| Show washing little indians indiana we were camped at the hot springs 4 ni the lo 10 lo 10 trail made famous in indian annals ly by the escape of chief joseph and his band of nez perces just above us 03 was a large larg e camp of flatheads Flat heads who were making their fall hunt ono one t morning wo we were awakened b by sholts and cries evidently there was great excitement somewhere and we promptly jumped up it was just after daylight and cold clouds of steam were rising i from the big basin shaped pool at tha foot of the granite wall from which poured a thick stream of boiling water the pool was so large lare that at the lower edge the water was almost cold the nearer you approached to the place where the water burst from the rock the better chance you stood of getting boiled at the edge at a point where aher re the water was of a comfortable temperature stood two indians one on the bank and the other on a stone ir in the water nearby near by were a dozen other indians guarding a number of little indian boys and girls who had nothing on and were howling and cr en L g when we looked out of the tent the two indians it at the pool had an indian boy one holding him by the feet the other by the hands and were gravely sn swinging in him backward and forward through the warm water while he yelled at every dip As soon as they had finished with him he was set upon the bank and ran to the willow brush near by then the noise redoubled for each child in the group guarded by the indians feared that it was his turn tam the they y all tried to escape to the brush but their elders pursued and caught them the very last one had been put through the cleansing process new york sun |
