Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-02-12
M AFRAID OF
eH1TE MAN PILLS
| ,,.test When Warriors Al
u Take Medicine.

,,,r,av Alta. Feb. o
Y. tsa;an superstitions and icy
aorant modern methods of
q ,,s Case are trickling back to
PHYSICIANS Who made he
~ VIC to check the spread Of
n.y., .ssing in the unsettled reg
= civilization s. outposts,
y 70 convinced that the death
nm unusually neavy. II Las
!. dificult to induce Indians
~ white mans medicine and
y to Alberta doctors, the
r. responsible. They hWe
!. i faith in their hero con
s,ononald, of the Indian De-
those headquarters are ut
y, and who patrols north by
to the mouth of the Mac
gersched IslarG, has arriv-
Murray. accompanied by Dick
resident of Fort Smith.
Mcdonald does not usually
NTH Of this point bu5 he had
the prevalence of the i'll
Il this point from Indian run
n ecided to investigate.
S0ctor's dog trains met the
nd mail courier at LoDstick
rhich is about thirty miles
Fort Mckay. 1t was there he
If conditions at Fort Mckay
courier. A few minutes lat
line Of the details. one Of the
drivers approached him, the
landing out on his face the
lads, and, holding his stomach
Nh hands, said:
Or I'm sick; | can go no fur
may take my dogs and go
will turn back from here and
~
Fear Disease.
s only one instance of aggra-
sar which obesses some Of
lie of the north, who probably |
Yer sick a day in their lives. |
bile Macdonald, who has re-
from Investigating the condi-
Fort Mckay, states that some |
Indians were n a serious state. |
house he asked the sick In
he felt. ?
Eood here toucnlng his aodo-
bum, no good for a week." re-
Indian. 3
take this and it will make
! BETTER" and Macdonald fed /
buple of pills of an emergency |
but just as the patient opened
kth and took two of the little
fs an angry squaw rushed in
Mbly pried open her lord and
5 Jaw, inserting her hand
the pills and threw them on
pr in disgust. Then turning to
|ildered constable she gave him
setting OUT ir fluent Cree,
hitting to a can, in vorner
Ierted to pidgeon English to
|ent;.
Aedicine makum good; no sick
lays. White man medicine no
Queer Medicine
pnald took a lock at the con-
hich resembled a rank stew
and roos and of the consist
black soup.
hight madam, suit yourself |
Wise you to go easy on tina.
less YOU are in hurry to get
with" said Macdonald, as he
bowed himself out.
The moment the constable had
out of his carryall he had
le measured beat OF a tom
preceded to the house from
Ne sound issued. There he
very sick Indian wrapped ii
I and lying on a couch, and
India making medicine" on a
After listening to the rite
uple of minutes, Macdonald
he performer in the ribs, and
wv how" as his entrance had
en- no notice of in the least.
ur," replied the man at the
ever missing a beat, ana
is back on the constable.
not veru affectionate hero
vidently don't miss me in the
Macdonald, but in
q Of his intentions to render
her it was appreciated or not,
lid changed tactics.
mistit manaick," megaphon-
)onald in the drummer's ear
8 "how is fur??") a subject
Die generally to an Indian.
NO lAlk Fur.
ut issing a strokt of the pad
nmer, the Indian raised his
Inward, and pointing straight
: Me no talk fur. Me max
}. Me think of mans up there"
help your sick boz? Maybe
lic:ne wilf help" said Mac
\ right, me all right, no sick
'eplled the medicine man as |
MS tom-tom and broke into
Keyed Indian chant. which
nued at intervals all night
= yet the next morning when
sable headed his dogs south
IN the village the measured
tne tom-tom and wierd wailing
'lient was carried to his ears
the still air.
! 'iOo persons at Fort Mckay
In bed sick but two. The
'Ie OF necessity buried just as
sre round, some in indescrib-
conditions. i
Sc BOUND OVER.