life and times early and mid thirties

There was a time uncle tom Mc'Donald and his son Leo was in the country food was scarce. Leo told me they only had three 30-30 bullets one day when Leo was hinting he saw six caribou. Leo got up close and waoted fot the caribou to walk abreast so he could get three with one bullet he waited till dark but he said at best he could only get two. knowing his father would be satisfied with no less then three he did not get not even one. Leo said they just about starved that fall such was the man Uncle tom he would rather starve then waste a bullet for only two caribou.It was some years later Leo's sister Martha woh married John Marshall od Eskasoni. that as far as their Father was concerned Leo damn well get the worht of a bullet before he fired any of them.This is the reason Leo wouldn't fire at two deer.One spring day they were all out cleaning up the garden picking up rocks so as not to strike any with their sythes when cutting hay time came. An eagle was floating out the gut on a pan of ice. Uncle Tom told Leo to get him the gun and a bullet. When the eagle got off directly from where we all where uncle tom fired at it his bullet struck the water a few inches short of his mark. Uncle Tom laughed and said I just took the top of the sight had I took all the sight I would have dropped the bullet right on top of him.Martha said had that been leo missed all hell would have broken loose.
In 1928 the early part of my life Brtish man o wars as we used to call them thay would anchor off burnt wood's right off in the middle. they used to have doctors aboard we would get all free medical services. treat sored set bonespull teeth what ever was needed to be treated. they would come in every year. some times members of the crew would go up salmon fishing. in those years there were thousands of salmon. one time they were going up fishing they met Uncle Andrew Benoit coming out. They asked him did he get any salmon uncle Andrew said yes I got fortry. They didn't take it too good. said you must have used a net because nobody would catch that many with a fly.Even we ourselves wondered why he caught that manybecause Indian people never take anymore then they needed Conne also had one of the best football teams in the bay. The ships crew used to yake on our fellows every evening but they used to out kick our fellows every time they were we thought the best in the world. but they really liked our fellows because they said our fellows were the best they ever got up against,some of conne fellows could kick like oxen. there was a time one time Uncle Paul Benoit and Albert Mc'Donald met in the middle of the football field . they both kicked the ball the same time the4re was a bang they had split the ball right down the middle. talk about a kick.
I will repeat the famoilies of conne I did it earlier on but with not enough detail.. coming from east to west in the first house lived Micky John. Micky married Millie Reynolds from st albans. As I get further along you will understand who's to blame for the disapperance of our language. As I remember they had four children son Leonard Daoghter Philomena. Son's Ernest and Walter.Mickey and steve were brothers their mother we used to call Kitty was Irish. Steve lived with Micky in those days. They trappe together for years till the fell out over something. This lasted for many years they avoided each other. even on the country. this went on for ten long years. one furring season in the fall Micky and Leonard stopped in a droke to boil the kettele as they were sitting down for lunch Steve passed by on the same path as he always did.Leonard a young boy had no paret in the quarrellooked up and saw Stevewith all innocence shouted to him. Uncle Steve come in and have a cup of tea.without even turning his head Steve answered. no bay thank you. Micky seems without thinking shouted out also Yes boy come in and have a cup of tea.Steve soun around in his tracks went back. Their lunch lasted well into the evening as the years of seperation melted away.From then on They stayed together to the end.