Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-04-08
An IyyINCIBLE HAND.
How Five Jacks Happened to Beat Four
Aces-The Way They Play IL I'm the Creek


During the session of the United States
district grand jury, witness was called
before them named Scipio Choteau, half
breed Creek Indian and negro, bright,
sharp and intelligent He was the last
witness to be called before adjournment
that day After his examination some one
of the grand jury, who knew him, asked
| if he was the man who had four aces beat
/ en-.
He answered Eyes, sab; Use de man."
"Will you have any objection to telling
| ten
Use afeard it W i'll get men into trouble
if de Judge is willing appealing to the
foreman, !" / will tell it,"
! The Judge consented, then Scipio said
| Z" You see lives on the cattle trail from
Texas through the Creek country to Kan
sas, and was out in de road one day, and
/ meets gentleman ahead Of big drove
of cattle.
HE says, Old man do you live in dis
country?'
~ says, yes sah,'
"He says, It's mighty poor country
how,do you make a .liviin'?'
II says, Sab, It's putty good country;
we have plenty Of meat and bread, and l
makes good Twin a.
| HE sGys, old man do you ever play
keerds p
Il says, yes, sab does sometimes
He says, Would you have any objec-
tions to play little drawn
81 says, No sah.'
| $50 we gets off our horses along side de
road, and sat down, and l pulls out de
keerds. Well, in a short time beat de
gentleman out of sixty.two dollars and a
| half, and fought had him so l puts up
hand on him-for / is, if do say it my
self, a mighty smart hand at keerds-and
| l know'd he would hab tree jacks and |
would hab tree aces, and in de draw l
know'd he would get de oder jack and l
would get the oder ace. So he raises bit
and raises ON back, till at last put up all
de money had winned from de gentleman
| and all de change l had, and / know'd
had him. Well, in de draw de gent got de
oder jack and l got de oder ace. De gent
| wanted to bet but / claimed sight for de
money, and told him / had inwincible
hand dat couldn't be beat.
| "He says, Old man, dem is right good
britches you is got on; how much did dey
costn
| AZ saws, Yes, sab, dey cost me SlO.'
| HE says, Il puts up $40 agin DEM
| al says, Berry well, sab; but ] tells
you hab got inwincible hand,
| I" He put up de money, and l holds my
legs and he pulls off de britches and lays
them down.
"'Now, sah,' says l, told you hev
an inwincible hand what can't be beat.
rs got fo' aces.'
de gent says, Old man, did you ever
hear of five jacks beatin' four aces?'
| II says, rs heard it, sab, but rs never
seed it, and if you convince me OBJ it, de
moneys yourn.'
yell he sa Ssk lo 81 9Y6 down
clubs p
He lays down anoder keerd; amt dat
| de- jack OBJ spades o
90 Yes, sab, dat is de jack Oh spades
| He lays down anoder; amt dat de
| jack OBJ diamonds?'
go Yes, sab, dat is de jack Oh diamonds
He puts down annoder, and says,
amt dat de jack OBJ hearts
| Den he runs his hand in his bosom,
and pulls out great long pistol and points
| it at me, and says, amt dat jack haul"
Il says, yes, sah.'
| "Aad he says, Amt dat five jacks and
don't dat win the money!
And says, Yes, sab, dat is Jack Haul,
and dat is five jacks, and five jacks beats
an in inwiDcible hand
So he puts de money in his pocket and
| ties my bitches on hind OBJ his saddle
and tells me 10 scatter-and did.
You see, it sarved me right for
/ fought de man was green Missourian
when | put up de hand on him, but he
was an Arkansaw chap, and 1 finds dem
| mighty sharp, Judge"
The above is vouched by the foreman
and seveeal members of the grand jury
as a fact-every word of it.-Fort Smith
| (ArE.) Herald.