THE BRANDING OF THE FORESTS 



By the POET 1 \PI\I 



July I many of the Natt'.na 



( MK and listen In ins 



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And In- wipid his sweating forehead a- In- grahhrd In- -tuhh\ j 

 And In- -\sorc liy .ill tiling : th.it he'd name Vin. there and i 



he punched a handy hutton and the i: . 'lies ca: 



I. ike a hunch <>t' has. hall routers, when the umpire i me!" 



And In- -nit tin- \\ord to each mu- of hi-, trird and trusty I. 

 " I hi- day wi-'ll hasc a christening ; come and make i- 



"Make 'em .short, and make 'em -imp!- . the edict i the Chief. 



'( h.'p 'em dii\Mi \ -mall dmun-ion-, like a K".'t'.- tail short and 1 



"Xu i\\o deckerfi no -k\ ,\oi,l unly, notlin:. 

 And the wurker> mnnmired i;entl\, whi 



So they gathered in that aerie where the Chieftain -it- in Si 



And they i>u//led, and they foozled, and each scratched his aching pati 



And they cut 'em and the\ -la-hed 'em, and they changed those nani' - 

 ;he\ placed them end\\a\-- -ideway.-, and they turned them in-- 



I hey hunted through the legend- of the hero. :l ^ ;uid old 



1 hey dehed into the record- .if explorer- l>ra\e and hold 



1 hey .searched for name- of Indian-, and of patriot- 



And they studied o'er the doing- of the lug men of the .-la- 



after week- of planning, and of -, hi mine deep and dark, 

 I hat went hack alnio-t iir.o the day - of .\,.ah'- \rk. 

 I hey gut tl. Branded i -lire lhe\ liurned 'em g ..... 1 an.. 



Ancl the chri-tc in: . r then the Koy- I". p 



a "Super" from the .\orth\\e-t, "' I i- nulei-d a Litii r pill. 

 U hen these people on m\ fon me. '\\lio M 



he \\n up. lione-t. "'S on can -eatch me don't a-k n 



he's IP. in o'er tin ocean, from the \\ild- 



( )ll, tiles I. .ok "l.klaka." "l.i n 



And they hunched them up wiii ' then t! 



And " I illanio. ! "I 'mp<|iia," i names ;hat 



\\liy, they'\e hitched 'em up togt-ther tinder -ihillai 



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Here'- .i man ss ho \\.nits a permit fo- 



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