The Red Cloud chief., 1882-10-20

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I queer trade that hs~ can initiate ~ cFs
4 sn Old mother ~allgaissr ~ Aer seang
uacs la such p~STfectssa tAaf thSs sstt
conss running amer Am. tfiskias n.
sosoe Uss oi che es The i2zaa!f there
have bra times. iAoash. ~ssa fnnis
hx, called al,usssthsr ls snrSessfasly.
and has Lsi either the father og iAe
mother esEns as hin $40 Aasry al . De
e~e;iion prAc,ic~d that he hA. hal grv&i
i~ifaeusi, in getting aat of the say
qaicAly csossgh
You must kn.w thai large alligator
either alive or stuffed. aFv psrrbasri b.
Ihos. Who make . hnssncss oi eshlbsttas
-urosiuss. NJ pFtvs Tznglng frsaa tea
la hny dollars for the I've ones, and
about bali ihs, sun for tho~ thai have
hcen made "a hook alive by Tho iaNt
d~-rrassl loang oa-. arr h-ostghi By
the visitors 10 tksrida IA are the rsgs.
and the demand faE almost everything
pertaining Ia the all gsior IL So greai
that jimmie Otter earns ~ mura a.
tscaiy dollars IN = wees. sni sers ssi-
dsm less than I've Whsn nsiibcr be
nor h.. father ian catsh q gator -
thcy arr called ia Florida alive. thsv
Kill him. and IL no one wahts snch .
spec mcn Ia siaS. they seli Tho teeth.
which arc IL pure ivory. D. he made
inio lceclry. esnr or umbrella heals.
sni even periupe-hotilrs The rkin .
.old u he made into leather. the fssh
h. sometimes. used for food. bat more
often the ctl - t-,ici oat at a. slncc H
IL highly priced by iho~e Who
need the finest quality of
~IBircsiorx. The lsncs are The
only things about IN alligator that are
thrown away. AMI in case of very large
OF fine specimens these are utilized by
beng wir~i together and the skelc,1n
.,ld Ia museums
Then there arr the Eggs. which Jimra,.
hal rather get than the young 'galors
themselves. bceaus. hs can hatch the
Young ones cat and not hayr the iruai.
bile of es;chlAZ the sqairning little
things Thea run s.ry fast even on the
Hfs, dan tkey come into the world
When an old alligator = sboai Ia lay
eggs she selects snuae nlca. quiet place
on the bank Of = strram where shs
thinks no one will com io disturb her.
and 'hrn she t~-ais TIE ground down
hard with her tail untll sh. has made =
smooth floor ~ largo around a. the tot.
of n hogxhcai Dn this place she ia,s
ftom thirty O. forty egy aud csters
them with dried grass aud mud un'ii
she has formed q little round bat
The outside 20 his che covers with eiav.
which dries perfectly Air-tight Of
courS. she can sat on the rg-s her
sclf. ~ n hen does. for th-y are osiy
about a- large as n gro@e-egg. although
more 81 an oblong shape. sud she would
crush them. but alter she ha. built this
hut she knows the sun will do all the
rcst 81 the work. She watches the y ACE
very i.s.osisiy every one IL the iofts
days re iuircd 20 hath the Young ones,
and when che hears a queer LITTLE bark.
ing and snsrling. exactly ~ a l4 ot
puppies would make. shs know. The
babies have come out o, the shells sbs
then bite. shole through the side - III.
mud hat. and The little 'gssorr. oaly !
about ten inches l"ng. come seampeFfng !
out. running n stra yht foe tho water as
II they had been here htadfr.i. of times
before.
When Jimmie Dasi. can end one 81
these hui.. BIZ can take the eggs To some
other place WHERE thu nsothsr cannes
find them. and hatch them cot jusi as
vel as she can lie then has ths souag
ones where he n get them whenases
he IL ready TO srll them. AMI such ~ The
eggs as do nos hare any hai~ gators in
them lac can sell ss the rate o. hfsy cents
per dossn
Thcrrforc when he is GU; hun,ssS in
the spring of the year. whi h 10 the TINE
the odd alligator builds her nest. he
watches carefully for any sign. 81 ihe
little mud hut. and after he has found
IT, he hides sine = hers near Go wzs
until The mo<her has gose for her
b~rcakfas. or dinner. when be rob- IN.
nest
Sometimes he finds . brooi of yoanx.
sters that have lsss cofn~ cat Of their
shells. and then he WORKS hard With q
stout dip-pei. trying 10 srcop them ous
Of the water and keep besond the r~.oh
Il the old gator tai At the same time.
for be knows IL she strikes him onow
with her long seaiy tail his boaes ~Ili
be broken. IL be IL not killed outright. !
"A fast IA be catches the young onss be
puts them in . bag. vh~r~ he keeps
them until he has enough 90 make tf
worth his while 20 20 90 town TO sell
them
Their 10 nas mach danger IN csschiny
young gator. 30 Ioag ~ une ks~ps cart
Of The esosbeTs var; hat Sh~n JIfnnis
and his father start osi ~ csfeh . be-
felIo. aiire. fbea the SPORT B. both en-
citing ard dangerous. iastssx sosDessn.ss
t.o os three dsy.
Is 10 vey seldosn ts~y g~s an oppors
tn steal mp to oss add fSst~a q
rupe arsund hsn- sax tAst enn oafy be
doe vh~s tss 'xsssrisssi~~p TAewsy
her usually do Il - Ia bald . re<sizx
prn IN the sss~r near The bznk. Iezstny
! dos Jzss vide saarsxh sor the sIIs<sp
lcr 20 gsk IN Dsrersiy Va The osn-
'sr of fhis PA 10 . ssaks 90
which 10 led . pieces a bxsty-sD~I-
Inx n-s;-thzs % The bat ass tbe pen
d made osly 90 prevent ibs 'xsssx frum
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