. The Pacific tourist . slightest variation between the whisky mark andthe position of the finger on the bottle. The Kiowas did not get drunk, and the Chey-ennes left the village with all their ponies loadedwith robes, having as they freely remarked, madea heap smart trade. Astonishment of Indians at tlie Loco-motive and Telegraplis.—When the firstlocomotive was seen passing over the plains, anIndian guide in the employ of the United States,exclaimed with inexpressible surj^rise, GoodMedicine, good medicine. Look look, at the tu-te(toot). As he passed under the telegraph wireswhich then were s
. The Pacific tourist . slightest variation between the whisky mark andthe position of the finger on the bottle. The Kiowas did not get drunk, and the Chey-ennes left the village with all their ponies loadedwith robes, having as they freely remarked, madea heap smart trade. Astonishment of Indians at tlie Loco-motive and Telegraplis.—When the firstlocomotive was seen passing over the plains, anIndian guide in the employ of the United States,exclaimed with inexpressible surj^rise, GoodMedicine, good medicine. Look look, at the tu-te(toot). As he passed under the telegraph wireswhich then were stretching along the Platte,through which the wind as it swept, made thewhirr and singing sound of a prairie harp, thisguide heard the sound, and directly declared thatthey were talking medicines. This was suj>posed to be the creations of the great spirit, andeverything of supernatural nature was ■^ medi-cine. The Indians have rarely ever molested the tele-graph wires which spanned the continent. Per-haps the foll
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