Yawcob Strauss and Other Poems/Prevalent Poetry


 * A Wandering tribe, called the Siouxs,
 * Wear moccasins, having no shiouxs;
 * They are made of buckskin,
 * With the fleshy side in,
 * Embroidered with beads of bright hyiouxs.


 * When out on the war-path, the Siouxs
 * March single file — never by tiouxs—
 * And by "blazing" the trees
 * Can return at their ease,
 * And their way through the forests ne'er liouxs.


 * All new-fashioned boats he eschiouxs,
 * And uses the birch-bark caniouxs;
 * These are handy and light,
 * And, inverted at night,
 * Give shelter from storms and from diouxs.


 * The principal food of the Siouxs
 * Is Indian maize, which they briouxs,
 * And hominy make,
 * Or mix in a cake,
 * And eat it with pork, as they chiouxs.




 * Now, doesn't this spelling look cyiouxrious?
 * 'Tis enough to make any one fyiouxrious!
 * So a word to the wise!—
 * Pray our language revise
 * With orthography not so injiouxrious.