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The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
Alfalfa Seed-Seed Oats.

we nave just received car Of
oest Imported German alfalfa seed.
G''' ana get prices before purchas-
'ns. Also fancy recleaned seed oats,
early variety.
The Farmers Mercantile Co.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
Lee.

Anna Lee, wife Of Stephen Lee,
died Wednesday in Platteville, aged
u Years She leaves husband ana
four chilrden, the Oldest seven years
and the youngest two. Funeral ser
vices we're conducted at the Catholic
church Saturday.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
Weld County Z
for s.

Homestead relind
quarter section Of |
tato land, situated
County ditch, five
Actually worth s5,W
of owner being co1
will sell for s2,W
portunity for man
home. Robt. Gran
opera house block,
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
Would You Like a Homo :, ,r.,

Ihe Colorado & Southern win tell
you ol the country and offers the
homeseeker very low rates 10 no,nts
~ III lle - ., nexas Panhandle. Write us.
L. H. Fisher G. p. A., Denver.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21

The pastor of the
Nazarene will preact
hall Sunday evening, |
sermon will be devoted
of the question, wi
to Be Saved" Cd
evening five inquirin
at the alter and fO}
SAVIOR of whom thsi
the reader stands in
tion he is urgently in
the evening services.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
Songregatlor

consresatlon|
Public worship lO:45l
hold, the King Comel
school II. C. f. 81
service 1870: 'Jesus
tan. J" Song service
orchestra and vested
Mr.. Orlin Williams d
sing at both services,
pastor.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
Trinity Eplsc(

This Sunday will n
Palm Sunday. Subi(
Palm Sunday and !
At this service Miss i'll
THE Palms. " yesnd
at 4 p. m. Special D
next week (Holy weeI
at 1880 p. m. Public
vited. j. A. Trimmer.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
SWe dish lu,..

Swedish LutAl
Communion service ,
Evening service at !
body that Understand.
welcome. o. W. GusI
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21

MATTE Y. GREEN
TEACHER Y
AND Oh
Hours / to i p. m. ss'u
ALBI0NA
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
Christian s.,.I

Christian Sci,
Services at II o,,,
Reality" Wednsss
meeting at 30.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21

Trinity Luth.,
school II 80 P, R rs,
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
Tho ohu,o|
Unitar,,n

school. '''O~ea
The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-21
GREELEY PR0Dq

Potatoes s-Pearls .''"'
-Rurals. .,.''
Onions, red ;."""..''''
Onions, yellow g
The Washington times., 1907-06-09


around It to while RokoHs
tied the feather and punches Of
grass on it. making wilder Growing Bird tied the frying
OF the and beside it The least
bit OF wind would have and make great
elaerl eaed!
The Washington times., 1907-06-09

cloth End
had all he could Little Bear
In Wild Crows had gathered and hed
loudly They they would have
scratching Nokom and the others home
in this theyv emrstak shall seel
The Washington times., 1907-06-09
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The Washington times., 1907-06-09

Nokors Wild Crows waiting
intended
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
TO TEST AHEARN.S REELECTION.
dIty club viii Probably Decide ON a TaU-
pay er's Action.

Representatives OF the City Club and
Of the Citizens Union will hold a confer
ence tomorrow afternoon to determine
what to do TO test the legality Of the reelec-
ton of John +. Ahenrn to the Borough
Presidency. George. MCAneney, president
Of the City Club. called upon Corporation
Counsel Pendleton yesterday. and he init
mated afterwarI that what would prob
ably Ice decided upon would he the begin
ming Of a tnxDayer'S action. Mr.. McAneney
wac nat prepared to give any indication
Of the naturr'or such action. hut he said il
would be brOnd enough Ia settle whether
or not the election OF Ahearn WAS valid.
Martin W. LittletOn. counsel for Mr..
Ahearn. rcLeat.d yesterday that his client
would NOT shoulder the burden Of proving
the Legality of his election. II would be
left to the opponents OF Mr.. Ahearn, ne
said, 20 show how Mr.. MIrnrn was incli-
gible. and in tho meantime. Mr.. LittletOn
added. Mr.. Ahrarn would Keep possession
OF mis- Office until every resource in the
courts had been exhausted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
VETERAN GUARD FOR VENT RI.
GOddeD Will Serve ON A. O.. NanderblIJ's
LOndOn 60 EsrIEItS n Trips.

