Patent medicines such as "Stomach Bitters" with a high alcohol content were often sold to Native Americans while the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited. Illustration from Buffalo Land by W. E. Webb, 1874.[89]
English: Identifier: buf00webbfalolandautherich (find matches) Title: Buffalo land: an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West; with graphic descriptions of the country; the red man, savage and civilized; hunting the buffalo, antelope, elk, and wild turkey; etc., etc. ... The appendix comprising a complete guide for sportsmen and emigrants Year: 1873 (1870s) Authors: Webb, W. E. (William Edward) Subjects: Hunting -- West (U.S.) Paleontology -- Kansas West (U.S.) -- Description and travel Publisher: Cincinnati, Chicago, E. Hannaford & company Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: g as an Indian is simply an Indian, hecan buy no whisky, and is thus cruelly debarredfrom the privilege of getting drunk, but once a voter,he can luxuriate in corn-juice and the calaboose, aswell as his white brother. What a travesty uponAmerican civilization and politics! Muggs was prejudiced against the Osages, havingbeen induced by one of them to invest in a bow andarrows, for the Hinglish Museum, you know. Onpulling for a trial shot, one end of the bow wentfurther than the arrow, and the cord, warranted tobe buffalo sinew, proved to be an oiled string. Sachem declared that he had found Muggs return-ing the wreck to the Indian with the following speech:0-sage, lilile was your wisdom to court thus thewrath of a IJriton. Take with the two pieces thispiece of my mind. That your noble form may be re-moved soon to the appy unting ground, where bowtrades are not allowed, is the prayer of your patron,Muggs. Mr. Colon asked Tenacious Gripe to explain the az > H > O > >r; N P) o Text Appearing After Image: DIVERSE APPLICATION OF SIMILAR PRINCIPLES. 93 condition of tlie IXative Americans in Kansas. Theorator kindly consented and thereupon discoursed asfollows: The Indians of Kansas are divided into the wildand the tame. Both alike cover their nakednesswith bright handkerchiefs, old shirts, military coats,and many-hued ribbons. The principal differencein point of dress is in the method of procuring it.Among those tribes which are at peace with thegovernment, the white man robs the Indian; amongthe wild tribes the conditions are reversed—theIndian robs the white man. In the one case thecontractors and agents carry oif their half milliondollars or thereabouts; in the other the savage bearsaway a quantity of old clothes and fresh scalps. Ashe finds it difficult to procure sufficient of the whitemans justice to satisfy the cravings of his nature,he feeds it with what he can and whenever he canof revenge. Wise men tell us, gentlemen, that re-venge is sweet and justice a dr) morsel. All India Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.