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Indian Lives and Anecdotes ca. 1886 - 1941 part 1
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| + | One day in the spring when the freshets are very | ||
| + | high and the steam ferry had all I could do to | ||
| + | struggle against the current, father saw a young Indian | ||
| + | with a squaw by his side waiting on the ship. The young | ||
| + | man was good looking, errant, apparently about thirty years | ||
| + | old. The girl might have been {?} small and pretty | ||
| + | Both seemed to have been drinking a little. Both were | ||
| + | very happy. The appeared to have been recently married & | ||
| + | in their wedding tour. Both, apparently had been drink- | ||
| + | ing some. The girl had a bouquet in her hand which she | ||
| + | fondled delicately and handled with as mush grace | ||
| + | as a fine lady [?] it consisted of only two early | ||
| + | dandelions and three or four spears of grace. | ||
| + | Something caused conviction. My father asked some | ||
| + | Sebattis Dana - | ||
| + | "Sebattis Denny, she's sick. She's sick Sebattis Denny. [?] | ||
| + | [ ] woman his wife. Always woman she gets best part of | ||
| + | man; you found it your self don't you? Naw? Well, look | ||
| + | so you're smart man, mebbe [sic] you don't. Yes Sebattis Denny's she's sick. | ||
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| + | Finally the man inquired what the face [?] and | ||
| + | was pretty surprised to find it one [?]. "One [?]!" | ||
| + | "You get him [?] [?]" [?] the woman | ||
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� One day in the spring when the freshets are very high and the steam ferry had all I could do to struggle against the current, father saw a young Indian with a squaw by his side waiting on the ship. The young man was good looking, errant, apparently about thirty years old. The girl might have been {?} small and pretty Both seemed to have been drinking a little. Both were very happy. The appeared to have been recently married & in their wedding tour. Both, apparently had been drink- ing some. The girl had a bouquet in her hand which she fondled delicately and handled with as mush grace as a fine lady [?] it consisted of only two early dandelions and three or four spears of grace. Something caused conviction. My father asked some Sebattis Dana - "Sebattis Denny, she's sick. She's sick Sebattis Denny. [?] [ ] woman his wife. Always woman she gets best part of man; you found it your self don't you? Naw? Well, look so you're smart man, mebbe [sic] you don't. Yes Sebattis Denny's she's sick.
Finally the man inquired what the face [?] and was pretty surprised to find it one [?]. "One [?]!" "You get him [?] [?]" [?] the woman