NEWPORT, X. L., Dec. 2I.-The
ment that Alfred q. Vanderbilt was to
invade the real home Of coaching. London.
next spring seems to have met with popu-
lar favor abroad for already Mr.. Vanderbilt.
who il now at Oakland Farm in Ports
mouth, has begun TO receive cable orders
for seats on the Venture for the trips he
tween London and Brighton.
Mr.. Vanderbilt also has been fortunate
in securing the services OF a veteran guard
to serve on the Venture during the coach
ing expedition between May I and June
IS. This is Walter Golden, who for years
served ns guard with the late James Sibley
when he tOoled a public coach over the
same route which Mr.. Vanderbilt proposes
to use. Golden is we'll known in E~ngland's
coaching history. He own an estate just
outside OF London, and though he has been
retired for some time he has agreed TO again
mount n coach for Mr.. Vanderbilt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
DUKE DE CHAULNES ARRIVES.
Ia Marry Miss ShOBts-Twins Born IN
storm at SEES.

The North German Lloyd steamship
Kronprinz Wilhelm, in last evening from
Bremen, Southampton and ~CherhOurg,
brought $500, 900 in gold cDin and sej sacks
Of Christmas mail Among her passengers
were Lieut. Col. Gibson, American Military
AttachS at ST. Petersburg, who comes
home to assume command Of the proving
grounds at Sandy Hook: the Duke de
Chaulnes. who in here to marry Theodore
Shonts. daughter Of Theodore p. Shonts:
Gilbert Colgate. The Marquis e de la ROziere.
Capt. and Mrs. II. j. McGregor. Minnie
Palmer. the actress: Capt. James Wallace
Van Dussn, George A. kessler. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederic Dewitt Wells. the Marquis
de Salamanca, 6. l.. Painter. W. X. Mel
vile. Mr. and Mrs. ). Wilson Patterson
and Mrs. Anna Maria Ruser. wife Of the
commander Of the Hamburg-American
liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, who could
not accompany her husband because there
is a rule OF the line preventing wives trav-
eiling with shippers on duty.
Twin girls were born on the krOnprinZ
in heavy weather IN Tuesday to a young
Hungarian mother, who already had Il
fifteen mOnths-Old girl baby. They were
called Wilhslmina and Cecilie after the ship
and her sister craft, and the cabin pas
sengers made up a purse Of S65 for the
mother.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

to take her place. II was Miss Aliens first
ESSAY at the part in this city. but it is prob
able hat il will not he her last.
Her Improvisation disclosed a capacity
for the grasp Of the deeper emotions Of
lyric embodiment not exhibited Ivy her
heretofore. b sang the music with a
~. WARM tone and with an intelligence
1ui'e satisfying to the lover of Wagner's
mys'iCtl opera. The ballad was delivered
w,'1 cScelienr results. and in the ensuing
duets Miss tltsn showed herself To he IA
Thoroughly interesting singer Of this
kind OF role.
In its other aspects the peTfOrma nee
was much the same as its predecessor.
Nc. Van Rooy il a vociferous and ~unpoe'ic
representative " the wanderer Of the
seas. and his want Of ability 10 create the
necessary Illusion ~nullifes all that others in
the cast contribute toward II successful
realization of Wngner's ideals. Mr.. Hertz
and the orchestra. let il he said. did their
share right bravely.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
WASHINGTON SOCIETY NOTES.
Luncheon In Honor OF Assist ant Secretary
OT the Navy Newberry's Daughter.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2I.-Mrs. Metcalf.
wife of the Secretary Of the Navy. enter
tanned a company OF young people at
luncheon to-day in honor Of Miss Carol
Newberry. the debutante daughter OF the
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Truman n. Newberry.
Miss Helen Taft. only daughter ~ the
Secretary Of War. has joined her parents
in Washington for the holiday season from
her studies az Bryn Mawr. Her brother
has also come Town from Yale. Mrs.
Taft will take no part in social affairs this
season owing to the recent death Of the
Secretary's mother.
The Acknowledgement and Mrs. Bona
parte will spend their Christmas in their
Baltimore home, where Mrs. Bonaparte
returned ON Friday. They will nave "a
their guests for the holidays Mrs. Richards.
wife of DIR. Richards of Philadelphia. and
Mrs. and Miss Gotzalvi Of Cambridge.
Mass. Mrs. B~onaparte's girlhOod home.
Mrs. Bonaparte will return TO Washington
on the 9Oth inst. TO remain in her apart
ment in the Portland until the social season
closes.
Mrs. Russell Harrison. dsuShter-in-la law
Of the late President Harrison. has taken
an apartment in the Burlington for the re-
mainder Of the winter. she has with her
her son. William Henry Harrison. name
sake Of his great great-grandfather They
will be joined tomorrow by Mrs. HarTisonis
daughter. Marthena. who IL at school at
Bria rCliff on the hudson.
Mrs. Marcus A.. Hanna entertained n
small company at dinner this evening.
Mrs. Newberry. wife ~ the Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy. and Miss Newberry
will leave tomorrow evening for Detroit.
where they will be joined by the Assistant
all spend the holidays with Mr.. Newberry's
mother. Mrs. job =. Newberry OF New
York and Detroit. and many entertain
ments nave been planned for Miss New
berry. MIR. Newberry will return TO WASH
ingtOn next Sunday. hut his family will
remain in Detroit a little longer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

