Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-02-28


the bar when ! heefd TIE snort q b'a
sita red ~ when he wants il 10 be ar
dof~sood that heain't pleased a dur
bit, an the next second the bar com
outcn that hole IN the rocks backward
an ieapin 90 doubt that be wac cofug
! out in a hurry
I've seen am8z.g sights. say
Uncle Jasc. but this comm out o thu
! b'ar out-amaxlnd any sight ! ever di'
sfei HaHgin' 70 the bars nose va
: whoppn' BIG aati'esnake, an anoihe
an was daughn nom one @ The bar
ears blaoksnaks that muDt beer
nine foot long WAS wound round ths
bars body from his tfnd legs up {,
hls neck. ike big grape vine round a
tree An that blackenake was jest
nore'n squcezin the bar. feI the bar q
tongue was suckln' out more'n foot,
an his eyes was bu4gIn Feiierin this
procession was come a passed. o cop
perheads. an some more blacksnakes.
an q rattilR an hiss.n collection o.
rattlers.
"sakes allve!7 l Gays. How mad
they be-
% Fer the copperheads would dash up
ar give the bar q DIP with their frey
teeth. any place where they could git
dip ia. an the rattlers would slide along
curl up qmckern flask. an sock a
toOthful OF two O pizen Into ham, here,
there an everywhere.
II was plain 10 be seen that the
bar hadn't never been tackled by snakes
afore, an first along he didn't seem 10
know jega how 10 handle hisself. But
lest afore that big bIaeksnake that
was spueezin' him ez n he was IN vice
put the screws TO him that d'a squash
ed his ribe. the bars dander took 10
naisin.
He grabbed that blacksnake with
his forepaws an he snapped IL In more !
n twenty chunks. Then he snatched
the rattiesnake often his nose an the |
one often his ear an SLATED EN- into /
mRish az In the rocks. Then he reach
ed out an snatcsed two blacksnakes.
each one by the head one Ia his right
paw an to'ther In his left, an he
lsec them onfort nit sarpents, an
he lltuest one Of EN- was easy eight
'ce' long, just IKE a teamster use
,le whip. lie cracked en- around IKE
mad an every time he gave a cut with
me OF went the head Of RATHER or
fOpperhead o. another blacksnake. jest
rs sure "a that bar cut an slashed
An he KEEP them snake whip fishes
, h.en snappin' fer more'n fifteen
minutes an snake heads was scattered
bout Ike chips from chopin tin
here want another snake left to be
iattcd Then the bar qui; his cuttin'
M slashln' lie looked over the battle
leld q spell an then he clum the tree.
.IirI !
% branch
'i-z + stood there gain at him AN
'onderin' II / hadn't better end up the
at;le by putin bullet through the
ap, he begun to do somethln that
Seert me. He begun TO SWEET an he
q bigger oan bigger He KEEP on
iowln FER two or three mnuter an
len an Of a student he rolled often
10 branch an come tumbmn' to the
round There never was a bar so ter
bic dead ez tfnt bar Was.
Why? says Uncle Jase-an' from
ie way the Teller nom New York was d
okin at him there seen that there
ant no hope Ter him now-'why was
iat bar 80 terrible dead?' says Jase.
because it amt noways likely that a
here ever was any bar 20 chuck fun
snake pizen ez that un was. 1t h
I'd been slow takin' but when it
q take I'd took smazin'
" I rolled the onfort nit bar down =,
e hin into the swamp an then get ="
red np rattlers enough that he had
Il the heads off to bile cut twenty
ne ounces o grease. wuth a dollar an II
nee. a
'An'-but, excuse me DanI' says 81
sc, ez he'd jest come to think 81
out H. an was sorty apoigizin' FIX
~ me" says he. hut want you m
yin sOmethin' bout couple
o. dodwholiopers o. bars pMchin' on
one little wildcat? says he Seems
me-
y But Jest got up an Topped out
the store. disapp'ntin the New York
Ter o. not disapp'ntin the New York
ior. But ez l was goin up the road
turned an looked back an seen the G..
~ York feller loadin the way TO the az
fefn an Uncle Jase a-follerin, Il
~ struck me that mebbe I had flop TO
out a lettle too student"