The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-15
(. WESTERN FOLK LORE.
ETYMOLO6Y, GRAMMAR AND lOlOMs
"A OF The "HOOSleR LANGUAGE
Educated Indiana Makes Poetic Material
Of Her Early Espcricnce Stories, Leg
ends and Noted Places on the Wabash.
Eources of the Uco.icr Phrases.

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scl.ed. AMI u, r1, bow sly ultU truth lni
bride that Indiana has fey native iiltera.e-
Iyt tbere ,y.... ....t deal OF fua m the old
tiruos ond tl, odd rays. whcn every vicinity
hal its,lJ ia..i talk. every wild hollow its
appropri1to r.o.d and every yillac. its re
markable and crt.i,ric caara,. lu those
DAYS 1881 oi.IJ. 1T MS sayi. j. vas "a com
mon thing forall one side If q county % be
an the bac.uoods state. while tho other was
fairly advanced Ia my native county. for
instance all the townships bordering on the
Wabasl were cut iiv deep and often rocky
hollows. and the .efarate sections and nam
kts thus married. II we're popularity known,
Half Acre, "The Barrcns "a sandy ridge.
"Sand Town. "Duzzard Roost, Arabia
-Necca. South laccoon' and 'Silas Bow
tYs' Den" IN those days tie Traveller VINO
went "up tie river ROAD from Terrc llan;e
with wc Informed native lad every sage
sgend-fact ard fiction delightfully."- mi@ed.
Here, first. was Fort HARRISON pf~'fle' ""ete
Col Zachary iayl1r whipped 10. lNJuN,'
next, tine s-nd NH whcre DulcA JAM 'H'
murdered pedait.' was DHr'eI' "la neN' l"o
raviuc whore The II Bowers gang was sup
poscd 10 co.looei ..oltu horses & lf.Is lgf.
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and rcal. f3c Dl..aav tona. whore Tie last
W., ,iiap,, I.l.s,s liurrreltIlls5 N0t|
for .lo,o v.a. ..I1orr,,oy,. Crossing" wncro
the army fr4jai te wabash. ard not far
eL,.v. l., the ve-,nl,oa crock which ,ge all
orniv b.i.or,l u.. s., rer.,l llciis, Tie
biooj .f Ird,ars. .i,r.ste al i.,a ...s.lt bat
tic thor, ca,,r.d .,,, un.cr. A.ofte, lap
non. in ,.,,tloIo-. the name cave ris,t q t.e|
Ss,en5 c'r.r c~.cl. was really named for
tLe s,.t rel Rel f,und ia II, lau.s. with
xbich tine Indians used 10 Daiat tAcm.elYes.
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got ~ an tA'rAl"'H WAY "aiift AN hp"9.e'
oftal.iuo part ID O. rlossa.fc ilI NIicl several
women and c.il.lre,i we're killed lie .a,s q
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ne soon alt'' De was sltl's Oh 'n'' i''"
fishing when bu.l-. firel 10y an unknown
man iu ti.e oppns.tc woods struck hIl in to
breoef AVID he went suGdcuiv L. his place
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orr,iin,itel ooo,l ,,a+ur, If fun and feas.iDa
mi me-. ,,',v.,.i., which the movers kent a
ut ~ inv, l., a,,..,,s in whitehall ioineI Not
,os,,o,k ~ "Cbic,v INV cbici,y. Inv crancy
crow, - 20 sister pbeb, how merry were
NO that u,rht ,,e sat uudor the iuniDrr ire, %
wi o,h,r scoo,no, 10 the whole countrv.
there were certain pieces relating to the war
at lSl9-.i, mostly broush; from Maryland
.,d Nircirio which have n0t heard IN any
either part Of America one, to which tho
bo,s "choosed partners Tor a march, ran
,onlewhat a. follows: