The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-09-29
,Copyrigbt. Isae. by The Author ]

prising youngster how to fashion
them into arrows. The outfit was
crude and clumsy enough, but it
was used with such unexpected
effect that the old man was com
PEELED to interfere.
II lay ef Miss Sally see you
gwine on dis away, she'll put dat ar
bow behine de chimbley en- she'll
Toxic dem ar arrers en- war UNI out
on you. / boun' / amt gwine ter
fix you up no mo eontraptions eff
dat de way you acknowledgements
de cats, en- de chickens en- de Lord
knows what "
well, Uncle Remus, said the
little boy quite seriously, don I you
see | am wild Indianf'
He had half dozen feathers stuck
in the band of his nat. The ole ne
gro looked at the child and smiled in
spite OF his efforts to assume an air
of severity.
What kinder Injunssis dem, he
asked, "what goes a pursuin' arter
chickensi Eff you err hunt.n' war,
das 90 up yander whar dat ar Dom
thicker hen got de young chickens /;
go up dar en- 'stnrb 'er, en- eff she
don't make you squat de fust letter
er my name amt ole man Remus.
Dey wuz man one time what had
a bow en- arrers dat done i'm some
good, but dat time dun gone by. E"
"Tell me aboutit, Uncle Remus, =
said the little boy.
"Oh, you amt got time fer dat, y
responded the old man. "You er
lots too busy. Go on en- pursue arter
de chickens en- den arter de cats.
Go on eff you don't make 'aste
dey'l git away, en- den de Injun
man Il halter 90 widout his dinner.
GO on, Injun ="
But the little boy put down his
bow and arrows and remained, and
after awhile Uncle Remus told him
the story.
"Wel, sub, one time dey wuz a
man en- he i've close by great big
woods. Dey amt no woods round
here big es what dat woods WIZ.
Git on swift boss en- gallop m
sew m days en- sew m nights en- you 1
20 ez fur ez de woods wus wide.
Git on de same boss en- gallop i'm
under whip and spur lev m days en-
lev m nights, en- you'd go ez fur ez
de woods wuz long. De woods wuz
full en- horned creeturs, en- in about
all IN UNI wuz cattle. Dey mought
or been some deer 'mongst um, but
de big run un UNI wuz horned cattle.
Dey roamed 'roun' in de woods,
crappin' de grass en- cuttin' up der
eapers. Dey amt had no trouble
bout nothin' 'ceppin what de man
brung um.
Now, dish yer man, he hunt de
cattle fer der hide en- tallow. He
had bow en- arrer en- he had two
big dogs, en- de cattle what scape
fun mis- bow en- arrer he'd ketch wild
his dogs. Dey want no common
run er dogs-dey wuz big ez a good
size calf, Ell dey wuz mo servigous
dan a painter. Dey worried de
horned ereeturs constant. One un
um wuz name"
"Minny- Minny Morack :" ex-
claimed the little boy, land the
other was named Follamaliaska."
Lord a mussy, honey" ex-
GAINED Uncle Remus, pretending TO
be astonished, ''who tole you DAFT"
Don't you know you told me
about the little boy in the tree that
called his dogs to kill the leopard
womanfH
The old negro threw his head
back and laughed. After while he
went on.
We'll, sub, dat little boy what /
been tell you bout he crowd up,
en- come ter be a hunter, en- dem
two dogs, dey crowd long wild i'm,
en- dey got wuss dan they wuz when
they KILT de 'oman-lots wuss. So
he hunt de cattle en- de dogs kill UNI
sean 'lous.
at went on dat away twel bime-
by de cattle helt a meetin' fer ter
git up some kinder plan ter make
way Wild De man. De onliest way
dey kin do is ter fix it so dey Kin
ketch De man By hisse'f. Dey study
en- study, but dey dunner how dey
gwine ter fetch dat about De dogs
wuz in de way. ZEE dey kin at de
man By bisse'f dey kin run in on
i'm en- hook i'm inter jiblets, but eff
de dogs long wild i'm, den dey GIT
KILT deyse'f. So dey study en- study
"Bimeby a nice young COW, white
e. snow, say she gwine ter try a
trick. She low she gwine ter
change inter young oman en-
keten de eye er de man en- make i'm
marry 'er. Den she say she'l swade
i'm ter stay home long eE she kin en-
when she can't swade i'm no longer,
den she'l Il take en- tie de dogs 50 dey
can I 90 long wild i'm when be 20