Show FRENCH they live wear near detroit and kepi went a rast past century out in the region of the st clair flats near detroit deteo t elivea a peculiar trl arilie lejk known in general as the french nowhere else in the united states is there a community such as this in language and customs despite the fact that their ancestors have lived there for a century and a half says the new ew york sun they speak rii english elish that la is barely intelligible to the average citi en sen s while their french it is said is totally beyond the ken of a parisian in one respect they are particularly notable that is in their ability as aa storytellers the Detroi understand them and the french know it so that as raconteurs they are not at their best before them them get hold of a guileless easterner and they will fill him full of the most marvelous tales of huntin hunting and bishin ashing ad ventures adventures that ever came from froin the mouth of man mail As a means of earning money they hunt end and fish selling their prey to the rua markets rheta their own staple food article is the muskrat called Imus mus hrat which abound abod out there hence their name french against all ridicule they will maintain that no beast bird oi or fish is more delicate sustaining and healthful than this animal take eem cem fat said one of them to a new yorker who ho spent part of hir hie vocation vacation on the flats take eem cern fat eem m up with aira herbs an speece spice sp ce put cern on fire an croaa roae teem aein nn an sh what v will ill yo you 4 ile he is you shall not tu tell eem from duck gentilman geu of new york come ere to eat duck we give eem cool cook comme il fait ile he say ib ah heaven ali ah godl god navaire have I 1 eat such a duck lie ile thought it was a duck abuck that rous hrat |