The New York symphony Club an or
ganiEatiOn composed largely of amateurs
devoted 10 the practice " orchestral music.
gave the first concert OF its present season
az Mgudeissohn Hall last night. All the
violinists of the orchestra are women,
ana some Of the other parts are also played
bv amateurs. The basses and wind are
Supplied from he DamrOsch orchestra
amt David Names, concert master Of that
orchestra, is instructor and conductor.
In n performance Of Haydn's ia Refine"
symphony last ecenIng the women played
with good tone, with spirit and generally
with accuracy. francis Rogers. barytone.
sang several songs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

Saturday, January rs. in ST. Michaelts'
Episcopal Church. Bristol, K. l.
An out Of town wedding Of the week Of
interest will he thSt of Miss Caroline Boring
Owsley and Lieut.. John Hudson Poole,
CorEs of Engineers. L. y. A., to take place
on Tuesday at the country place of the
brides Parents. DR.. and Mrs. Frederic y.
O~sley, liverton, Greenwood. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ottoman II. Van Norden will
be in New NorS again on January : after
a two weeFs honeymoon. Mrs. Var Nor
den, who was Miss Jennie 3. Duncan, wore
u superb veil OF Brussels point caught with
"a wreath of orange blossoms at the wedding
on Wednesday afternoon in the Fifth Ave-
nue Presbyterian Church.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry w. Ringer, who are
located in the Studio Building. ~ West
Sixty-sevcnth street, are giving a series
Of informal Sunday afternoon teas AMI
diuncrs ilrs. Rangers son, Nathaniel
Browncil, who has been abroad for ~"
last few years and ia now i'm Milan. and
her sister. Mrs. James ). Boyd, at present
IN Geneva, Switzerland, are to return soon
to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry May of Washington
nave been at the Hotel Gotham for some
days. Mr. May is a brother of Lady BaCot
Of England, They viii sail for Europe in
january and will go right on to Cairo for
the winter. They will be accompanied by
Hleir daughters. Miss isabelle May and
Miss Cecelia May.
The first of The three Metropolitan dances
for this season was given last night at
Sherry =. The others will be on the nights
of February ~ and April %. The patron
esscs are Mrs. Charles y. Alexander, Mrs.
John f.. tleNSnder. Mrs. Henry Whitney
MunrOC, Mrs. Thomas Newbold, Mrs. BAY
ard Tuckerman and Mrs. F. Egerton Webb.
j. Hampden Robb win entertain the
Thursday Evening Club al the second
meeting Of this season on the night ~ jan
uarV n AT his hprsc in Para avenue. Special
features will be devised for the occasion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
lARMellS White.

The marriage Of Miss Abby White daughter
Of Horace White Of ~ West SIXTY ninth
street. 10 John Mead HOwells. son Of william
Dean towels. took place yesterday at n
o'clock in ~. Paul's Chapel az Columbia
University. Miss White was attended by
her sister. Miss Elizabeth White. aud Newton
Stokes. a son OF Arson Phelps Stokes and a
partner OF the bridegroom, acted n best man.
Bishop David n. Greer. assisted by ~. Rev.
e.. 4. OidhHm, oficiated.
william Dean HOwells. his wife and daugh-
ter Mildred and Mr.. Horace White and his
daughter Martha were present at the cere-
mOny. John Mead towels IL an Tchite ct
with offices Rt 100 William street. Ne de
signed the chapel In which the marriage was
performed. Mr.. and Mrs. dOwells started
on a wedding Journey shortly after the crrs-
Hotel Regent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
NARY Garden Deuer.

