least. but nmost of them I knew well enough to call than! by name. I was esjpecially fond of the young swans

When one gave a job to an Indian he moved pn ourﬂplace with a 11 his relatives and connections from far and near, including his horses and dogs. ‘Se would be awakened

the following morning by the slang of Indian horse bells,

lo steward 1% some esliecially eneite we would find them encamped ———a.n Indian tent city going up over night. Usually

the boss would have them removed to some more remote part of the ranch,

as their nearness to the ranchouse eas not alwe.ys desireable. I used to ride

over two and three times a day to visit the squaws, to talze canes and sweet things

to them and the children;: I diazis. love sweet food. I've lied an Indian come to the house and offer to trade a::3:hoi;e::hanneh:c:rﬁ:venison;;::: love ;5] lynx hide for 3. small tin of molasses. All sorts of hide and bead worl:—.—..

beautiful stuff _.._ were offered in trade for jams and sugar—-..an;,rthing sweet .

We never took advantage of them and we never let our men do so either, as far as we wwre able to prevent them. I made all sorts of things for tgge little

fat papooses and an: I acquired quite a. reputation among them, for some reason or other, as a doctor! Just because i took the sting out of scalded arm with some baking soda..and lard. After that one after a.r.1otg~er of the Indians would come to the house and ask for "Miss.ia" and want treatment for this or that ill. One boy ewho had bloodpoisoning in his arm, V . V ' ‘ n

?xIiB:l§2YE1::E1ir:{ lav on our verandah all night waiting for me tox.yxxn;axx come down.

I had no idea he was there, till I stepped o, ,‘* inkthe mornin’E,r:;{\/_ his was in ' 1 ,9. '3 >

I A» a frightful state. He had the 1uaﬂ”bli ‘ trust h

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and would not listen to my urgings to him to go to the Agency doctor. Agency doct

or would cut his am off he av_erred., Lliseis please put medicine on. I had indee _ e ..-_= ‘,*t3 4 .”« M I 5* I‘ "V" ‘I - . to use stragefy to get him * ‘. ' Indians love a ride 111 n automobile, and I

managed. to get my patient aboard a. flivver and soon had him over at the Aﬁncy offic Once in the hands of the Indian agent, there was no escape for him, and altlnugh I

knew he would receive the proper treatment I felt like a criminal when I saw

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