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he loll over like lock. Dan he gone down; bime-by he come up gain; shot um 'gain Spose me dont thingut um dead, me shot um dead gain - Loll over jes like lock. Jes goin' been got um, he gone. He die sure cause me kill um twice dis mornin'." Later in the afternoon the coot went by again wing brokwn. Peter called out, "Dar go dem coot. He'll die, cause I kill um twice dis mornin'.

One day Grinnell sent Pete to go to Wilson Pond, charging my father to get him to tell the story of the Bear. So Pete begun - "Yes, I'll tell you dat story. Got two, tree way tell it dat story. Dis way he's Troof. You see Gard'ner he want it Bar. We got it trap; bimeby we cotch um bar. Gardner he want shoot it dat bar, so me went up, and dar he was in trap. 'You go nearer'. No he