Prevalent Poetry

A Wandering tribe, called the Siouxs,Wear moccasins, having no shiouxs;They are made of buckskin,With the fleshy side in,Embroidered with beads of bright hyiouxs.

When out on the war-path, the SiouxsMarch single file — never by tiouxs—And by "blazing" the treesCan return at their ease,And their way through the forests ne'er liouxs.

All new-fashioned boats he eschiouxs,And uses the birch-bark caniouxs;These are handy and light,And, inverted at night,Give shelter from storms and from diouxs.

The principal food of the SiouxsIs Indian maize, which they briouxs,And hominy make,Or mix in a cake,And eat it with pork, as they chiouxs.

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Now, doesn't this spelling look cyiouxrious?'Tis enough to make any one fyiouxrious!So a word to the wise!—Pray our language reviseWith orthography not so injiouxrious.