He then seized one of them, dragged it to the top
of a small clod so as to be able to get a start, and laboriously made
out to fly with it about ten or fifteen yards, when he alighted to
rest. Then he dragged it to the top of another clod and flew with it
about the same distance, repeating this hard work over and over again
until he managed to get one of the gophers on to the top of a log
fence. How much he ate of his hard-won prey, or what he did with the
others, I can't tell, for by this time the sun was down and I had to
hurry home to my chores.
VI
THE PLOUGHBOY
The Crops--Doing Chores--The Sights and Sounds of
Winter--Road-making--The Spirit-rapping Craze--Tuberculosis
among the Settlers--A Cruel Brother--The Rights of the
Indians--Put to the Plough at the Age of Twelve--In the
Harvest-Field--Over-Industry among the Settlers--Running the
Breaking-Plough--Digging a Well--Choke-Damp--Lining Bees.
At first, wheat, corn, and potatoes were the principal crops we
raised; wheat especially.
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