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(Episode #14)

(Josh and Silas giving birth put a bet on at Acorn Bluff, outdoor sport out of Goose Creek that runs by the Bluff, and the various oak trees that have the knotty fruit, only just sportfishing and resting resistant a big tree, among the Acorns, Josh has his field sport insert stuck fast into the ground, Silas, seated up a bit, waiting for Josh to share his tale.)

Josh: I got a chronicle yo-all ain' he'rd up to that time son, perceive up a bout...

Silas: Wha' it pa?

Josh: It 'bout Ole Grandpa Shep final in '29, when my first boy, Toby, was not
yet born, an´ Shep use-to go ensnare dem dere fish, descending her Acorn Bluff, in dis her' cree (Goose Creek). I been to de Smiley habitation dis one dey, de achromatic folks' dere go in wid a big catfish-I'clare, ef-en he ain' big as you son. Ole Shep, he wes liken ole Granny rearward den, an' I sees him talkin' to de fish, an' he ask dem room folk, why de not bitin' more than downcast at de Bluff.

Silas: An' I suppsen de fish conversation posterior to ole Shep, haw pa?

Josh: Wuy you say dat?

Silas: Cussen yo-all guin to convey me so.

Josh: I sees dat big fish, an' I ain' never seen a large catfish-I'clare, an' de light-colored kin furnish it to de dog, and de white clan say, "It for de blackman or de dog, wuh git it?" an' de dog git it. Wat yu got to say 'bout dat? Den he sees me, and say, "Josh, I capture you annudder one tomorrow, an' I gives it to yu," and utterance. Den him an' me module comp'ny. He ain' have big 'enough aquatic vertebrate to food me to hang around. But dem big aquatic vertebrate guin away nowadey...!

2-10-2007

Note: Grandpa Hightower [Shep Hightower] 1734-1829

Note: Josh had three children, Silas, Jordan, and Toby; Toby was hatched nigh on 1830, died at the end of the Civil War, 1865.

Note: Asha Wash [works in Smiley's provide lodgings as housemaid, daughter to the cook: Granny Wash of the Smiely's plantation, a neighbouring to the Hightower's; - Granny worked for the Smiely's for 30-years, she was calved in 1800, died at 66-yearsold. Her female offspring Asha Wash 52-years old, was foaled to Granny when Granny was 14-years old, some are mulatto Negroess. Asha Wash dies of parturition in 1867, gave kickoff to Toby, Josh's son. And Granny was the male parent to Granny.