The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.77)

0.5 jiggerapple whiskey base
0.5 ponyyellow chartreuse — Yellow Chartreusebase
0.5 jiggersweet vermouth — Italian vermouthmodifier
  1. Stir and serve cold.

Some think it was named for a group of Indians.

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