The Red Cloud chief., 1890-02-28


wiVh such swampy hanks. Bat ~ knew
~ wore going Into . swamp end wefe
~ afraid q H. 10th the girls helpe4
row The boats, for No wefO not CITY
loiks, you know, and Whey Asd always
lived 81 tho water. end werU - 0teooo
and useful - Q pois q 6eye.
IA lest ~ found . Aas plaee ~ .
tWolvo foot aeove highswater mark, 81
eiuest ooversA with haadsems tig tsees.
We were oil agrssd thst thee would suit
q. 90 thoso NJ stoppel. We nsAe .
ea1D q eAere sal 1ivel there II Ne
lAytmA Sut Ne wo0ea folks slopt -
~ teeS evesy night 81 noeo tAsn two
weeks. They leelasel they wofo ~
aSsNiA q snakes, but. nothing weulA u.
desc then - sleep o. shore Till ~ hal
. hOuse thsS would keep the snakes eat
'c3he Int tAinS was - gst . heuee =
Shelter "a sAA I ~ - worth - SvilA
~. Theso wao 10 NIL ~ ~ river
whsso ~ eealA buy boards a. ssft
NAon, ~ " Ting tAea hon Jsoksss.
vile o0Niaet w. current wAs cut q Ne
question. TIE eaiy thiAs ~ eoulA hsve
was Q lee-osbin, - thst ~ must Asvo
- ooea q pessitle. Ihaa never bulle .
io9.heues, bat ! ~ sees eeme, 81 ~
til ~ Otastod I teek Daias - oxemiao
80 81 ~ hsW % was builA Aftss w
wook6 Wesk fss myself ~ Ne boy eur
heuse Was done, chimney anA oil. I've
weels was . long time, you thiakS Not
whea yeu know What No he'd - 10.
ssrhsN fall saA wiatss ~ haA mere
tlne - - lay 0Aa NJ ever he'd Whore
q siaee, 1es thsse wss nothing - % u
~ swamp The Asst ysaS but girdls tseees
aNd - ovoSy tAiag wss new - 10 W %.
teyol % Ill ~ eeuld. We never kAoW
before WHIST fishing Was, though W
thought ~ did; bat hore oil w bed -
70 wSs 70 sit on ths river bAak ~ II
6vO minutes catch oil No wanted. TIE
asA were . grsst saving 70 The pork ~
ri, ed that fall aad wtater NJ killed .
eee1 nsay villa daoks. Tho girls gen.
orally ~ the ASKING end The boy and I
were d ether things.
I'VE could not expect 70 70 - work In
. new plaoe without making rome mis-
take, end Of course N made soDe.
That winter ~ gtsdled . great naay
trees, end about half y work was
thsewn away. We he'd not learned ~
70 tsll . eood tree from . bsd one. 4
agreat many Of the Cypress trees sre rot.
l'0en o the hesrt though they look oil
lfght outside. But zen cen generally
IA6Il . poer eHe when you know how.
There sre NEST always some light.
.eelereA spots On The bark Of . poos tsess
80 u yeu take . hardwood peg you ca
drive II Into the spot three or four
inches. A. ~ did not know tAis ~
RisdloA oil the trees we wanted that
Licked we'll. end when No aiterward cut
them . great many wcro rottsn q tke
heart end not good for sny thing. But
that was only . little labor lost and NJ
ihsA plenty Of trees girdled and KILLED 70
give ~ Q good Asst CROP
"Advonturesp Wa had some little oAol
% arsk but non Of much account till
ne spring after arrival. The a.
venture W he'd In tho spring, I suppose
was NOT . very dangerous one. but Il wai
tusp)essant at The t.mc. must tell yer
something about soinx Into the SWAMI
before yoa con understand how II hap
psnsd.
uTAess Il no tide o. The OokiawaAi
river, you understand. and the state o.
tie water depends entirely upon w
~snount Of rain that tallA This differ,
With The season Of the year. Ths mia
summer rains raise the water througl
August and September. and then II fall
agsls, and 10 genersliy low In OcNobet
LA y1~.>-AA. - n~~>-A>~ go H~>A
asy and February there u almost Away
rsiA enough 70 keep the water hi6l
through The winter and early spsing
:TAsa u tails agsin and u mostly low 4
April and May. end In Juns and July 1
% sonetinss - low that yeu esa 70 81
ever The swamp on foot 70 you dedg,
~ holes end ditohes.
''TAreugh Ne wlater ~ always wea
inte Ne swamp In the boAA Of ooarse
end girdlsd trees standing up In II w
were fortunate enough - IA . natura
canal. . sest o. mud cseek. ruaniae 10
several miles iato the swamp - Ne Oh
DeaiNs siAs Of Ne sivss irom Ne heuss
81 MI was Ne hosts Of Ill eur opcrs
taoas. You alwayp hsys - haye ~ out
~ u hat sort - DAT ths tiAbos - u
hvss. whess 10 y naAe iate RATA
there y not oae naturally u hes 70 b
msdA. for there 10 no possibls way 70 70
Ne timber ~ the river but % tioat It.
I'VE he'd gtrdlcA prstty much oil u
tsses 10 could wach from this nudd,
creek In Ma wiater. and carly In June
when the water was % low hat . larg
part Of the swamp vas almost dry, "
sst out 70 make = trip rome distanc
further than W. could 20 In tho hoaa I
. what kind os timbcr w had thor
There II always water In Tho canals
oven whom tho remainder Of the AVIAN
II dry. and ~ wont In ~ tar ~ ~
natural canal won't perhaps \ milo he's
from tho rivcr. and thca lcN tho bos
Anil want ahead an f,n,l. E~OetunAtx,1