The ways history keeps repeating itself is fascinating. Donald
McKay's father, Thomas, was a famous explorer, trapper and trader.
Donald had a significant role in subduing the Indians in the Pacific Northwest. But, what do you do after the land is all explored and
mapped, and the natives are all subdued? You can always go in the entertainment business and sell snake-oil. There really is one born
every minute, if not faster.
"There was a time, in the late 1800s, when one of the most popular
medicines in the country was a product painstakingly brewed by members
of the Warm Springs Indian tribe of Central Oregon, using natural
ingredients harvested from the beautiful virgin forests and fruitful
plains of their home hunting grounds.
Or so the manufacturers of ?KA-TON-KA, The Great Indian Medicine? would
have their customers believe.
?The ingredients of Ka-Ton-Ka are all gathered by the Warm Springs
Indians in Oregon and Washington Territory,? exults Page 5 of ?The Warm Springs Indians and their Medicine,? a 36-page booklet published by the company in the late 1880s. ?They prepare them in their own peculiar
manner; and no druggist can duplicate that simple Indian preparation.?
No specifics are offered about those ingredients, of course; but each
bottle of Ka-Ton-Ka gives full details about what kind of benefits one
can expect from regularly taking Ka-Ton-Ka: ?A cure for all blood
diseases, stomach and liver difficulties!? it shouts. ?Such as ?
Dyspepsia; Biliousness; Syphilis; Scrofula; Salt Rheum; Erysipelas;
Catarrh; Liver Complaint; Rheumatism; Enlargmement of the Liver; and
Diseases of the Kidneys!?
In article <aNWnN.39970$Vrtf.6357@fx39.iad>, redydog@rye.net says...
Technobarbarian wrote:
The ways history keeps repeating itself is fascinating. Donald
McKay's father, Thomas, was a famous explorer, trapper and trader.
Donald had a significant role in subduing the Indians in the Pacific
Northwest. But, what do you do after the land is all explored and
mapped, and the natives are all subdued? You can always go in the
entertainment business and sell snake-oil. There really is one born
every minute, if not faster.
"There was a time, in the late 1800s, when one of the most popular
medicines in the country was a product painstakingly brewed by members
of the Warm Springs Indian tribe of Central Oregon, using natural
ingredients harvested from the beautiful virgin forests and fruitful
plains of their home hunting grounds.
Or so the manufacturers of ?KA-TON-KA, The Great Indian Medicine? would
have their customers believe.
?The ingredients of Ka-Ton-Ka are all gathered by the Warm Springs
Indians in Oregon and Washington Territory,? exults Page 5 of ?The Warm
Springs Indians and their Medicine,? a 36-page booklet published by the
company in the late 1880s. ?They prepare them in their own peculiar
manner; and no druggist can duplicate that simple Indian preparation.?
No specifics are offered about those ingredients, of course; but each
bottle of Ka-Ton-Ka gives full details about what kind of benefits one
can expect from regularly taking Ka-Ton-Ka: ?A cure for all blood
diseases, stomach and liver difficulties!? it shouts. ?Such as ?
Dyspepsia; Biliousness; Syphilis; Scrofula; Salt Rheum; Erysipelas;
Catarrh; Liver Complaint; Rheumatism; Enlargmement of the Liver; and
Diseases of the Kidneys!?
If the stuff actually works, we ought to force feed it to all the
scrofulous people on the streets, in prison, and in government.
It works wonderfully. It did exactly what it was designed to do. It seperated people from their money paninlessly. One of the reports I read
said that when the "colonel", who founded the Oregon Indiand Medicine Company, got older and his joints got creaky, people asked him why he
didn't use Ka-Ton-Ka. He told them that stuff wasn't for drinking. It
was for selling.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
BTW, in all the talk about snake-oil I forgot to mention that when
he got sick, instead of snake-oil, #45 headed straight to the best that modern "main-stream" medicine had to offer, and he seriously needed it.
"What have you got to lose?" lol
TB
On 1/11/2024 12:20 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
In article <aNWnN.39970$Vrtf.6357@fx39.iad>, redydog@rye.net says...
