nature, break a cog wheel or something of that 
sort, and send us “all to smash.” 
The character it became necessary for me to 
assume, therefore, was that of a missionary, ex¬ 
pounding my peculiar doctrines among the 
heathen. Accordingly, I received it at their 
hands in an attitude of great humility, and gazed 
upon it with that air of reverence which may 
be supposed characterizes the Hindoo kneeling 
before the graven image of a monkey, wound it 
up, held it to my ear, listening to the tick, tick, 
tick, with a solemnity of expression intended to 
convey the same idea, as if I had said to them 
in their own language: “Gentlemen Indians, I 
am now receiving important telegraphic dis¬ 
patches from the other side of Jordan!” Pre¬ 
sently it sounded the alarm. It would have been 
a curious and interesting picture for an artist 
could he have watched the various expressions 
of astonishment, awe and wonder that overspread 
their features during the whir and whirl and 
whiz of the cunning mechanism. Ejaculating 
their impressive “Ugh, ugh,” they looked ser¬ 
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much as to say, “Well, I never; did you ever.” 
Finally the watch was taken by the old chief 
and formally presented to the squaw, _ whom I 
afterward learned was his favorite wife. The 
presentation speech I was unable to understand, 
but surmised it was very similar to those which 
usually accompanies the presentation of flags in 
more civilized communities, that is to say, an 
exhortation to the recipient to stand by it until 
the last drop of blood has been spilled, and to 
preserve it, under any circumstances, “sacred and 
inviolate.” This ceremony over, I was conducted 
to the chief’s tent, regaled with a late dinner, 
horse flesh being the only dish mentioned on the 
bill of fare, and this without the useless luxuries 
of salt and pepper, and very rare, when I was 
seated at the entrance, and had a brief oppor¬ 
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