. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . d more fierce game fell at the first life was spent in the woods. He knew all thetrees well, and gave some of them names that hissons knew quite as well, so that when he came homefrom a fine days hunt he said to them, Go fetchthe deer or bear I left at such and such a tree, towhich he gave the name ; then they knew just whereto go for the game which he had slain and hungon a limb till he could send for it. There were folks in all parts of our land whothought some ill thing by the name of witch coulddo them harm. Bur-dine was one of thos
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . d more fierce game fell at the first life was spent in the woods. He knew all thetrees well, and gave some of them names that hissons knew quite as well, so that when he came homefrom a fine days hunt he said to them, Go fetchthe deer or bear I left at such and such a tree, towhich he gave the name ; then they knew just whereto go for the game which he had slain and hungon a limb till he could send for it. There were folks in all parts of our land whothought some ill thing by the name of witch coulddo them harm. Bur-dine was one of those had a mark put on all his stock with the red-hot shoe of a horse. This he thought would keepthem free from witch harm. Some of us still Old Supcrsiilions. 103 cling to such an odd faith, though we scorn to lookthe fact in the face when we hang the shoe of ahorse oer our doors and say we do it just for hope it will bring us luck all the same. The Bur-dines had great flocks of geese. Oneday Mr. B. found some of them dead. There,. TER-RACE. SHAWs GAR-DEN, ST. LOU-IS. said he to his wife, a witch has got at our geese,and if we do not burn the dead ones and drive thewitch from our place by the flames, well not have agoose left to us by next week. So they built a big fire in the yard and threw
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