Technobarbarian wrote:
The ways history keeps repeating itself is fascinating. Donald >>>> McKay's father, Thomas, was a famous explorer, trapper and trader.
Donald had a significant role in subduing the Indians in the Pacific
Northwest. But, what do you do after the land is all explored and
mapped, and the natives are all subdued? You can always go in the
entertainment business and sell snake-oil. There really is one born
every minute, if not faster.
"There was a time, in the late 1800s, when one of the most popular
medicines in the country was a product painstakingly brewed by
members
of the Warm Springs Indian tribe of Central Oregon, using natural
ingredients harvested from the beautiful virgin forests and fruitful
plains of their home hunting grounds.
Or so the manufacturers of ?KA-TON-KA, The Great Indian Medicine?
would
have their customers believe.
?The ingredients of Ka-Ton-Ka are all gathered by the Warm Springs
Indians in Oregon and Washington Territory,? exults Page 5 of ?The
Warm
Springs Indians and their Medicine,? a 36-page booklet published
by the
company in the late 1880s. ?They prepare them in their own peculiar
manner; and no druggist can duplicate that simple Indian
preparation.?
No specifics are offered about those ingredients, of course; but each
bottle of Ka-Ton-Ka gives full details about what kind of benefits
one
can expect from regularly taking Ka-Ton-Ka: ?A cure for all blood
diseases, stomach and liver difficulties!? it shouts. ?Such as ?
Dyspepsia; Biliousness; Syphilis; Scrofula; Salt Rheum; Erysipelas;
Catarrh; Liver Complaint; Rheumatism; Enlargmement of the Liver; and
Diseases of the Kidneys!?
If the stuff actually works, we ought to force feed it to all the
scrofulous people on the streets, in prison, and in government.
It works wonderfully. It did exactly what it was designed to
do. It
seperated people from their money paninlessly. One of the reports I
read
said that when the "colonel", who founded the Oregon Indiand Medicine
Company, got older and his joints got creaky, people asked him why he
didn't use Ka-Ton-Ka. He told them that stuff wasn't for drinking. It
was for selling.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
BTW, in all the talk about snake-oil I forgot to mention that
when
he got sick, instead of snake-oil, #45 headed straight to the best that
modern "main-stream" medicine had to offer, and he seriously needed it.
"What have you got to lose?" lol
TB
Isn't he the one who also got his covid shot in secret? HawHawHaw!
In article <Ut3oN.180839$7sbb.14938@fx16.iad>, redydog@rye.net says...
When the Walmart receipt checker asked me if I just got a covid shot,
I said, "No comment, Buster". He took my picture anyway, because he
saw blood dripping off my elbow.
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This means you have a record at Wally World now. Someone had to
clean up a bio-hazard and they're required to file an incident report,
in case there are any "complications" later on.
In article <yMgoN.181348$7sbb.178096@fx16.iad>, redydog@rye.net says...
Technobarbarian wrote:
In article <Ut3oN.180839$7sbb.14938@fx16.iad>, redydog@rye.net says...
When the Walmart receipt checker asked me if I just got a covid shot,
I said, "No comment, Buster". He took my picture anyway, because he
saw blood dripping off my elbow.
Download Mbps
934.64
Upload Mbps
513.43
Ping ms 11
This means you have a record at Wally World now. Someone had to
clean up a bio-hazard and they're required to file an incident report,
in case there are any "complications" later on.
I know. It literally sucks. Some Democrat will probably get infected
with my blood, become a Republican, and then the DOJ will throw
election interference spaghetti at me.
That is likely to be your best case scenario, depending on what you were: thinking, doing or saying at that time. Think about it. What if
you were shouting something about Jewish people or "towel heads"? At
best you could be charged with a hate crime. Maybe even domestic
terrorism. Now that you have a record I would suggest that you watch
what you say when you go to Wally World.
I seldom go to Walmart these days. I just have them deliver stuff.
It feels a little like people are coming to my door and leaving
offerings at a small minor temple. They always send me pictures of what
they left. We have a big snow storm scheduled for tomorrow. The soonest
I can get anything delivered from them right now is next Wednesday,
after the storm is over and temperatures have returned to normal.
TB
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