The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-05
HEROIC raEArMESr. III
An Indian Cure for the Fever and
Ague.
FTO-n he Forrest and Stream,


FTorn the Forest and stream
After week or ten days the fever some
what abated. and Peter, taking my double
barreled rifle by way Of armament and
half dozen hard biscuit by way of grub,
gave notice of two days abssnsA. and. buck
ling his blanket about him. went off up TIE
trail. eot ,tt4
Late in the evening Of the second day,
while / was lying on the bearskiu with
swimming brain and a feveFed brow, he
came back, but not alone. Two strong,
athletic squaws, each toting q Urge pack.
W, r. his companions. He INTRODUCED them
as sole Blackbird squaT and heigAl; poorly
young souaw-great medicine.
The elder of the two was about as tough,
leathery locking a specimen archaeological
ugliness as have ever fallen tndNith, and
making due allowance for diffsrenees in age
the daughter was the psrfect mdtitl Of her.
They both cast their loads uneereao niously
aside and the e.der proceeded az once TO
business. Watching me closely as she did
so she rolled large handful of leaves in her
hal d until they were partially pulverized,
then passed them over 10 the younger squaw,
Who soon made pint of very obitter tea
from them which was told TO drink. l
managed to gulp it down, hot audsbitter as
it was, and the old squaw then seized me
bearskil and blankets, after which she and
her daughter. wrapping theiriown blankets
about them, lay do N on either side OF me,
crowding me In q manner moretoloSe than
pleasant. 8e d it7o
trust King David's medicine, which an
swered the purpose SO well, was not squaw
or, if she were, that she was fyOung and
good boxing. zoo g
My leathery bellies, however, answered to
| help get up a copious Iersptraton, which
was just what they attended, and when /
awoke from the first sound refreshing
sleep / had j Dyed for weeks il was
it'll cool, clear head and linosfree from
pain. TT 1c
With the rise of the sun the COMPOUNDED
aeue began to threaten me, aud Mrs. Black
board, with the help Of her Interesting
daughter, proceeded to take measures for
| expelling it in a MARINER quite as novel and
original as her treatment of fever. First
she undid bundle Of dirty blue cloth and
took therefrom several bundles of neatly
bound, minute twiRs. l had Heard some
hard stories of "whippin' out the ager," and
smelled a prt tty extensive mice imme-
diately. but on the whole concluded to
60 through, SO | suffered tnem to divest me
of my clothing aud seize me firmly by
the wrists, and made no, objection even
when Mrs. Blackbird began to apply
the switches gentlvto the bare Skin. Grad
uaily the blows increased in rapidity ard
seve ity; old Peter, who had stood by as
spectator at first, stepped forward and seized
a wrist firmly in each hand, so suddenly
that had no time to object, and the viii =
ping Immediately became energetic and
general. Each Of the squaws with a switch
in each hand We'd With the other In rap dity
of hitting. and as the suggis 4 torpid blood
strove to dash with answering speed through
the tingling veins the pain became unendur-
able / resolved to bear all that was
asked of me in hope Of a radical cure,
but the torture was too severe; and
ordered them to desist, trying at
the same time to wrench myself loo from
Peter. They only laughed and laid on tie
harder. l became mad with pain and went
in on my muscle, biting and butting furi-
ouslv at old Peter AID giving the lealhery
females ungalla t kicks about the ribs and
abdomen-a proceed e that made them
laugh all the more and brought down The
switches with increased vigOr l entreated
and cursed by turns, tried bribery and
fiattery, begged for a, resting spell
and threatened death to the party
Of conspirators Immediately l 81
loose, but all in vain. They jagged me fol
time that seemed an age ii and only let me
IF when was to exhausted to stand alone
Then was again enYsiopsd In skins anc
blankets, ~den, strapge as 1t may seem,
almost imm sdiately fell into q deep Stun
Der, from which l did not awaken unit
evening. When did awake it was with
general sense of soreness all over the oute
man; but where--was the aguel Gone
Completely cured, as well as the fever.