Show I THRILLING GAME OF PIONEER WARFARE I I Well began Uncle Joe as he settled set-tled himself for a long talk In the days when I was a boy tho boys wasnt afraid to play a roughandtum ble game Wo usetor play agame which we made up ourselves We palled it the Pioneers Warfare Wo would get all the boys wo could and set them to work building a fort for tho Pioneers I Seo Figure 1 i Then wo set them to work making spears and tomahawks See Figure 2 Then wo would select twothirds of us for Injuns and that leaves one third of tho boys for pioneers Then the Injuns wpuld take their ml TOOT u tJattL VIIJ A The Fort of the Pioneers tomahawks and draw off to plan an attack We had signals so that wo could talk unknown the Pioneers 1 The Indians signals were Klyl ylyl means Attack Cocell Retreat Re-treat Pioneers signals were Charge I means run after Indians Retreat run Into fort I Suddenly our Chief or leader gOo tho warcry KlylylylylC and down wo rushed upon tho fort put the Pioneers wore not asleep They jumped up grabbed their spears and punched us right lustily with them Then managed to drag ono of the Injuna Into their fort upon which ho was their prisoner But we in the meantime had captured cap-tured three of tho Pioneers Well to make a long story short there was pulling punching wrestling and making prisoners until one or the other had won But said Neds mother who had been a silent listener all this time didnt some of you get hurt No you seo the spears and tomahawks toma-hawks wore padded and only served I to Jolt a person up a bit What If a fellow got mad ques I tloned John K We tied him to a tree and let him tit stay there during tho next battle Well try that said John TIGtJ I SPEAR A PO Tf J Q A SACK D C5OT7DH OR JZIQ > TOlrAliAWK A The Spear and Tomahawk Tho game Is just as good now as It ever was Why not try it boyaT Cincinnati Enquirer |