DR.. Frank T.. Miller ~ % West Thirty
first street, one OF the doctors who has
been attending Mary Garden since an at
tack of influenza prevented her from ap-
pearing on last Friday evening at the Man
haitian Opera House, said last night that
MISS Gardens condition was slightly i'm
proved. He thought it probable that she
would he able to appear In Louise" on De-
cember ~, to which date the production
has been postponed by Oscar Hammerstein
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
Tain aD Marshall.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Dec. u. Miss Eleanor
Lewis Marshall. daughter OF DIR. !. ACduel.Hr
Amber Marshall OF Alexandria aud grand
daughter OF former thief Justice John MUIR
shall. was married this afternoon to John
late Major Robert FitzhuRh Iaiman. The
ceremony was performed az ? o'clock thls
the rector. the Rev. DIR. Phillips. The bride
was attended by her sister. Miss Agnes Mar
shall, and the bridegroom by his brother.
charles Fitzhugh Talman Of this city, Only
the relatives and a few close friends we're
present.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
Not This LaMYcr Name,I RrIxl,l.

Friends Of Louis V. Bright. Vice-president
Of the Lawyers Title Insurance and Trust
Company. fastened to explain yesterday
that he II not the lawyer named Bright
who was arrested on Fridny night on a
change OF withholding sIs, 500 from a client.
IL was feared that a similarity Of names
might create a wrong impression. Louis
v. Bright was In New Orleans - Friday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

= The Erie Railroads. new double decked
ferryboat jamestown made her maiden
trip yesterday. She left the Chambers
street ferry slip al ? p. VI. with a party OF
officers of the Erie and their guests for a
run OF an Dur UP the Hudson River. reach
ing her slip on the return trip about o clock,
after showing spurts of speed at Ii knots
an hour. The jamestown is the fifth new
boat added To the Erie's FERRY service
within the last two years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
The Young People. symptom CSncrr,

Frank Damrosch's symphony concert
for young reople AT Carnegie Hall yesterday
afternoon a devoted to a platform PRE-
sentation of the tex Of Shakespeare's "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" together with
the music COMPOSED for the rlay by Mem
delssOhn, David Bispham. who is some
times a singer ami sometimes a reader,
read the text effectively and won much
hearty applause from "a large audience.
The New YOrn symphony Orchestra n
singers from the Institute Of Musical Art
supplied the musical Tart Of the perform
ance
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
News OF Plays and Isis,ers

Following their engagement at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre. Edna May Spooner and
the Spooner Stock Company will move 10
Blaney's Lincoln Square Theatre, beginning
their stay there on January 20.
BY arrangement with David Belasco the
Shuberts have secured Brandon lyman 10
play the leading part in support OF Nine.
NazimOva when she produces her new play.
The Comet" a week from next Monday
NIGHT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

ture at the California University on educa-
tional subjects.
One Of the big dances Of the week will
be given tomorrow night by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles r. Alexander for their daugh-
ter. Miss Harriet Alexander. Morthington
! NhitehOuse is expected 10 lead the c~otillOn.
which will he preceded by a dinner q seventy
covers. The big dance on Christmas eve
will be- that given by Mrs. Edward Lyman
Short for her daughter, Miss Anna liv-
ingston Short. at the HOtel Gotham. One
of the dances On for Thursday night will
he given by Mrs. Charles +. OStrander Of
80 West Fifty-third street at Shcrry's.
for her debutante daughter. Miss Mary Va.
Ostrander.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt will
celebrate Christmas N Fillmore, \. q.
There will be the usual dinner for en-
pIOyees. There will be a Christmas tree
for Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, rhe only
child. Mr.. and Mrs. II. Mck. Twombly
and Miss Ruth Vanderbilt TwOmGiy are
among the relatives with them. Mr.. and
Mrs. ". Seward Webb and Mr.. and MrS.
William n. Vanderbilt will entertpin AZ
Shelburne Farms, VI, and Oakland, l.. l.,
over the holidays.
Miss Henrietta Van Arnam Maxwell
and Henry +. Wells will be married on
Thursday in Christ Church. Phe Rev. Or.
Charles A. Strong, the rector. will erform
the ceremony. and the bride, who will be
in white satin. with lace. tulie and orangr
blossoms, will be given away by her half
brother, j. Lee Maxwell. Miss Elizabeth
Maxwell. y niece, will attend a. maid e
honor, and the Misses Louise Ackcr and
Ruth Hoadley Of New Iork as igfidesmaids
Blanche l.. Butler, a youthful cousin Of the
bride, will he the Hover maiden Frederick
{, SufrO will assist as hest man. and Henry
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

Miss Lavinia HodgkinsOu is the guest
Of Mrs. Samuel Norris OF 1903 Fast twenty
ninth street for the Christmas HOLIDAYS
The weddingiofM Miss HOdRkinson and Harold
,Payson Of New York will take place on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

Lord and Lady Suffolk and Major and
Mrs. Colin Campbell have arranged to come
over in the early spring. They will visit
Mrs. Levi II. Letter in Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

