n' the little niggers is got ter be Injuns, hid all behin'
the trunks an' beds an' door; an' after we rock an' rock er _lo-o-ong_
time, then we're goin' ter make out it's night, an' stretch mamma's big
shawl over two cheers an' make er tent, and be cookin' supper in our
little pots an' kittles, an' the little niggers is got ter holler,
'Who-ee, who-eee,' an' jump out on us, an' cut off our heads with er
billycrow."

"How silly you do talk, Dumps!" said Diddie: "there ain't any Injuns
between here and New Orleans; we've got ter be goin' ter California, a
far ways f'um here. An' I don't b'lieve there's nothin' in this world
named er '_billycrow_;' it's er tommyhawk you're thinkin' about: an'
Injuns don't cut off people's heads; it was Henry the Eighth. Injuns
jes' cut off the hair and call it sculpin', don't they, Mammy?"

"Lor', chile," replied Mammy, "I dunno, honey; I allers hyeard dat
Injuns wuz monstrous onstreperous, an' I wouldn't play no sich er game."

But "Injuns, Injuns, Injuns!" persisted all the little folks, and Mammy
had to yield.

The big chair was put in the middle of the room, and the little girls
got in. Chris sat up on the arms to be the driver, and they started off
for California. After travelling some time night set in, and the
emigrants got out, and pitched a tent and made preparations for cooking
supper: little bits of paper were torn up and put into the miniature
pots and kettles, and the children were busy stirring them round with a
stick for a spoon, when the terrible war-whoop rang in their ears, and
from under the bed and behind the furniture jumped out the five little
negroes.

The travellers ran in every direction, and the Injuns after them. Diddie
hid in the wardrobe, and Mammy covered Tot up in the middle of the bed;
Chris turned the chip-box over and tried to get under it, but the fierce
savages dragged her out, and she was soon tied hand and foot; Dumps
jumped into the clothes-basket, and Aunt Milly threw a blanket over her,
but Frances had such keen little eyes that she soon spied her and
captured her at once.

Then a wild yell was sounded, and Polly and Dilsey pounced upon Tot, who
had become tired of lying still, and was wriggling about so that she had
been discovered; and now all the travellers were captured except Diddie.
The Injuns looked everywhere for her in vain.

"She mus' er gone up fru de chimbly, like Marse Santion Claws," said
Agnes; and Diddie thought that was so f