The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-17

said Bill. HE wuz Cher'kee %Injun, an he
know all bout it, kaze he say de lniuns wuz
here long time TO de white folks wuz, let
lone dc niggers.
well, one time dey wuz q great big food.
Hit rain so hard an it rained SO long dat it
fair kiyverad de face er de yeth. Dey wuz
lots mo- water dan what dey is in our kind
er freshets, an it got SO after while dat de
folks had ter find some place whar dey kin
stay, kaze eff dey don't dey all be drowned,
dem an de creeturs too.
well, one day de big Injun man call dem
all up, an say dey got ter move. So dey
took der cloze an der pots an der pans IN
foller long after de big Injun. an
de creeturs dey come long too. Dey
march an dey march, an bimeby dey
come whar deg wuz a big hole in dc Rroun'.
Dey march in an de big Iniun he stay be-
leak n. 'Twant long 10 dey know dey
wuz in de middle er de worl an dey had
plenty room. Dey built der fires an cook
der vittles des same as if dey'd a been on
top er de ground.
''Dey stayed in dar I dunner how long,
an bimeby dey got tired or stayin' in dar,
an dey want ter come ont. Some un UNI
vent off ter aunt fer de hole whar dey come
in at, but dey can't fine it, an den dey say
dey skeered dey amt never gwine ter git
out. But de big 1njun say doy plenty toim,
kaze fo' dey go out dey got ter know whed-
der de rain done stop. He say Of de smoke
kin git out dey kin git out. Den dey ak i'm
say he gwine sem some er de %creeters fer
fine dc hole whar de smoke go out, an see
bout de rain.
'Den de big Injun he went off by hisse'f
an study an study how he gwine fine de
hole whar de smoke 90 out. He sent de
de coon can't fine it. He sent de rabbit
de rabbit can't fine it. Den he went of
by hisse'f an study some mo-, an bout dat
time de buzzud come long an he AK de big
Injun tell de buZzud bout i'm tryin' ter fine
de hole whar de smoke went fru. De buzz
zud he low dat him an his ole 'oman kin
fine it, an den de big 1njun tuck an sent
UNI off.
"Dey ruiz up, de buzzuds did, an fewed
dc way de smoke went. Dey flewd up an
dey flewd down, an dey flewd all 'roun' an
'roun', but dey amt seed no hole whar de
smoke go out at. Den dey come back, an
dis make de big Injnn feel mo lonesomel
dan befo'. He study an he study UNI
bimeby he sent UNI out agin, an tole I'M
! ter 90 high ez dey kin an spy out de hole.
$50 dey riz m f1ewd up agin, an dis
time dey fiewd right agin the top er de
! yeth, up an down an 'roun' mn roun'. II
bin rainin' so long dat de crust or de yeth
when dev struck agin it dey made del
point. Bimeby, de ole man buzzud. he got
mad, an he sail 'foun' twel he he git a
good start, an den he pillow right long
| agin do roof. De ole oman buZZud, she
done de same, an bimeby dey fine de hole
whar dc smoke went out. Dey peeped out,
dey did, an dey seed dat dc rain done stop
but it monstous damp outside.
"Den dey went back an dc big Injun fee
mighty good case dey don fine de hole
After so long n time he gun de word, m
dey all marched out fun de inside dc yeti
and went back ter whar dey ulster live. Il
TUX um Il mighty long time tor line De place
kaze when dey went way de land wuz level
but when dey come back, hit wuz full er hills
an mountains dat look like grent big bunlps
an long ridges. Dey AK dey se'f how
come dis. an dey study an study. Bime.
de point he lef' when him an his ole
'oman wuz a-fyin 'roun' tryin' fer fine d.
hole whar de smoke went out. De gronn
wuz soft, an eve'y time de buz2nds 'ud fl,
agin it dey'd make bills an mountains. Da1
what my daddy say said Injun Bill decis-
lively. HE wuz Injun man, an ho oughtel
know eff anybody do"
what did / toll yon," exclaimed Mr.
Wimberly, who, up to this time, had snit
| nothing. mix Iniun VII niger an the,
hain't no kind or rigamarole they won't git
up."
They all agreed. however, that Inju,
Bills story was amusing, and after a while
Mink said:
II speck Marse John dar mought mntct
dat tale Of he wuz ter try right hard"
Mr.. Pruitt turned his pocket inside GU
to get some tobacco crumbs for his pipe.
lro DE CONTINUED.
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