duvles

Updated: June 23, 2025

"Come, Elspie, tear," said the old man as he dismounted, "putt what ye value most in your pocket an' come away. The duvles are down on us, and we are not able to hold out in Ben Nevis. The settlers must choin altogether, an' do the best we can to defend ourselves."

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - The Buffalo Runners: A Tale of the Red River Plains