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The following is one of the best of Joe Polis's stories:

"She'n I'n S'batt's Dana we have um bet who build bes' canoe. She bet it S'batt's Dana one dollar she built it bes' canoe. Me bet it one dollar me build bes' canoe.

Den S'batt's Dana she gone woods got um old bark, old tree, much's so t'ick (measuring). Den she made it her canoe bed S'batt's Dana an' me told him she'll have it hump in bow her canoe cause bed dont bend [?]. Den she sewed it her canoe what you call it bottom chairs with {rattan} Then she nail it copper nails. The she make it all smoove sandpaper -- oh, bery nice canoe. Speak so she was bes' canoe She was made, T'irty five dollars he give John Tabor Davis S'batt's Dana dat canoe!

Then me gone woods, me got um bark, younk tree, more 'n so ticker {the thickness of his finger} very tough, jus' like ledder. Sebattis Dana's old tree,