Belden, the White Chief; Or, Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains
Belden, the White Chief; Or, Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains
George P George Pfauts Belden
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The sick penon is kept in Digitized by Google I BELDEN: THE WHITE CHIEF. 265 the lodge until the vapor subsides, when he is taken out corn* pletely exhausted, and repeatedly plunged into cola water. This is done as quickly as possible after taking the patient from the sweat-house. The sweat-house is always built near the banks of a body of cold water, so that the patient may not be subjected to the air but a moment or two before being soused. I became very unwell, one day, from the effects of t...he hot weather and tepid water we always had to drink, having been used to the water of the Missouri River, which is tolerably cold. I kept in my teepee all day, and ate but little. But the following night I had a violent attack of pain in my stomach, agd I sent my squaw, about one o^clock in the morning, to the missionary's, to see if he had any laudanum or cathartics. She returned with a small phial of laudanum, of which I took pretty large doses. My pain was relieved for about an hour, but re- turned again.
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