ABSTRACT

Well Jim Slowan _ had a hard father. An' he stole some money from his father _ and his mother threatened what a _ hammerin he was goina get _ when he uh...for...'cause she was goina tell un soon (as he) come home 'twas he stole the money. Well he went in the woods _ an' hid away and lost hisself. Well now -- well after he was there for a couple of days _ he settled, he climbed up in a high tree an' he seen the hills. An' _ got up on the hills

♦noise on tape an' had a big feed o' berries _ an' walked on up west* _ an' by an' by he come to a big pond _ run right along by the clifft. Well he start...to get down over, get down over. So goin down _ t' first thing he seen is smoke. "Well” he said "there's SOMEONE down there anyhow. I'll find the way out to _ settlements now.”