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Both he and the bee- hunter had come to a halt alongside of the bear's meat, and the latter was beginning to prepare his own portion of the load for transportation, while his companion stood thus motionless, lost in thought. Suddenly, Pigeonswing recovered his recollection, and resumed the conversation, by saying: "What million mean, Bourdon? How many time so'ger at Detroit, and so'ger on lakes?"
But how is he called in our own tongue?" "Hell dat he name good name for so'ger, eh?" "I believe I understand you, Chippewa Hull is the name of the governor of the territory, and you must have mistaken the sound 'is it not so?" "Hull Hell don't know just same one good as t'other." "Yes, one will do as well as the other, if a body only understands you. So Governor Hull sent you here?"
We must not trust to there being no more liquor among us; for, if that so'ger is altogether without his rations, he's the first so'ger I ever met with who was!" "But this corporal is a friend of the minister, and ministers ought not to drink!" "Ministers are like other men, as them that live much among 'em will soon find out. Hows'ever, if you WILL stay, Margery, there is no more to be said.
'Take a pinch out o' that box; I don't take much myself, for it comes dear, but I find it wakes me up sometimes, and ye're but a boy to me. I should have a son pretty nigh as old as you if he'd lived, but they listed him for a so'ger he come back home though, for all he had but one poor leg.
"Dat true," said Cloud, quickly "I hear so'ger at Fort Dearborn call him Whiskey Centre!" This little circumstance greatly complicated the mystery, and le Bourdon perceived that he had hit on a lucky explanation. "Soldiers far and near soldiers drunk or sober soldiers with scalps, and soldiers without scalps all know the place by that name.
"I'm glad to hear this, Pigeonswing, for I had begun to think NO man's scalp was safe under YOUR fingers. But what can the so'ger be doing down this-away? A body would think there was business enough for all the so'gers up at the garrison, at the head of the lake. By the way, Pigeonswing, what has become of your letter to the captain at Fort Dearborn, to let him know of the war?"
Once talk long talk wit' missionary tell all about Christian what Christian do what Christian say how he eat, how he sleep, HOW he drink! all good wish Pigeonwing Christian den 'member so'ger at garrison no eat, no sleep, no drink Christian fashion do ebbery t'ing so'ger fashion swear, fight, cheat, get drunk wuss dan Injin dat Christian, eh?"
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