illuminated squaw away, and went around and put his foot on the
neck of each Indian, in token of his absolute mastery over them,
and then he bade them arise, and he told them he had only done
these things to show them the power of the great father over his
children, and now he would reveal to them his object in coming
amongst them, and that was to engage 20 of the best Indians, and
20 of the best squaws, to join our great show, at an enormous
salary, and be ready in two weeks to take the road. The Indians
were delighted, and began to quarrel about who should go with the
show, and to quiet them Pa said he wanted to shake hands with all
of them, and they lined up, and Pa took the strongest wire
attached to the battery in his pistol pocket, and let it run up
under his coat and down his sleeve, into his right hand, and that
was the way he shook hands with them. I thought I would die
laughing. Pa took a position like a president at a New Year's
reception, and shook hands with the tribe one at a time. The old
chief came first, and Pa grasped his hand tight, and the
chief stood on his toes and his knees knocked together, his teeth
chattered, and he danced a cancan while Pa held on to his hand and
squeezed, but he finally let go and the chief wiped his hand on a
dog, and the dog got some of the electricity and ki yield to beat
the band. Then Pa shook hands with everybody, and they all went
through the same kind of performance, and were scared silly at the
supernatural power Pa seemed to have. The squaws seemed to get
more electricity than the buck Indians, 'cause Pa squeezed harder,
and the way they danced and cut up didoes would make you think
they had been drinking. Finally Pa touched them all with his magic
wand, and then they prepared a feast and celebrated their
engagement to go with the circus, and we packed up and got ready
to go to a cattle round up the next day at a ranch outside the