Identifier: pacifictourist1877will (find matches)
Title: The Pacific tourist
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
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number of fine robeswhich they possessed. This second smoke wasquickly finished, and the Cheyenne again ex-hibited the fire.ivater, marking it as before by thelocation of the thumb on the bottle. A general exclamation followed, for to theKiowas eye the position of the thumb on thebottle was so very much higher (i. e., so muchless whisky than before). To this Cheyenne hadno consideration; the trouble he said, was withthe eyes of the Kiowas, which could not be ex-pected to see big like those of a Cheyenne. Anothersmelling time ensued, which was followed by aninstantaneous exhibition by the Kiowas of tincups and robes, and the Cheyennes began to pourout the whisky. While pouring out the promised grog, the posi-tion of the thumb on the bottle was regarded byeach Kiowa with the most exact scrutiny, whicheffectually prevented all attempts to shove up thegauge. And it was noticeable by the care ofthe bottle-holders, that when the bottle was heldup after each pass, no Indian could detect the
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64 Wmm ^m€IFi€ W@WM£BW. 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 the Loco-motive and Telegraphs.—When the firstlocomotive was seen passing over the plains, anIndian guide in the employ of the United States,exclaimed with inexpressible surprise, 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 sup-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 contine

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