moccasin telegraph

Moccasin Telegraph, (1983, short stories)

'The Taco Telegraph,' Danny said, and chuckled, because people were always saying Indians got word of things by the Moccasin Telegraph."

Davoud flew I IBC executives on their first aerial inspection tour in the summer of 1940, much to the unwelcome surprise of local store managers, used to getting warnings of visits by Company brass via the staff moccasin telegraph.

In a lighter vein, THE MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH: And Other Indian Tales, by W. P. Kinsella (Nonpareil/Godine, $12.95), presents the denizens of a Canadian reservation where ingenuity often takes a humorous turn.