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Updated: June 2, 2025
Could they not induce this man who was to be violently deported to accompany them willingly to Sawyer's Dam and subject himself to the powerful influence of the "revival" then in full swing? The Rattlesnake boys laughed bitterly, and described the man of whom they talked so lightly; but in vain.
There was some fantastic Indian lettering, or sign-drawing, about it, and underneath, in a white man's handwriting, were the words: "Rattlesnake Island." "I reckon Foxy Joe's friend must hev written that in," commented Zeb. "It looks that way," said the professor, who had poured the sample of mineral-bearing sand back into the vial and restored it to Zeb Cummings.
Pursuit by us was in vain, and in about half an hour the dogs would begin to come panting and straggling back. Beside the coyotes, the dogs sometimes made prizes of rabbits and hares, which are plentiful here, and numbers of which we often shot for our dinners. Among the other animals there was a reptile I was not so much disposed to find amusement from, the rattlesnake.
Fatal as is the bite of the rattlesnake to most creatures, the peccary attacks and eats the reptile without the slightest hesitation; as, indeed, do ordinary hogs, and even when bitten they do not suffer in the slightest degree. This encounter with the rattlesnake having delayed us for a little time, we hurried on as rapidly as we could to overtake our companions.
Clothed only in loincloth, each one seizes a snake, and a rattlesnake is preferred if there are enough of them for all. It is managed in this way: The snake is teased with the feather wand and his attention occupied by one man, while another, standing near, at a favorable moment seizes the snake just, back of the head.
"Continue your song, my pretty child," giggled the vicomte; "I hope I have not frightened you?" As he said this he tried to put his arm around Louison's waist. She recoiled as if stung by a rattlesnake. "I will not sing any more," she said firmly; "let me go."
He had had more adventures on this trip than any other member of the outfit. First he was tossed over a high brush by the ox Dave; then, shortly after, he was pitched headlong over a barbed wire fence by an irate cow. Next came a fight with a wolf; following this, came a narrow escape from a rattlesnake in the road.
Guilty or not guilty, it is enough to be accused, to be sure of a flogging. The very presence of this man Gore was painful, and I shunned him as I would have shunned a rattlesnake. His piercing, black eyes, and sharp, shrill voice, ever awakened sensations of terror among the slaves. Gore was singularly reserved and grave in the presence of slaves.
The time crept slowly by, he heard every rap of a woodpecker in a distant tree; a blue jay dipped and lighted on a branch within his reach, but he dared not extend his hand; his legs were infested by ants; he even fancied he heard the dry, hollow rattle of a rattlesnake not a yard from him. And then the entrance of the cave was darkened, and the two men reappeared. Johnny stared.
After a time Gesnip, looking up from her play, exclaimed, as she saw the black diamond pattern the weaver was making: "Mother, why are you weaving a rattlesnake basket?" "I am making it to please Chinigchinich that he may smile upon me and guard you, children, and Cuchuma from the bite of the rattlesnake. There are so many of them here this year, and I fear for you."
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