New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01

bowed together TO shu, the view from without.
Presently after going through some fonhyy
plant growing on the prairie, where previously nom
ing was 10 be secn-s plant apparently OF a anzen
years growth and two or three feet high. How Is
ii done you ask? ! haven't the slightest notion.
ION one occasion Lewis Cass went 70 Mackha"'
m Menu in iVt smT WITH he Indians there Afer
the official ceremonies there was a big medicine
Mr css Who oSk Hnoee OF
looking on--a visitor. like himself She was fnlI,
blooded Chippewa. and In her hand she had an oii
and driod-up bag OF snake skin. She spoke Ensi!sh
we'll and in response 10 question: she SAID mar tne
zeal value. Mr. Cass Laughed at her. and she BE-
sams very angry she .hr-~ the ,e,d bag s5ok '
chased the dcris,ve statesman. who was ohlccl TO
tab 70 his heels minute later the serPfII re- r..
is the story Mr. Cas- told: and You may take IL 'or
christian missionaries have found the Indian
magic a serious obstacle 10 their tvangellz'ng 81
aboriginai worship. ana the savages after astonish
Ing 'he priests With their tricks sngh al mem say
ing. Your rc9rion can't DO snch 'nlne7 s "np
Ch"yenn.s Yves, Of the Mssissipp. he gave NJ the
business of saving souls AFR II waic na1 am
he fc-.arei w-re en-'rev beyond his unl,rsianlius
Tn. mys,er, men would 20 ou, on The hore sandy
prairie. whore ther. Was not sgrig 4 yee"i"iion
and after me chanting arl various performance.
patch Of II. green aul growing. lie himself sh" j.
grow. anl there oouIi D. NJ doubt about II.
formed by ole q thes~ Indian iusgcrs. \ favorl'e
trick o. his vas one ~ has o,i"n ". been per per
hitting hmsel; 20 b. shot al, the hocu- ?'rus bong
I"-"i IT,. c,.i.y h, 81. s.a.h o., 10 weapsn be-
fore the latter WIS discharged Neanwni'" J." M
another bullet concealed IN ils mouth watch AZ M
80 .4 g, mlFn a'glr 'h1f g. caught 10 iro'cc'it
/, .o,.,n hi. t... N1, /. h4.t.n.l TIA, tbs man
business In ncignAorinE village. on an occasion
whom the ,rok "as reriorn~i ihc jIsF'r an,
e,ii IA, H. VoaiI ~ he sh5oilng Tui he de-
inAnlcI permission % use his own gun.
Naturally iho jusrI"r objected. bat h protest
was overruel l. va 1ec'icl nat IT, L. IVA
almost surc death 10 The performer. yet he iil no;
bench. T. refuse The test s'lii have been per
rnnn.nt dislTAcc There nas one chanc" ont ~ a
hundred. perhaps hat -" rnarNs'nnn mrh' miss
H. dccilgl 20 iake ihat ehrne ana SO 2e,n', ,,,
and fire AT him from d distance OF half dozen
PAGES An instant 'hter ne fell deac; the bullet
hal passed through hls brain.
In some tribes O, Indians It used 10 DE- The rule
that sorc-rer who failed three times mus; pay the
penalty Of death That regulation has been ir.
markedly desprcad among savages ! understand
It 70 have been accrpirI as iat sum,h as 10
TO his day in part OF africa ana els where Bii
Who saved himself from mis- faie BY litle device
% ris confriyne. BENG permitted to iurnrh ne
Such G'n IN snf thai he no R N cast si in two
to hold by rubbing the edges with his knife blade.
In this way at the same time the deception was
concealed. On being fired from the gun the bullet
flew In halves which. being OF such shape. scat
tered ard lef, the man untouched, By his mtans
ought 10 befs lie wizard who is failure Finally,
however. he was found out and executed.
Il once an interesting trick performed inside
Of ceremonial wigwam There was lot OF
dancing and mummery. In the midst OF which a
woman came forward and struck tho ground In thr
middle OF the lodge Then mystery man took
his turn and began scratching with stick on the
spot which the woman had struck. In "A minute
or two were expose 70 view ne leaves OF fulli
thrown among the spectators 10 show that there
deception and TO quell the appetite OF the
hungry public Scratching some mere with his
stick the magician produced several more turnips-
two three dozen OF them II was really wonder
full should have been more asonishc1. however.
r. being Initiated member OF the secret society.
had not been present In the morning and seen
the woman bury the turnips.