Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-26
NEW NEGRO MYTHS.
The Lore OF tho Georg y Coast as Int
preted by Colonel G.. G. .Jones, Jr.

The Lore OF the Georg Coast Inter-
Preted by Colonel G. G. Jones, Jr.
The interest which has been developed in
the negro myths and legends current in the
South has led Colonel G. G. Jones, Jr., to col
lect in book form a number of stories which
he has gathered from the negroes on the
Georgia coast, says the Atlanta Constitution.
There are sixty-one Of these stories, told
In the dialect of the coast-a dialect which,
IL is needless to say, Colonel Jones handles
with great skill and accuracy. Indeed, we
may say that ITS precision borders on tho
scientific. At first glance it seems TO be q
difficult dialect 10 read, but it is at once
simple and graphic. OF this picturesque
feature Colonel Jones makes the aptest use
possible, and his little volume is not only an
invaluable contribution 10 the comparative
study OF folk lore, but IL is also an interest
ing addition 70 our knowledge Of negro life
and character. The proof the pudding, how
ever, is in tho eating thereof Here is q
little story entitled
Bun ALLIgATUR An Bun MAsH-HEN.
Buh Alligator ncbber does trubble Buh
Mash-hen an EN- chillun. Enty, heap a time,
you sec Buh Mash-hcn duh ketch fiddler on
de ribber bank close by way Buh Alligator
duh feed, an Buh Alligator lick at um wild
en- tail, ner skade unit You huccum dist Ef
you dunsed lemme tell you.
One time Buh Alligator, him bin or eat
crab. Him bin hab one teet wuh hole in
um. Dat teet duh hut um berry bad. Buh
Alligator blan chaw up crab, shell an all
Wen er der eat them crab, one err claw
fastne in him rotten teet, un hut um so bad
en- max UNI boiler. En- can't do nuttne cept
open en- jaw an moan. Eth foot vent long
nough fun pick de claw out.
IEile - hin "A moan m aunar. Rffh Moah-
hen pass. Buh Alligator hail UNI an tell
um wuh happne, an mex UNI sensible how
bad do claw DUR hut um, an how Ell vent
hab de power fun git UNI out, an CHI bague
um fun pull de ting out wild en- bill Buh
Mash-hen yoddy um, but en- fade fuh trus
no head between Buh Alligator jaw. En-
spicion dat Bun Alligator gwine trick um,
an kill um an eat um, an en- tell Buh ALI
| gatur him too scheemy. But Buh Alligator
bin schway 10 Buh Mash-hen dat eh vent
guino trubble EN-, aud dat ef sh would blege
um an pick dc ting out, eh would be fren ter
UNI an eh family all dem life, an mex all
dem tarrup Alligator fren, too.
When Buh Mash-hen see Buh Alligator
duh hague 50 hard, an wen Ell fine out uh
bin der tell dc truth. ch TEX pity on um, en-
pet eh head in ch mout an eh pull out de
crab-claw, wuh fastne in eh tcet, wild Ell
RhAs Inv hdoN AtAAA 8AAAAAaAuA Oh AlAA
Buh Mash-hen heap or telIy. An eh mex all
Ell quantunce sensible er de big fabcr wuh
Buh Mash-hen bin done ter UNI
Buh Alligator him keep eh word. Ebber
senco Buh Mash.hen kin walk bout de mash
an dc ribber, an bull ncs, an ketch fiddler
an shrimp all roun Buh Alligator, an he
| yent try fun bodder um.
Dat dc way Buh Alligator an Buh Mash
hen come fur lib togcrruh LUX same family.
Here Is another story that is thoroughly
characteristic. IL is entitled
Bun LION Az Bun GOAT.
Buh Lion bin hunt, an Ell spy Buh Goat
duh leddoun topper big rock duh wuk eh
mout an der chaw. En- creep up fab ketch
UNI. Wen eh git close ter UNI eh notus um
good. Buh Goat keep on chaw. Buh Lion
try fun fine out wuh Buh Goat deh eat. En-
vent sec mettno nigh um cepting dc neltked
rock, wuh CHI duh leddoun on. Buh Lion
stonish. Eth wait topper Buh Goat. Buh
Goat keep on chaw, an chaw, an chaw. Buh
Lion cant make de ting out, an eh come
close an eh say: Hay Buh Goat, wuh
you duh eatl" Buh Goat scade wen Buh
Lion rise up befo um, but ch keep bole
heart, an Ell mex answer: "Me duh chaw
dis rock, an ef you don't leff, wen me done
long wild UNI, me gwne eat you" De big
wud sabc Buh Goat.