcli anu giving tuO lcdthcly lcudl0S
ungallant kicks about the ribs and abb
domen-a proceeding that made them
laugh all the more and brought down
the switches with increased vigor. I
entreated and cursed by turns, tried
bribery and tlattery, begged for rest
ing spell, and threatened death to the
party of conspirators Immediately got
loose, but all in vain. They logged ina
for time that seemed an age, and only
let me OFF when | was too exhausted to
stand alone. Then / was again enYel-
oped in skins and blankets, when,
strange as it may seem, almost inns
mediateiy fell into a deep slumber. from
which L did not awake until evening,
When did awake it was with general
sense OF soreness all over the outer
man; but where was the ague? Gone.
Completely cured. as well as the fever