▁chief s , ▁" You ▁know ▁the ▁small po x . ▁List en : ▁I ▁am ▁the ▁small po x ▁chief . ▁In ▁this ▁bott le ▁I ▁have ▁it ▁conf ined . ▁All ▁I ▁have ▁to ▁do ▁is ▁to ▁pull ▁the ▁c ork , ▁send ▁it ▁forth ▁among ▁you , ▁and ▁you ▁are ▁dead ▁men . ▁But ▁this ▁is ▁for ▁my ▁enemies ▁and ▁not ▁my ▁friends ." ▁Like wise , ▁another ▁fur ▁tr ader ▁threatened ▁P aw ne e ▁Indians ▁that ▁if ▁they ▁didn ' t ▁agree ▁to ▁certain ▁conditions , ▁" he ▁would ▁let ▁the ▁small po x ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁bott le ▁and ▁destroy ▁them ." ▁ ▁The ▁Re ver end ▁Isaac ▁Mc Co y ▁was ▁quoted ▁in ▁his ▁History ▁of ▁Bapt ist ▁Indian ▁Miss ions ▁as ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁white ▁men ▁had ▁deliber ately ▁spread ▁small po x ▁among ▁the ▁Indians ▁of ▁the ▁south west , ▁including ▁the ▁P aw ne e ▁tribe , ▁and ▁the ▁hav oc ▁it ▁made ▁was ▁reported ▁to ▁General ▁Clark ▁and ▁the ▁Secretary ▁of ▁War . ▁Art ist ▁and ▁writer ▁George ▁Cat lin ▁observed ▁that ▁Native ▁Americans ▁were ▁also ▁susp icious ▁of ▁v acc ination , ▁" They ▁see ▁white ▁men ▁ur ging ▁the ▁operation ▁so ▁earnest ly ▁they ▁decide ▁that ▁it ▁must ▁be ▁some ▁new ▁mode ▁or ▁trick ▁of ▁the ▁pale ▁face ▁by ▁which ▁they ▁hope ▁to ▁gain ▁some ▁new ▁advantage ▁over ▁them ." ▁So ▁great ▁was ▁the ▁dist rust ▁of ▁the ▁sett lers ▁that ▁the ▁Mand an ▁chief ▁Four ▁B ears ▁den ounced