s-h-e-i-k-s

Updated: May 17, 2025

They seemed like the leaves of a forest, or the sands of the sea, if them sands and leaves wuz turned into men, wimmen, and children high hats, bunnets, umbrells, fans, canes, parasols, turbans, long robes, and short ones, gay ones, bright ones, feathers, sedan chairs, bijous, rollin' chairs, Shacks or that is how Josiah pronounced it. I told him that they wuz spelt S-h-e-i-k-s.

Marietta Holley - Samantha at the World's Fair