When Winter Come by Frank X. Walker

Author:Frank X. Walker
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780813172910
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky

Out There Watching

How I Know Mamma Out There Watching

. . . the succession of curious adventures wore the

impression on my mind of enchantment.

—Meriwether Lewis, June 14th, 1805

One day I separated from the rest a the party to follow

a group a buffalo that seem to call my name

an this angry low cloud swoop down over the river the way

that lion swoop down on the monkey’s back in that story

a Ol’ York’s, only this lion is big an black like me

full a thunder an lightning, an throwing down iceballs

as big as my fist, so I whistles sharp an loud, gets low an

strokes the shells on the hunting shirt she gimme,

an it fly right over.

Before I can reflect on how lucky I be, it come to me that

Charbono’s squaw an her lil’ warrior, Jean Baptiste

is now right b’neath that lion’s claws, so I stampedes back

for the rescue an finds they barely escapes a surprise flood

that washed away Capt. Clark’s compass an Charbono’s gun.

I think no more about it ’til I hear that before the cloud

swoop in a bear chased Capt. Lewis full out

the length ova cornfield.

Made him jump in the river to get away.

When he climb out the bear turn into a tyger cat

then into three big bull buffalo

that charge him and chase him away.

Only then do I begins to understand her power.

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