The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-05-30

crll &. II fiirr nouse amt been burnt
ven en for. now. An If II has. God
pity lem ltauad~
There WIS II grimnpss IN these
words spnFpn deIihprntely. the tone
utterly Vypressinnless. which cannot
property convey in written laugnage.
the CLINT Of the eye. the compression
Of TIE thin lips, mal;ing the deadly
meauing Perfectly apparent. II was
1.-The unyelding hate Of savagery. long
bropding over past wrongs. lnvOlun-
Itarily ! glanced about into the fringe
Of woods
rs Donald about here them
who. big lem Douald? sure.
hain't yp never heard o him.
shook my head. hoping thus to
lead him on 30 his story
What is the special trouble between
you and This Big Donald. DnnielSf''
Darn II know whar Il started" he
acknowledged aS though the thought
came 10 him almost as Il surprise. ut
was fore my dads time. ! reckon. an
gems Ter me ii was over lot O. hawgs
ithet got rootin' up some corn down on
I Rock cr:rk Thet's whar Their Dan
ielses an DonaIds lived in them days.
4 buf blame If know which one owned
Their corn an which owned Their hawgs.
Their non1IdS in them days he'd a fine
lpantati0n with big house on it. an
maybe hundred slivps Their Dan
ielses was alters pc,e. but thar was a
| uonstrous lot O. US scattered long Rock
erick. an when they went gunnin' fer
/ Their Donalds they gtn'rally got EN-.
/ All know IS tibet when come Tong.
] bout hundred years later. Their Don
/ aids was Twin in log shack back o
Bad mountain an ther fight was sill
goin' on My dad was shot down at
/ Milliken Bend by one o Their crowd
when | was eight year old: then my
/ brother got al man Donald somewhat
/ on Their trail an filed him full o
/ buckshot. Their next thing they set
| fire 10 our house when NOBODY but
nam was to hum. She shot into ther
bunch and got away with broken
arm. hidin' out in Their bush fer a
| week. Then Their Danielses rode over
/ ter Bald mountain. an we come pretty
/ near putin Their Donald tribe outer
| business. until gang o EN- ambus-
| caded US one night In Their bottoms. |
got two bullets in tibet fracas. an my
| brother was killed.
Bout thet time Their war broke out.
| Darned if keered which side licked
In Their war but lem Donald come o..
] fer Their Confeds. an so | went in FER
Their Union. WAL. we fought ii out yere
/ fer maybe six months. but Their ODDS
was all with his outfit; thar wasn't
! many DanielSes left able ter tote
gun. an finally skipped out and jined
Buell."
THE secession sentiment was strong
through this section. SUPPOSE
WAL. 1 don't know bout rhet- TheI
! mountain men mostly didn't care
much: mighty few o en- owned any
nlgsers. But Their gentry was with
Their secessionists. an Big Donald alters
kinder nat'raIly belonged to thPt bunch.
I'VE heern tell az how lem Donald ;
wife was a DenSlDw."
| This mention Of the name Of Dens-
| low brought up before ne instantly
/ the face of the young girt whom had
| left few hours before So she also
was. in a way. connected with this
fierce mountain feud that had cost so
many lives | had reason TO know she
| was of lighting blood.
] Couuers Landing was apparently
! 1asar-ad o+ ali inhabitants Back
along the opposite shore we could see
the dust cloud rising above the col