The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-21
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wild honey; whereupon he'd have
food and raiment for a month. He
had great skill and mechanical inge-
nuity; and though of slight frame,
his strength was enormous, and bis
endurance eternal. He could row q
boat all day without stopping. He
could climb over rocks and mountains
for q week with a pack on his back
that I couldn't lift with a pair of
horses. He'd be in the water for
twelve hours without Inconvenience.
He was modest, good-natured, always
ready to do anything, and was amaz-
ingly tickled to hear us talk and joke.
He confined himself principally to
gin. In the few days he was with us
he became very fond of us, and when
we parted, he rugged sail out of my
shawl with which we rowed comfOrta-
bly, against a head wind for seven
miles.
He was fond of wood sports. When
we had finished fishing and it grew
dark. we went ashore to where he had
rugged our tent. He had cut a small
quantity of hemlock boughs, with
which he covered the floor of our
tent about six inches deep; over
which he spread his camp blankets,
and made couch softer than downy
pillows are. He had also a huge log
fire, and we made preparation to cook
supper. Imprimis, skillet is indis-
pensable in the woods. 1t is converti-
BILE to many uses and purposes; you
can bail a boat with it splendidly !;
wash your face with it; boil water
and make tea. and wash the dishes !;
bake bread fry potatoes, pork and
trout, and feed the dogs with it after
supper.
So we got out the skillet, cleaned a
lot Of trout, cut the slices of pork,
1--WE had brought piece of pork, and
a bag containing bread and dough-
nuts; to be sure they had been in the
bottom of the boat, and all got soaked,
but that made no diference) and the
pork Kissed, and we turned the
trout with a wooden spoon and put
salt on them, and then the trout
Kissed once in a while one would
drop into the fire, and if the dog
wasn't watching, and you were quick,
you could get it again. But / had a
big fight over one great fellow that
rtunbled out Of the pan / got him by
the head and the dog got him by the
tail, and it was nip and tuck, pull
Dick, pull devil; the dog q little
ahead, for the fish broke in two, and
got more'n half; but he subsequently
cohked on the backbone, at which I
was rejoiced.3 We rang the bell for
tea., The guide made some torches of
birch.bark, and stuck them up around,
and we had an illuminated banquet
hall. We spread our viands on an
other piece of birch bark; each
fellow took a forked stick, and then
and there we fed. We then
cleared away the table and
washed the dishes by throwing the
birch bark into the fire and leaving
the skillet to the dogs. a--a ao..H
We then held q council of war, and
concluded to cross-examine a bot
tie Of gin. Gin has its
use in the woods; but we
were without water, and had nothing
but those leathern drinking cups,
holding about a gill. Here was a
difficulty at once, for to be under the
necessity of going down to the stream
every time you wanted a drink, was
not to be thought of; besides, We
might be thirsty in the night. But
our guide solved the problem. He
took that immortal ak and went of
into the woods, and came back in a
minute with some large sheets Of birch
bark-birch-bark is also q wonderful
invention; 80 he sat down to make a
birch-bark bucket. l don't know how
it's done; N does, and he showed
me two or three times but for the
life of me | couldn't see through it.
About these things Pm thick about
the head. It is somehow thus: you
take q large, square sheet of birch
bark and some wooden pins; you
turn up one end Of the bark and
stick in a pin; you then turn up the
side and fasten it to the end; you
double the ends together and fasten
them with these pins; turn it up all
around, 80 the water won't run out
fasten it, and there's your bucket;
it is q very simple continuance. and
eminently practical. He got one
completed, and found q knot hole in
the bottom, but finally made one
that held about three quarts; 80 We
filled it, placed it beside the tent and
began those experiments with the gin,
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