Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-30
PETERS PET PARROT
THE BLACK HOMER OF JIMTOWN
TELLS A QUEER TALE.

The BLACK HOMER OF JiMTOWN
TELLS A QUEER TALE.
How Nicodemus. the Smart Bird, Helped
One Eye Pete Neafie In His Hunting,
Jealous of the Bear Cubs-The Prowl-
ing Hawk and the Parrots Conversion,
"One time, DIES bout de time dc wah
done bean on Its las laigs, " said the Black
Homer Of Jintown, lone Eye Pete Neafie
he kim scrummagin in to Mains Mckee
vuh's way down yon long de Cape Fair
rivuh, an he say:
"'Whah Cunnel McKeevuhp'
Somebody show him whah massuh
bean, an Pete he say:
"'Cunnel McKeevuh, I done do muh-
duh, sub. TIE q %'sassunatuh, ounnel, an
duh ain muffin to do but DIES teck me out
an hang me, subj
"Jicketty! Dat des mex all de eyes on
dat plantation beige out lax dey bean de
butt end O. hens aigs, sub, an Mahs Nc
Keevuh he say:
"'Wa'-wa'-wa' yo' mean, Petuhi
Who yo' done killS'
\ OOA0 ALL NlCUUoIuuS, sun! Ou0
Eye Pete he say. 'Da's who I done kill,
an yo' des tell 'em to tex me out an hang
met
"Den Mains McKeevuh he git ovuh de
fummix Pete done frow him in when he
say he bean doin muhduh an gin to grin
an de eyes on dat plantation dey quit bel
gin, 'kase we all know who Nicodemus
bean, but Pete he stick to it dat he a 'sas-
sunatuh, an declah he mus be hung.
81 done bean de doff o. Nicodemusl'
he declah. If dat ain muhduh, den I
reckon duh ain 10 setoh a ting as muh-
duhv
"Co'se. Nioodemus bein a-but I reckon
I bettuh tell yo' bout dat, sub. One Eye
Pete Neaffie he bean des' bout de streak
lest man wat wuh live long de Cape
Fair. Des' a little time TO he wah kim
along, Pete he go way wiz he sloop an he
up, an n day he bean gwan long de
street an he heah some un holluh:
big fool!'
"Pete he stop quick an tu'n roun, but
he din see who dat kin be what holluh.
He staht on, wen dat same holluh kim
gin. Pete he stop, an den he see an ole
woman wiz a parrot, an de parrot holluh:
"'Big fool!'
".Jicketty!' he say. Dat parrot he
know me, sho' enough, but swan Inevuh
know himH
"Den de parrot 1t began to swan an
swan at Pete till Pete he dos mighty nsah
laugh heself to def, an he buy dat parrot
an fotch him home. Pete 50 tickle wiz
him dat he doan' do muffin but visit wiz
him all de time.
HE done sell he plantation an he mig
guhs an sorimmage way up in the wildes'
kentry he kin fine, an Nicodemus go long
wiz him. Jicketty! Wat a streaky man
dat One Eye Pete Neaffie done bean.
Um-m m -um, but he bean streaky!
"Pete an Nicodeinus dey done go way
up dab an rise q cabin In dc woods. Duh
bean heaps O. game up d~ah-oodles of it;
while turky, bah, deeuh, possum, coon,
vile ducks, vile geese, dey all des nach'ly
bean plenty as gum berries. An de Ting
Nicodemus done git de hang of in dem
woodsl De vile lucky oain't mex he own
call nigh so natchl as Nicodemus kin, an
de way he quack like a duck an oackle
like a geese an blat like a fawn-why, 10
des monstus! All One Eye Pete he have
10 do bean to des tex de gun an 60 out In
de woods an hide heself, Of he pinin TO-
lucky or deeuh. Nioodemus he des set on
q limb an holluh 'em in, an. Pete he pick
out de ones he keeuh TO- an knock 'om
ovuh.
"Des see wat a monstus crittuh dat Mic
odemus done been, sub. Wen One Eye
Pete tex down he gun to go in de woods
nkASSh . lat ,an,snk La 1oe oDo1r L.. oxvu
up an say:
'Tuoky, Peter
''Mebbe Pete he say, NO Den Moo
demus he say:
duck?
"Den eff Pete soy no, Nicodemus be
scramble heself an swan an holluh:
"'Bah!'
"Kaze Nicodemus he doan keeuh TO-
bah huntin, TO- he CANT call bah, but he
always 60 long DIES to swan at Pete. One
time Pete done chasea bah all day long, an
he CANT get nigh him. Nicodemus he
swan an swan an swan an tell Pete be
bean so many monst'us things dat bahmby
Pete, he git skeeuht, an t'ink sho'ly dat
ole satan done gobble him TO- he git outen
dem woods. Den de bah scootle into q
swamp 30 deep dat Pete he des nach'ly
give up an say he gwan home. Den yo'
ottuh heah Nicodemus. He shy setoh
monst'us talk at Pete dat Peto's haiuh rise
up, an he pint he gun at Nioodemus an
declah dat II dat parrot doan shet he mouf
hs GIT de bullet wat bean In dat gun TO-
dc bah. Do 20 t'tnk Nioodemus shet lie
mouf? No, suhl He des swush at One
Rye Pete IN swa-a-a-t him-um-m-m-mi
how he do swat dat mani Den be holluh
dat be gwan to get dat bah he ownself. an
away he swuphes in de swamp. Bahmby
Pete he heah mos onrightAous gojD's on
In dab, Nicodemus a-yellifi an swain an
callin names wussuh dan he evuh do befo',
an de bah a.howlin an scrummagin an
gnashin he teef.
at declah,' Pete he say, 'ef 1t doar
'peah lax dat fowl o. de aiuh des natch'ly
done gone an gobble dat vile beas' O. de
wilduhness, sho's / bo'np
"Den Pete be heah de bah comm outen
dc swamp. swishy swashyi Crishy crashyl
He comm squah right dab whah Pete bean
standin, an Pete know dat parrot bean
fotching him out, kaze he heah Nioodemus
swain dat be IL. Pete he doan feah dat
bah, but he pow'fnl distressed ovuh de
talk Nicodemus bean shyin at de bah, an
he know Of he doan kill dat bah wen IL
scrumbles outen dat swamp he mowt des
we'll jump in de creek an drown heself.
De bah pop out, an Pete cotoh II wiz he
rifle ball, an down II 60 an doan got up no
mo-. An des ahind de ole bah kim two
teny cubs, wiz Nlcodemus jogglin 'em
desp'rit. Wen Nioodeinus see de ole bah
layin dab daid, he cool down an roost on
de bah's oahous. But wen he ine dat
Pete he gan to tex dem two cubs TO de cabin,
Nicodemus he swush Pete all de way home
an call him monst'us things squah in his
face. But Pete he boun TO have dem cubs, |
IN be des let Nicodemus swah.
"Pete he done git pow'ful fond O. dem