lock-a-wa

Updated: May 12, 2025

Ask the old snoozer what's cooking in that pot. It smells bully and I'm hungry." Ned turned to the Indian and pointing to the steaming pot, said: "Nar-kee? "Lock-a-wa. "Esoka bonus che. "Humbuggus cha. The boys took turns with the big, wooden, family spoon and found the mess very good. There was another kettle of which the Indians ate freely into which Dick dipped his spoon.

A. W. Dimock - Dick in the Everglades