Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-08-03
No. 21
couldn' cook like ole Dinah."

all satisfied, cause you do the best
you can an nobody can't do no more"
"Dat am truf ole man; we can't
do no better ontwell we all git outen
dis awful fix. nebbah fought ole
Dinah'd be carried off. Wat dey
done TUX me fer anyway"
II guess they thought they could
sell you to some O. these Trenches
they're ightin' fer"
"Yah! Yah! you make me larf, ole
man, who'd buy me- want ter know"
"Why I'd buy you myself, Dinah,
eff jess could"
"Yah! Yah! Yah! Now dom you
come wild yer foolin' ole man! Git
away now an lemme put dis ole pot
on de fiah. Golly! Pse mighty glad
Dinah dom havo to cook fer dein
bloody savages. Dey'5 too mean to
lib; dat's jess so."
Better look out, Dinah, they'll hc
cookin' you some day"
Huh, dey'd fin me purity tough,
reckon. You go long now an set
wild dat ole buck in de sun out yam
der."
A few lays later one of the war
parties headed by the war-chief Ta-ou-
chi returned to the village. They
brought no captives, but various ar
ticles taken from houses which they
had plundered and burned, after m,lr-
dering the occupants. With them
came French trader whose post was
about days journey farther west on
the Ohio river, to see what bargains
he could drive with them. He and his
assistant led two ponies that carried
sacks containing some of his stock in
trade, which he soon began to exhibit
to the Indians who all gathered round
to see what he had to dispose of. Dan
ME and Marie with the other captives,
also stood by to see the trading. The
squaws brought out belts and mocca-
sins, blankets and other articles which
they had manufactured, and which
they exchanged for blankets and
coarse clothes, beads of various sizes
and coIors, needles and thread, and q
variety of other articles. With the
warriors he traded for some furs that
they offered him and some of the
spoils of the expedition from which
they had just returned, giving them in
exchange sheath knives and toma-
hawks, guns and powder and shot, of
which he had good supply.
Meanwhile he had been quietly eye
ing the captives who stood silently by,
and going up to the chief, said, "Vat
you TEX for dat black one yonder?"
The chief at first shook his head, but
| the trader offered him a gun, saying,
"Da's de bes' one got; shoot sure all
times"
The chief took it, and after exam
ining it, nodded his head. Going up
to Dinah, the trader said, "yOu know
how to cook?"
"Yes, mas'r, me cook eberytinE,"
replied Dinah, with broad grin, very
much surprised.
"Vare goot, you go Wit me; l buy
you," he told her.
"Gor-a-mity! Whar ole Dinah gwine
! git at now" she muttered to the 9TH
ers. what dat slick Frenchy want
to buy me fer?"
And so Dinah was sold to the
Frenchman as the captive old man had
predicted.
| But the trader had not quite finished
yet. He had some more goods to dis
pose of, and fixing his eyes on Marie
he said to the chief, "Vat you TEX fer
dat LII gal dere?"
"She belong squaw-mudder," said
the chief.
"Vich one?" inquired the trader.
The chief pointed out Marie's squaw-
mother and the trader, going at once
to her, asked, "You sell me dat hI' gal,
ha?"
The old squaw shook her head, but
he was not to be put off so easily.
Going to his pack he brought her two
of his best blankets and some other
articles, saying, "All dat l gif you.
Dat vas not enough, ha?"
The bargain tempted the old squaw
nightly but it cost her a struggle to
Weld. Finally she nodded her head
and the trader, stepping up to Marie
with smile said, "LiT gal, you go Wit
me now. Me, TEX de good care for
YOU"
Marie drew back as he tried to take
her hand, and Dannie frowned ut the
trader and would have stepped be-
tween them but the trader pushed him
aside and taking Marie by the arm,
led her to her squaw-mother and said,
"Da's my liz gal now, hat"
ooh, ochwall, don't send me away
from you and-and Dannie!" cried
Marie, frightened and clinging to her
good souaw-mother. "Please don't let
me 90, Ochwall!" she begged with
tears.
The old squaw seemed to be sorry to
part with her but it was too late.
) The bargain had been made and Marie
soon saw herself compelled to start for
3 another home with the trader and old
Dinah, who tried to console the weep
mo child. saying:r "Nebbermin', honey,