Bulletin, Issue 18State of Louisiana, Department of Conservation, 1928 - Conservation of natural resources |
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Page 42 - I will enter," said the Ancient of Opossums, "and after catching him I will bring him out and you all must kill him." Then he entered the hole. In a little while he emerged bearing a hoe on his shoulder and with his body painted yellow all over. "What are you all doing? " said he, as if he were a stranger. "We are doing so because the Ancient of Opossums killed some of us and entered this hole," replied the Wolf people. "I will go in and catch him, and when I bring him out you all must kill him,"...
Page 46 - Possum waited near the tree while Deer went to the top of a near-by hill. And when Deer reached the top of the hill, he turned and then ran quickly down, striking the tree with so great force that he was killed and all his bones were broken. When 'Possum saw what Deer had done, he laughed so hard that he stretched his mouth, which remains large even to this day.
Page 43 - Come to see me to-morrow," and departed. When the Ancient of Brants reached the abode of the Ancient of Otters, the latter being exclaimed, "Halloo ! I have nothing at all to give you to eat! Sit down! " Then the Ancient of Otters went fishing, using a "leather vine," which he jerked now and then in order to straighten it. Many fish were caught, and when he reached home he cooked them. When the fish were done, the Ancient of Otters put some into a very flat dish, from which the Ancient of Brants...
Page 17 - War, the fur trade from the south passed out of the hands of the French, and until 1771 the English were busy rediscovering the old French routes to the West. A period of open competition followed. The discoverer of a new fur district was soon followed by competitors who undersold him and were undersold by him until some or all were ruined and left for new fields.
Page 41 - While he was singing, the Ancient of Wolves came in sight close to him. 'What are you singing?' said he to the Ancient of Opossums. 'Nothing,' replied the latter. 'I was saying, "What very pretty flowers are here".
Page 45 - It had been a dry season and there was very little food for Deer, consequently he had become thin and rather weak. One day Deer met 'Possum and exclaimed: 'Why! Possum, how very fat you are. How do you keep so fat when I can not find enough to eat?' And 'Possum answered, 'I live on persimmons, and they are unusually large this year, I have all I want to eat.
Page 430 - April 10, 1915.] •Didelphis virginiana pigra Bangs. 1898. Didelphis virginiana pigra BANGS, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 28, p. 172. March, 1898. TYPE LOCALITY. — Oak Lodge, opposite Micco, Brevard County, Florida. RANGE. — Florida, the lower coast region of Georgia, and the low Gulf Coast belt as far as western Louisiana. •Didelphis mesamericana mesamericana Oken.
Page 40 - The Opossum made a similar assertion, and then they parted, each going to his home. The Opossum lay down in a hollow tree and slept there a long time. He arose when the sun was very high and was going to the pond; but the Raccoon had already been there ahead of him and had gone round the pond, devouring all the crawfish. The Raccoon sang as he was returning home. The Opossum stood listening, and then he sang thus: "ffi'na ki'-yu wus-se'-di.
Page 43 - Once upon a time the Ancient of Brants and the Ancient of Otters were living as friends. One day the Ancient of Otters said to the Ancient of Brants, 'Come to see me tomorrow,' and departed. When the Ancient of Brants reached the abode of the Ancient of Otters, the latter being exclaimed, 'Halloo ! I have nothing at all to give you to eat ! Sit down...
Page 432 - North Amer. Fauna, No. 20, p. 29. August 31, 1901. TYPE LOCALITY. — Louisiana. RANGE. — West side of Mississippi Valley from southern Louisiana to Missouri; westward along the coast of Texas to Matagorda Island; and up the Red River. Valley as far at least as Wichita Falls.