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sugar but he shook his head and would not have any of them we then tried money offered him fifty cents no: ? at last he got his rifle made signs of ramming down a bullet we then understood that it was lead that he wanted we gave him a bar of lead about half a pound for half an antelope and he seemed highly satisfied. After that we done a very foolish thing and it gave us the greatest uneasiness during the whole night he acted so very clever about giving us the liver that as the liquor was passing around we thought we ought to treat him we gave him a pretty good mix of whiskey and I never was so astonished it acted upon him like poison in five minutes he was dreadful sick, he lay down on the ground and rolled over the sweat stood in big beads on his face and bare arms. he had on a white cotton shirt that some traveller had given him and he felt mighty proud of it. I got scared I thought the fellow might die, and if so his tribe would think we had poisoned him and have revenge out of us I got a pail of water and poured it on his head and wrists that made him feel a great deal better, we done all we could for him while we were all busy doctering him another Indian rode over I suppose they had seen him coming and were uneasy at his delay they spoke together a few minutes when the new comer turned round towards us with a smile and asked for "whiskey" we shook our heads pointed to the fellow laying on the ground and told him as well as we could by signs that it would make him sick that had no effect on him he seemed quite anxious to be in the same state and said very coaxingly "me sick too." But we would not give him any and in a short time he rode back furiously to the village, we now saw the mistake we had made if the Indians once get the taste of whiskey they will risk anything to get plenty of it.