The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-23
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| Sunshine set to music;
| IT'S the sparrow's song.
| Lucy Larcom.
| Jackabeck.
Along time ago there lived little
Indian boy, whose name, as near as
we can pronounce it, was Jackabeck
He was Il very little fellow. for he never
| grew after he was years old; but he
was very brave and very strong. 1t was
some time before he found out his great
| strength and the discovery was made in
| a singular manner
| Jackabeck's father and mother set out
one day OH a long journey and they took
the boy with them, as he was not old
enough to be left alone. At night they
stopped by the side of a stream in the
forest and !ackabeck was sent to angle
for some fish ut deep pool in the river,
while the warrior took his weapons and
| went away in search of deer. AS it
| happened he met bear instead, which
killed and devoured him.
| The Indian woman, alarmed by the
| protracted absence of her husband, set
off in search of him, without saying a
! tracks of the warrior a long way, and at
last lay down to rest. Exhausted by
her travel she fell asleep, and in this
helpless condition was seized by q pan
Their.
Little Jackabeck kept on fishing until
he had fine string, but when he arose
| to return to camp it was so dark that he
lost his way, He kept on, however,
| through the darkness until he saw q
light shining among the trees. 1t came
from the wigwam of poor widow wom-
an. who took him in and kindly gave
| him 4 lodging. Some of his fish she
cooked on hot Goals for his supper.
| In the morning he arose before his
| benefactor was awake, and wishing to
kindle fire he took a Ratchet and went
out to gather some frewood The first
blow he struck he felled tree a foot
through This he dragged with the
| greatest ease to the lodge, chopped it into
! fuel and soon had fire blazing. After
breakfast he told his hostess that he was
| going into the forest to hunt for the
murterers of his parents. for he was
convinced that they had been killed.
80 ne tied on his moccasins, and tax.
as brave as could be, though he was
such a little fellow that he scarcely
crushed the spring violets that bios
somed in his path. In the afternoon he
| found a huge bear asleep, which he
killed with one of his arrows. He
skinned and cut up the bear and in doing
so he found in it's stomach a necklace Of
bears claws that had belonged to his
| father.
That night he slept in the forest, going
to roost like a bird in the branches of a
tree: When he awoke the sun was Shin
| ing in his face, and he saw big panther
preparing to spring at him. He was too
quick, however, for the savage beast. In
a trice his bow was bent and the arrow
whistled Straight into its mark. In the
panther's stomach he found the long
tresses of his mothers hair, which identl-
| fed it as her destroyer.
When he returned to the old woman's
hut he found big black-haired giant sit
ting at the door polishing huge warclub.
there for.
| I've come. for my supper answered
| Jackabeck, "but of course l didn't know
that was intruding."
'Ha! Ha! No, you didn't" roared
the burly. warrior, ''but as you are here
YOU can just stir up the fire and cook me
that batch of veenison yonder. Come, be
| lively. manikin.''
I'm get my own supper said plucky
little Jack, "and III eat it, too;" and he
| very coolly sat down, and, making spit
of crotched beech stick, proceeded to
roast piece Of the venison.
| it was done.
| GO away, snake" answered Jacka-
beck blowing at him CONTEMPORARY with
his lips.
In an instant the huge giant was trans,
| formed into rattesnake, which Jacka,
beck killed as it was crawling away.
| It was the first time that he knew
| he was possessed of the mysterious power
through which whatever he blew upon
was changed, by some sort of magic, just
us he wished.
"Wcll, this is Singular he thought, but
he had not much time to wonder, for he
heard the feeble voice of the Indian WON.
an calling for help.
old Mamon, the Blackhead. but you are
too late to save me-" said the old woman.
"You are marked to do great things
Take my culver, there; in it are three ar
rows-nagc shafts each one. When
you are in need use them, but not before.
my daughter. Carry this belt of waln>
pun to her; it was her fathers. She will
recognize it and reward you for the tro,l.
BILE. l shall look down from the happy
hunting ,, grounds and watch your good
istering to her comforts as we'll as he
might and when the sun rose she breath.
ed her last.
Jackabeck laid the lifeless body on the
ground and erected over it little house
covered with bark. He then set things to
rights in the wigwam, and closing and
barring + the door against intrusion. he
westering sun. When night came he had
nothing to eat, and he felt tired and hun
cry. So what did he do but discharge
one of those magic arrows: He OBJ
served the direction Of it's flight, and fol
lowing after, presently came to a deer
that the arrow had killed.
'Hullo, that's my game cried rough
| voice. inst rs .IHckH heck WIS LAYING his
hands on the carcass. "Who are YOU
anyway and the little fellow found
himself lifted up to the face of a huge
redhaircd giant, whose nose was nearly
us long as Jacka beck's whole body.
Let me go Or will claw. your eyes
OUT said Jackabeck, spitefully.
You will, CHI? Well, you're smart
one. III use you for sauce for my sup
per, that's what I'll do!'
You'll have to cook me first, answered
the boy, as he pursed his lips and blew
full breath right into the eyes of the
changed into coon and killed by jack
abeck. The boy then made Il supper of 1
part Of the deer and lay down to sleep.
The next morning he resumed his jour
ney, and before sunset he came in sigh
A light blue smoke was curling. from thu
apex of the lodge, and it bore a hospitabl,
look. A canoe lay hidden among tho
reeds of the shore, and, springing into it
Jackabeck soon arrived at the island
Before he reached the wigwam little
girl came running from it with q pale
face.
ooh, why have you come here?' sht
cried: .'Do not stay. Giant Greenheat
will find and kill you. Hc is a terrible
monster"
'I'm not afraid said Jackabeck. 81
guess he won't hurt me.
"Oh, but he Kills everybody: he i.
stronger than all men," she said, class,
ing her hands imploringly. He vii
kill you, and shall be very sorry. be
cause you are very handsome little
boy"
Jackabeck laughed and shook his jett,
locks pertly. .-s.
! II guess your name is Amata." he said
: "and have something for YOU" And b,
took the wampum belt from his pouch ant
tplaced it in her hands. SIS .5