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'Why, he says, 'I see that man put up an' eight iv beer with wan hand, he says, 'holdin' it be th' rim, he says. 'None sthronger, he says. 'But will he carry Illinye? says th' lad fr'm Iaway. 'Will he carry Illinye? says Hinnissy. 'Why, man alive, he says, 'I've see him carry a prim'ry in th' sixth precint, he says. 'Is that enough f'r ye? he says.
'Me name's Dooley, I says. 'Here, say he to th' dure-keeper, 'don't stand in th' way iv th' sinitor iv th' State iv Mitchigan, he says. 'Lave him an' his frind go in, he says. I minded afther I was good to him whin Simon O'Donnell was chief iv polis, may he rest in peace! "Hinnissy an' me got a seat be some dhroll ol' boys fr'm out in Iaway.
WASHINGTON, December 6, 1815. To the Senate of the United States: I lay before the Senate, for their consideration and advice as to a ratification, treaties which have been concluded with the following Indian tribes, viz: Iaway tribe, Kickapoo tribe, Poutawatamie, Siouxs of the Lakes, Piankeshaw tribe, Siouxs of the River St.
This was an easy way of spelling the word now familiar to us as "Iowa." But before that spelling was reached, it was Ayaway, Ayahwa, Iawai, Iaway, and soon. The remnants of this once powerful tribe now number scarcely two hundred persons. In Lewis and Clark's time, they were a large nation, with several hundred warriors, and were constantly at war with their neighbors.
'Hurroo, hurroo, he says, lammin' th' man fr'm Iaway with his goold-headed cane. 'What ails ye, man alive? says I. 'Why, he says, 'they've nommynated Billy, he says. 'Billy who? says I. 'Why, Willum J. O'Brien, he says. "'A sthrong man, says he, addhressin' th' man fr'm Iaway. 'I shud say he was, says th' man. 'Th' sthrongest man that iver come down th' road, says Hinnissy.
'He's a good speaker, says th' Iaway man. 'He is that, says Hinnissy; 'an' he was wan iv th' best waltzers that flung a foot at th' County Dimocracy picnic, he says. 'But will he make a good fight? says th' man. 'Will he? says Hinnissy. 'Will he make a good fight? he says. 'Dooley, he says, 'this here Dimmycrat wants to know if Bill 'll make a good fight.
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