The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23
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Chronicles of the Valley.


Now in tic fourth year Of the great ;rebcl:
lion; when abraham was again chosen to rule
over the people Of Cncnllsslii', and. jeff still
led IN, SOFAS Of Bcla in their vain attempt to
overthrow the temple Of liberty. George, the
valiant, was captain over the tribe Of Yves,
Virginia. and..Tohi Aitcl,, the yiGilcnt. lcdthe
hosts Of the kanawlia and the region round
about, it came to pass that Hawkins the
hi,ti,e, who. afore;imc, had gone forth with
the valiant men Of UnculpSalm, to do battle
against the sons Of Bclial, and to judge them
and their numerous sympathisers who to
this day arc still'lurkins around in the coun-
try Of UnculpSalm, WAS his servant. .
But among the elders was one whose name
is Edoubleyou, whose surname is Sleepy. wh",
aforc,ime, WAS 4 valiant man to do the bid
din. Of the aristocr,ccr, anil went forth before
thcm to blow their trumpetS ana their
wllan.-,loodcs. to aSt"nisll the people called
mud -sil<, with the mighty dce,l> Of the aris.
tocracee. And the same Edoubteyou had be-
come great in the land inSomnri,. that the
Judges and the great captains Of Cnculp>alm
paid great heed to what he said in favor Of the
ariStCcirccr who were taken in battle among
the sons OF Bcl:al, or who like the pru'!iSai
son. returned with rags. wcaricd with. eating
the h,,SkS Of the great rebellion. But
EMouLlrvou. who was himself from among
the people called mud-SillS, Of the ttllc called
Wooden Nutmeg, became pulled up and vain,
and would fam lord it over the hcritageS %.
the people, upset their conventions, and place
over the mrulcrS, who with their feet, >rurnc,s
the m,nl-<ill< Of the land, and whose garments
Smcllcd strongly Of the stink Of the rebellion.
But Hawkins, the .hittitc, who loved the
people called mwl-sil$, because they arc
honest and true to CnculpSalm, and were
not puffId. and did not take the labor Of their
fellows for nausht, or spend their days and
nights in riotouS living, and in expressing and
abuSin: tho n b. called Eth,op an-and at the
same time collabtins with them, Us did the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Iiliscnt in collecting the
property Of Cnculp<alm and, putting it into
the treasury, and i'll bringing to justice the
SrmpathiSerS with treason, and would not
COW down to Elouhltyou nor his friends
anon. the ar:Stocr,ccc, to Ito them reverence.
This greatly I;Sprascd Elou'lcy"u, and
with rage he went forth t" blow his whans-
doodle, and proclaimed aloud, in the hearing
Of all the people, Set We Hawkins the hit
titc, in the fore front OF the hottest battle, and
retire from him tina, he may he Smittcn and
die Behold, is he not fat and hearty, hr
walks we'll anil rides well, why should he not
be slain ~ And i, was not done, but llaw-
kiu<, the hitti,c, still continued to be captain
over the prisoner
But Edouhlcyou went forth again the
second ami the third timt, and blew furious
blasts upon his old whans- do,sllc, cuinl.:I!r!-
iug this thin. to i,e done, ;lS Hawkins WAS
greatly in his way AMI annoyed him very
much, for daily aS he passed ont Of the gate
of the ariStucrslcrc. like Morlccai, hc refused
to bow down unto him and acknowledge his
greatness. His distress WAS So great tina, it
camr To the knowledge OF George, tho valiant,
who had great compassion on him, and forth
with commanded Hawkins, the hattie. to
take with him the wounded men and those
who had been SICK. and proceed to the re-
.sion of the country called the Shenandoah:
and Edoublcyou now dwcllcth in peace. o..
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