Show MAKES INDIANS DRUNK the famous mescal weed Is said to contain ingredients ot of an intoxicating nature A A now new enemy of the indian has sprung up and it is of so BO much concern that the indian department w will ill make a thorough investigation as to its dangers this thia enemy is called the mescal flower or weed and while the name of it and its existence has been known the effects it pro produces duess when eaten have only just been discovered the weed is dried and then made into a butter and when eaten by the indians it causes a violent intoxication the effect being much the same as that caused by eiting eating Has heesh it is claimed by the officials of the indian bureau that indians indiana in most moat all the reservation countries have lately begun pie preparing paring ng and eating the flower floer and they declare that it not only intoxicated intoxicates but that it is injurious to health the indian who are re very fond of it claim that is 19 of great medical value there is 13 no certainty that such a weed grows in this valley or on the reservation er though such euch a growth is quite possible people in vernal who are familiar with the mescal in arizona have seen a weed here that resembles it tery much but they have not tested it to aR ascertain certain if it is the same thing rev at J hersey II ersey rector of the st pauls episcopal church who lives at randlett is one of the best posted men in the country when it cornea comes to indians and their habits their likes and their dislikes the foods they eat and the medicines they take ile he is familiar with the mescal but if it grows on the reservation he ahas has not et discovered it in that connection he gives abit a bit of information along the line of N beds and herbs and flints there is a weed over on the reservation the name of which has never et been learned the indians know all about it anil and have known all about it for years it is beneficial to them or they think so thel the do not eat it nor do they use it as a medicine it keeps away the hoodoo or the ovil evil espirit just as ag the left hind leg of a rabbit caught in a grave yard at midnight keeps away the hoodoo from the old southern darkey the indian gath ers this weed dries it and grinds it to pov der he then NN wraps rap it up in apiece of eboth and ties it around his left arm j above abe 1 ls jame you meet an boian take i a good look at al his left arm a aad you will seq bp the little bouc pouch h tied there above ott elbow |