Nelson Family Juvenilia
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America Family Robinso - n.d.

The America Family Robbinso

They went onto their ship and sailed off after they had gone quite a ways Alice said oh Jimmy I can see land a head

lets goo [sic] to it said Jimmy

so they went there and found it to bee a small island about a mile long and a half of a mile wide

oh see those big round yellowish red things they look like oranges said Alice

oh here is one I found on the ground lets peal it said Jimmy

so they did it and found it to be an orange they shook one tree and the oranges fell they picked them up [page break] and put them on their ship then they ate dinner and went back Jimmy fired off his gun Jimmy put on some old clothes that had been washed up on the shore and went in bathing in a little while he came out and they had supper then they went to bed

the next morning they got up and while they were eating breakfast Jimmy said lets name that island we went to Orange Island

yes said Alice

lets go to that cave we saw five years a go said Jimmy

and take all our guns so if we see a lion we can kill it said [page break] Alice

so they started they took some meat after they had gone a piece they came to a cave Jimmy looked in and saw nothing then he went in and Alice followed Jimmy lit a stick

oh how it shines said Alice

then Jimmy picked up a piece

oh it looks like gold I wonder if it is said Jimmy

I hope tis said Alice

lets make this into a house said Jimmy

it would be strong said Alice

lets name this forest cave wont we Alice

Yes she answered then they started on

lets go to the river said Jimmy so they started [page break]

oh see these little round things on the ground said Jimmy

and see those monkeys eating them up there said Alice

then we can eat some of them said Jimmy

so they tasted of them and found they were figs so they took a lot then they went on and came to the river the shore was all strewn with things from a reck then they went back the next day they got in to their row boat and starter a long the shore they were going to find that river where it flowed into the ocean they went a long till they came to a river so they started to go up it

what was that said Jimmy turning around

oh it’s a shark [page break] said Alice

Jimmy took his gun and fired it hit the shark but didn’t kill it Alice had grabbed the oars and was going for shore the shark chased them they just hit shore when the shark grabbed the boat they sprang a shore and watched the stark [shark] they saw a large fish coming down the river this shark saw it two [sic] so he let the boat go and gave chase to the fish it went back up river so Jimmy got the boat and drew it a shore

oh see all of those bees coming out of that tree said Alice

oh it’s a bee nest a hunny bee nes[t] said Jimmy [page break]

what are those things over there the other side of the river hanging from the vine oh they are grapes said Jimmy

I wish I could get some but I don’t dare to cross the river said Jimmy

but they pushed the boat in to the river and got in to it they kept near this shore the[n] pretty soon got to the ocean then couldn’t see the shark so they crossed the river and to the other side when they got to the right place they stoped and had dinner then they picked the grapes it didn’t take them very long when they got them picked they got in to their boat and went down a gain then they went a long

oh see that cape said Alice

when they got most there they had to steer out [page break] for [rock?] they went a round it a bout two [rows?] from land to kep a way from the rocks

lets name this Cape Rocks Jimmy said

all right

after going quite a piece further they came to the river they rowed up it a piece to where the boxes and barrel were and loaded their boat then they started back after quite a row they got home and ate supper then they went to bed the next day they ate breakfast then they unloaded their boat and carried the things up to their house they got it unloaded then they got in to their boat and rower towards the island [page break] they had seen in a little while they caught sight of it in a little while they got there

oh see these things on these vines said Alice

oh they are musk melons don’t you know them

o yes I didn’t think any thing a bout them lets get a few said Alice

so they took a half dozen and put in to their boat

lets look a round on the island said Jimmy

they saw a box lying on the shore so they opened it and found it full of white sugar so Jimmy took his knife and cut a musk melon open then he cut it in to slices and put sugar on them they ate all they wanted then they put the box of sugar in to [page break] the boat then they went on in a little while they came to the other side of the island then they started a long the coast it came supper time and they hadn’t got their boat just then they saw a tree with fruit the size of a crab apple only whiter Jimmy tasted of it

oh it’s the bread fruit I guess said Jimmy

so they got some and ate it for supper then Jimmy and Alice built an old hut out of drift wood they nailed a board on to a tree [page break] then they nailed boards up and down as you see in the picture then they got a big plank for the door then they went in and layed down and went to sleep

the next morning they got up and picked some more bread fruit and ate break fast then they started on after they had gone a few rods Jimmy said that sounds like a pond over there it isn’t as loud as the ocean

lets go and see said Alice

so they went a little further and came to a thick grove and came to a small pond

oh isn’t it pretty said Alice

we will come here with out boat wont we Alice

oh yes it will be fun

then they went on in a little while they came to their boat so they got in [page break] it and went home

lets name that Bread Island said Alice

that’s a good name said Jimmy

they carried the musk melons into the house then they had dinner of boiled meat and musk melons after dinner they got in to their boat and went back to Hippotami River after another load of things when they got there they built a raft and loaded it then they loaded the boat and started off it was hard rowing the boat when they got to Cape Rocky they went a shore and rested while they were resting Alice noticed a cocoa nut tree so they got a few and broke one of them open they ate the meat and [page break] then got in to their boat and started a long

by supper time they got home they had supper and went to bed the next day they started for the cave well armed they went a different way and found some plumb trees the plumb had just got ripe so they picked a lot they had brought a box to carry back some gold in but they put the cherries in it instead then they went on and in a little while came to the cave they went in it wast very large but it was big enough they in tended to make a house out from it so [page break] they went to the river and got some boards and planks and brought them back [page break]

in a little while they had got enough so they began to fix it there was two trees one standing at each side of the cave they put one on top of the cave then nailed the others in front they left a space for the door then they hunted a round for some leather in a little while they found an old boot they cut three pieces from it and fastened them on to a wide board two for hinges and the other one for a latch then they went in side and shut the door it was pretty dark in side then they went out it looked as if there was no cave at all

oh isn’t this nice said Alice

in a little while they went back

lets go to that pond said Jimmy

all right said Alice

so they took some meat and started when they got there they stoped and got a musk melon then they went on a bout noon they came to a brook they knew that it was from the pond so they draged it up and in a little while came to the pond Jimmy had thought to make a couple of fish hookes and lines so they got some poles and bated their hookes then they rowed out a piece and began fishing

oh I have got one said Alice but I can’t pull him wont you help me

Yes said Jimmy and they pulled it

isn’t it a big [page break] one said Alice

in a few minutes Jimmy caught one it was most as big as the one that Alice caught after they had caught five big ones they ate dinner then after dinner they caught a few more and then started for home

on the way they saw a lot of timbers floating around they looked the way that they were coming from and saw that they were coming from the river that they had got their loads of boxes and barrels from they rowed up a little nearer and saw [page break] a lot of monkey pushing the timbers of[f] and then getting on them and riding a piece then they would jump of[f] and swim a shore they kept doing it over and over pretty soon they went home they gathered all the fruit that they could find and put them in penns in cave house ready for the rainy season then they made a place to put their ship and not have it in the water they built a slanting platform and drew the ship up on it then they took their row boat up and were ready for the rainy season
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by E H Nelson