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Page 61
... Jibbenainosay is up again ! " " Whar ? " cried the senior eagerly , " not in our limits ? " No , by Jehoshaphat ! " replied Tom , " but nigh enough to be neighbourly , -on the north bank of Kentuck , whar he has left his mark right in ...
... Jibbenainosay is up again ! " " Whar ? " cried the senior eagerly , " not in our limits ? " No , by Jehoshaphat ! " replied Tom , " but nigh enough to be neighbourly , -on the north bank of Kentuck , whar he has left his mark right in ...
Page 62
... Jibbenainosay , sure enough ; and so good luck to him ! " cried the com- mander : " thar's a harricane coming ! " " Who is the Jibbenainosay ? " demanded Forrester . " Who ? " cried Tom Bruce ; " why Nick , -Nick of the Woods . " " And ...
... Jibbenainosay , sure enough ; and so good luck to him ! " cried the com- mander : " thar's a harricane coming ! " " Who is the Jibbenainosay ? " demanded Forrester . " Who ? " cried Tom Bruce ; " why Nick , -Nick of the Woods . " " And ...
Page 63
... Jibbenainosay till doomsday , he could tell you no more than he has told already . You must know , thar's a creatur ' of some sort or other that ranges the woods round about our station h'yar , keeping a sort of guard over us like , and ...
... Jibbenainosay till doomsday , he could tell you no more than he has told already . You must know , thar's a creatur ' of some sort or other that ranges the woods round about our station h'yar , keeping a sort of guard over us like , and ...
Page 66
... Jibbenainosay ! I never seed the creatur ' himself , but I have seen my time two different savages of his kill- ing . It's a sure sign , if you see him in the woods , that thar's Injuns at hand : and it's a good sign when you find his ...
... Jibbenainosay ! I never seed the creatur ' himself , but I have seen my time two different savages of his kill- ing . It's a sure sign , if you see him in the woods , that thar's Injuns at hand : and it's a good sign when you find his ...
Page 69
... Jibbenainosay . Of this , as it related no more than the young Bruce had already repeated , —namely , that , while rid- ing that morning from the north side , he had stumbled upon the corse of an Indian , which bore all the marks of ...
... Jibbenainosay . Of this , as it related no more than the young Bruce had already repeated , —namely , that , while rid- ing that morning from the north side , he had stumbled upon the corse of an Indian , which bore all the marks of ...
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