River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-06-08


She asked me 70 Say Yes, ! would
have done anything for ner. said ]
was willing % lOin them, whereupon
the women folks began to chant some
verses, and several girls ran up 70 me
and kissed me. This afterwafd
learned to be a trick or trap laid out
by the old folks TO catch me. Then /
was told 10 lurcl down on the palms,
did so. Mr.. Mucll stood mp and told
me TO repeat after him the words that
he read ont don & remember them
exactly as he read them on said them
| 10 me. fonly know that 10 was fear
full, terrible, binding oath ! solemn
ly sWore that would always be with
and live for the people that ! had
chosen for my future companions.
sWOrc never 10 desert them, never 10
reveal their secrets, never 90 complain;
GO be satisfied nj all times and under
All circumstances and always 10 do all
in my power f1r the good Of those
around me sWOrp hy the stars and
number Ut other signs Then ! was
welcomed my hands were shaken al
around, they had more music, the fire
was relighted. and We bad merry
time
'Ihu how / was made a gypsy.
When | got 10 the tent my head was
Eallm daze could not sleep, az !
more fully realized what / had done.
Afterwrd found ont that my mis-.
givings were well grounded. IheneXt
day WAS grlia1Ay let into the secret
Of berNnEa il ia done BY the 'daught.
crs Of tite forest t8 they sometlmes
/ call thpn5elves taf tWo ddys had
20 listen t. The old woman giving me
instructions ln tutbtne-tcliing fot
| the FIRST gel-m I was only ~ tell tor
times ion Young Riils was 10 Judge
them aud ja} most about love subjects
Attefward / was allowed "a tell any
body II | cOald lay my hands on any
thing worth having , could DO 30. but
u was n0bOdy's business where | got
| ~ was never asked where got
thing ! u4s pleased with the idea
Of telling fortunes was dressed
ia bright tgl colon which Weie 4
strong contrast b. my dark skin al
was H0p Ia han hanging down ANA
q string III big yellow beads hung
around m neck / had bracelet
made df snake skin ana | was care
fui 70 irr everybody see 1t got along
wei az t0itune.telling / picked up
fast, ana before the first season closed
/ knew nov u read human nature
very we'll, aud could read character
t0lerablg Twin not say much about
Stealing for / am ashamed some Of
our wagons had false bottoms SD th1t
whenever the camp was searched
nothing could Be found n the OH
GERS came they WGie given tuil priv.
.ege 10 search all around. ana Ia this
way they were led to believe many
times that we were really innocent
There i 10 tluth in toftuHetellng
" % said just What cane into Cm minds
lone time 4 Young man In Iennes
see came - rae ana told me 10 70 10
certain l0ust ana induce q young girl
10 have ner fortune told. lie talt me
what 10 say lie was IN love with
and wanted To- marry htr / under
stood him and carried out my part
very well | sung her a song about
the young lover, and the beautiful
girl gotta white as snow, then red,
and then gave me So. Sho could well
afford it, got SO from the man.
lie had been discarded, but before we
left the place, MufreesbOTo, | think 1t
was, ! saw the pair out driving. It's
All trickefy with those bands that are
not regular blooded foreigners They
are mighty few in America, | tell Won.
] fell in love with the life. II was ro-
mantle, if it was bad | was paid we'll
for my labor, and | became very
healthy. We travelled all around the
west and wintered III Texas. I got
the chills in Red river country. hi the
winter we practised new lodges.
AT last became tired OF the life.
| was abused several times because
was in hard luck. / also wanted TO
keep up my appearance, which made
some Of the other women jealous
They commenced 10 spread evil reports
about me. and said that / was guilty
OF committing crime that | had fought
hard tn orerCCsue and escape, Bust.
ness got bad, and al ms money Was
either lost OF stolen from the wagon.
tOae night last summer | deter.
mined 10 leave. ! mounted q fast run
ming horse, but before ! got three
miles toward Cumberland, Md, / was
Oyertaken by one of the young men.
Then they wanted me 20 vet married
Right on wrong ! must become the
wife ot the oldest sou of "a gypsy horse
doctor. They thought that would keep
me with them. They told me of ms
oath, and at last / promised not To run
away If they would not make me mar
~ that man They consented, and
| last winter we went down 90 Georgia.
and Wintered there But firmly made
| NJ ms mind tO get away this spring
| just as soon as they came north !
WAS tired of being held i'm bondage
All my life seemed 20 BE- fraud We
1 did nothing but lie. cheat deceive aud
lead astray During my trsttwo years
7 ! saw two Young women taken into
gypsy hlt " here they are now
can't SAY fut then bands separated
/ from ou last season pltled them
I hut sand not q word The men are MS
I bad AS the women They buy up old
horses AID then iiS ~ doctor them "a
3yll ut trade Farmers ate them sic.
TIM they are lWludlcd and plum
I drtrd IN many WAYS But Rpales
|nttu huu barns lh,N think a.,
much ~ horse, AZ Ia bum down
hiHA don think they'd SET brr d
anything That BIS one 90 the few N
/ then good points
"a made many q dalllI ma diahou
r-t NIt, and ID /, ua wonder that laat
every penny had lualrltd is tal
north al Maine, down through Casadt
through the west as tur i- Minnesota
down through the Indian country ~
Mexico ahd thence tAIough the cult
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