The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1898-11-23

, them for other days, because go near the
camping ground.
Such immense ferns and grasses, green
briers of the most luxuuant growth
| nearly as largo as grape-vines-and such
| quiet hooks nedged in with stately trees
such romantic reCesses in cliffs, towering
high as the trees, and higher too Such
queer looking basins or mortars where
tradition says the Indian crushed his
corn other places where small, deep
holes are made as if bored with an auRer
through the hard rocks and then, occa-
sionally, mound is found which they
decide is an Indian grave. Here they
stop TO wonder how the Indian looked
who may be buried here, if he was q
warrior bold like Chinchagook or a
beautiful maiden like Wah-tah- wah, and
if they should dig into this grave what
kind OF utensils would they ind buried
with their owner? But soon they are
acquainted with all the new things in
the woods, they cease to wonder and adj
mire, and prepare to live the sports they
have so long read about. Each goes to
work to carve him bow and arrow, or
cross-bow. Bundles of fifty arrows each
are made to be strapped on the back of
each boy, the hardest woods are used in
their manufacture.
Three trees Of paw paws are found and
the fruit completely devoured by these
boys with rapacious appetites. They
declared them better than any banana
A queer looking little animal is overtak
en-, They run HIM up hill and soon
notice that it is not his nature to be able
to run fast, or else he is too fat to run,
Tor as they stop TO rest 30 does he then
the chase is renewed with more energy
and soon he is captured he shows his
teeth in anger, whereupOn he is killed
at once. Then Tom Cobb announces
that he has seen one like him before,
that his grandfather thought he had a
great treat when black Ned came in one
night and said he had caught ''oe Massa"
ground hog So it is decided to dress
the ground hog nicely, wash it until clean
in running water, and proceed to camp to
cook it for supper-night now approach
ing. When the camp is reached they
appoint Jack Small cook for the evening
A large fire is built by the other boys
against the base OF a large sprea ling
white oak, whose leaves still cling tena.
ciously to the parent stems, and the light
CLEANS up through the branches and out
among the other trees. In this halo of
ligat they are to find kitchen, dining
room, bed room and sitting room -Four
boys busy themselves getting up enough
wood to burn all night and setting up
poles in wigwam fashion. The floor Of
which is deeply covered with leaves.
Jack has taken some large grape leaves
and tied them securely around the
ground hog with hickory bark, then the
leaves were we'll bssted over with wet
clay and consigned to a hot bed of EN-
hers. Soon delicious odor arises from
this little heap and Jack knows that Il Q
fire will finish cooking this dainty NOR
sci without further attention from him,
30 he empties his pockets of the chest.
nuts deposited there through the day,
and proceeds to rost them TO serve as a
dry sauce, or rather as substitute for
bread with the roasted meat
To roast them requires all his atten-
ton, for they pop and fly in every direc-
ton. When roasted the bulls and ashes
are removed and they are placed on five
large greenbrier leaves to be served to
the five boys Posts are driven into the
ground on the top of which are placed
poles to serve as the table bed OF
clean leaves is placed at one end to re-
ceive the roasted meat, two large leaves
pinned together serve as plate for each
boy, pointed stick is placed at each
place with which TO hold the not meat
The bows seeing these preparations rush
to z t seated upon the ground around
this low table, while Jack scrat ;hes