Mr., and Mrs. Joseph Choate, Or. will pass
the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Choate's
parents. Gen. and Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver.
in Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer,
will give a dance on Friday evening. Jan
uary 10. at the Bellevue-Srratford. Phia-
delDhia. for the Misses Mary Astor Paul
and Margaretta DrexeI.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

Lady Herbert. wife OF Sir Arthur Herbert
Of the British diplomatic service, will be
the guest Of Mrs. T. Shaw Safe at Newport
over the Christmas holidays. Sir Harry
Ross Leeds Of England has been at the
Aston. Sir Arthur T~roubridge and Arthur
Cairn Hodge. r.. r. q. -. arrived from
England a few days ago and will pass their
first Christina here.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-27

the wood pigeon that great brothers
lived on the slopes OF the oOc<ies and
feared nothing. not even the grave of
bears. So. when the death tribute had
been paid that day to the ChOctaw
word was sent to the Rockies, and il
was not long before a giant grizzly
came.
When Mik-hoo-tah sang the bear
song in his sleep again. then wound HIS
horn. the great grizzly selected that he
would be the sacrifice.
The Choctaw went to the old sink
hole for his victim. and as always,
planted bullet fairly between the
eyes. II glanced the grizzly's skull.
and the unwinking silver tip wandered
across the mire and ate off Mik-hoo-
tabs leg. He would have gone fur
Their. but there is a brotherhood be-
tween bear and Indian. so the hunter
was spared. Never again was the bear
death song heard, nor the eerie horn.
Once Mik-hoo-ta dared venture TO
hunt the little bear again. dotting along
on his peg leg, but ne was so mauled
DR.. Tensas had TO graft few bear
pelts on him to save his hide-St. Jo-
seph Ua) Dispatch to the New York
Press
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-27
ROOSEVELT HUNTING GROUND.

Opinion here of old bayoumen and
20 whites who drop to the Mississippi
To fish for a cat or two for some
thing 10 eat is that Roosevelt and
friends and his arsenal. hounds and
cooking outfit, are going into "A dis
trict where, If bears may be had at
all, they are little fellows. inoffensive.
mild. playful and not fit to eat Why.
Tensas squatter looks on lean and
NANCY bruin in this parish only as a
nuisance. without fat enough to light
a shack or pelt enough to warm up the
sweat when the every other-d day
"shakebone" comes along.
Gathered on the west side of the bar
in the Tensas house here this after
noon. men who had padded bayous
that were backed up by Mississippi
floods from alligators in the lowland.
to grounding on cypress knees to the
northwest. told all about that hunting
district. 1t was good hunting. they
decided. good duck hunting in the fall.
but the game law isn't on yet As for
bears. well. there is no law preventing
the determination of that ferociously
meek grub and root hunter. and IL the
liN
light pellet high power rifle. or an ex-
press intended for an elephant. lion
and tiger. he won't be arrested.
Bears in this parish. and on up
through swamps and canebrake. are
humorous cusses. almost equal to
Artemus Wards "amoozin' little cuss"
They are sort OF runts. reddish brown
and without even the saving grace Of
the oily black pelt of the northern
bear. With the magnificent coloring
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-27

OF fall coming over the verdure, they
are turning brOwner than ever. also
/ turning absurdly short tail even to a
scared pickaainny who stubs his toe
over Ursus minor in the brake. That
they are the true northern black bear
is zOologically certain, but that the
breed has become frayed ~ the edges
and dwi1dled to the size of a collie.
without enough Fat to grease a pair
of hunters boots. is mournful fact.
That they are harmless is shown
that not within the history of living
man in this parish has any one been
killed by bear. They never attack
humans. these little fellows here and
the only sufferers are dogs and estray
piglings.
one Of the "swampers" scraping the
mud off his boots at the Tensas house
bar recalled. however. a time when a
bear really had attacked a man. 1t
wasn't in his time. though. but was
handed down by DR. Madison Tensas.
from sixty to seventy years ago.
The mighty hunter of those days was
Mik-hoo- tab. who must have had In
dian blood in him, as that name in
Choctaw buttered pease means THE
grave OF the bears
The story says that Mik-hoo-tah.
when he felt the killing fever on.
would sing the bear song in his sleep.
At the wierd sound all bears i'm the
swamps gathered and chose lots by
Tipping wampum to see which one
should die that day. The fated one
waited for the Mighty Hunter and the
others fled.
once. when the Mik-hoo-tah death
siren sounded, wise old bear arose in
conclave and said he had learned from