When a trader came to one of the Indian hamlets the braves purchased a keg of rum and then they held a council to see who was to get drunk and who was to keep sober.

It was necessary to have some sober Indians in camp, otherwise the drunken braves would kill one another.

The weapons would have to be concealed.

When the Indians had finished one keg of rum they would buy another, and so on until not a beaver-skin was left.

Then the trader would move or when the Indians sobered up they would be much dejected, for invariably they would find that some had been wounded, others crippled, and often several had been killed.
Logan, using all his eloquence, travelled from village to village visiting the different tribes and making speeches.