REMINISCENT TALES 



give war whoop run up wig-warn kill squaw, 

 kill papoose, set fire all 'round fore Beaver 

 King cum, den when he run down, ketch 

 quick. 



"Too much him fight, he no tomahawk, 

 no knife, no nuttin'. Tie him up, tie him 

 tight, take 'way, wait on shore. Great big 

 canoe she cum 'cross lake, den all get in. 

 Throw Beaver King in too. Paddle like 

 Hell, run way 'fore good braves see. Nudder 

 tribe all bad men live way off. 



"Sometime cum down lake steal much, 

 much kill, much burn, much scalp get. Some- 

 time good brave he ketch him, den big fight. 

 Good brave he better fight dan bad brave. 

 Bad brave he no get home a'tall. All dead, 

 no matter wait, wait long time cum some 

 more. Dis time bad brave no ketched, take 

 Beaver King way off in woods. 



"Den snow he cum an' cold he freeze up 

 water all round an' big hungry he cum too. 

 Game he gone. Well by an' by get to own 

 camp. Udder braves no home all gone hunt. 

 Nuthin' left to eat. Big Chief stay in wig- 

 wam, he old, old man. Squaw, she left; 

 papoose, he left; no dog left, dog he all eat 

 up long time. 



"Big Chief glad see Beaver King, get heap 

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