Arizona republican., 1901-09-23

Nick let go of the horses. They started back to the ranch and 'Si Manyana,
 the cook. came running toward us a. top speeS, having heard the yell of the professor and thinkin~ the Indians had attacked the party. Al this time the professor was performing gymnastic feats that would have astonished even the principal performers of the worli renowned MolSi Indians in their snake dance All this time Mir. rattler held his grip and was swinging in the air not unlike a stage drivers whip lash when professionally handled.
 All of this performance was executed Tn less than one minute when Nick and myself joined in to save. if possible. the professors life. As we plunged into the mess of man and. snake com bined, Nick grabbed the professors right arm and I his left one. Mex. holding the right arm of the professor with hio left hand. grabbed the snake just below its head with his right hanS and told me 10 cut out the front of the professors shirt quick. I naturally. of course, carried clasp knife. with which I cut plug smoking tobacco and commonly saying. it would not cut butter Nick directed me into his right hand pocket where I would get a sharp one. I hastily thrust my han nd
 in th;. pocket. and. fortunately for
 Nick, there Was nothing else in the
 pocket but the knife which was brought
 forth and your humble servant pro- ceeded to do some ornamental carving and scalloping on the shirt. The pro-
 lessor was pale, faint and trembling.
 with precipitation just boiling out Of
 him. The rattler's body wac squirin-
 ing. twisting and thrashing around stt
 q terrible rate. The professor could
 not CT dare not stir. Nick was com
 pelled to hang to the man and snake
 and I with the knife to cut and carve,
 I cautioned him to be quiet so as not i to let the poisoned part touch his flesh. I took out a piece of the shirt seven
 inches in diameter and with it an equal
 size of very fine quality of undershirt to which tn fangs were fastened. Si
 Manyana was ordered to be quick to gather some snake weed and make some tea, also a heavy poultice of same
 material. while Nick held his grip or the rattler which had about quit the
 battle and I helped the professor to the
 house. The poultice was applied. and ! after he drank a quantity of the tea we laid him in the shade to await re- suits He soon quieted and to our sur ! prise fell asleep in a few minutes. We examined him carefully to not awaken him and not finding any indication of his flesh being poisoned. we betook our selves to the arroyo to pay our regards 1 to our benefactor in spiritual affair.". We also desired to let the professor partake of it's blessings but had no way ! to syphon it unless by the mouthful
 route. We each tried the experiment
 a couple of times but had to give it up
 as the syphonic flow could not possibly
 be shut off until the contents landed l in the stemach. It was too good .
 thing for the syphonists. We retired | to the friendly shade of a cottonwood ! tree to take a little rest. We prolonged our rest into about four Apurs. and do not know how much longer it would have continued had not Si Manyan3 | found us and awakened us to partake of our dinner. When we were dis tuibed We wsre also much surprised at ! the effect upon us of that snake affair. 1 Arriving at the house found and gave a cordial greeting to the profes- sor on his wonderful escape from harm. ! In fact we could not resist extending ! to the professor an invitation to take a little walk with us before we sat down to our dinner. to which he con sented. We strolled up the arroyo and ! explained the wonderful secret of q. 1 life-giving fluid of which we two were the sole possessors. We told him that 1 he must not divulge the secret. under ! penalty Of death. Arriving at the place we each illustrated by actual
 demonstration how to obtain the nectar from it's hidden place. Finally he ''got | there" We urged him 10 repeat, and repeat again. He admitted 1t was de- { Hcious, wanted to learn more about it.
 and was answered by our telling him to help himself. which he did several
 times. We also repeated a little.
 Mote. I will explain that when drinking liquor that is buried unde: ground and is drawn through tube di- rectly into the mouth without coming
 in contact with the air, it cannot bs
 smelled. One cannot distinguish what
 kind of liquor it is if one does not have
 previous knowledge.1
 The final result was that the thre:
 of us were finally discovered about fiv,
 o'clock D. m.. under the same old tree by Si Manyana. who informed II.
 that dinner was awaiting our attention Si Manyana had not been idl,
 during all this time In the mCInins when we came to the house with tn, snake Nick gave him instructions to b'
 careful with the rattler uot to bruis' or spoil it. but to separate the skin iron : the flesh and to fix it for the professo as trophy won at the first gred ' American snake dance on the Bit Sandy in Arizona. which s: Man yana did in th+ following manner He had collected about four or fiv' dozen rattles of many sizes and shapes ; So while his three patients were ra cuperating and dreaming he examined the rattles on the skin and found tha some had been brokensoff. So he say
 to himself "Ill fix 'em 'mucho better