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Supposed Speech of Regulus

From Independent Fifth Reader.

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freeze drying

sublimation!

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“The Gypsy King”

Young Laura and Mary’s favorite song!

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chestnut / horse chestnut

A large nut, the fruit of a species of Æsculus.

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copper

Cu

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“Dakota Land”

1876 hymn, Beulah Land.

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F

Fair Grounds – furrow

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“Irish Washerwoman”

Traditional Scottish and Irish song/dance song.

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“Camptown Races”

1850 Stephen Foster song.

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“De Boatmen’s Dance”

Away Down the RIver on the O-hi-o.

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honey

Bee-made sweetness.

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“The Blue Juniata”

1841 Marion Dix Sullivan song.

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cream of tartar / baking powder

Byproduct of wine-making process, used in baking as leavening agent.

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twisting hay

makes a hot, quick fire

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“Wait for the Wagon”

Buckley and Knauff song.

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anvil

Iron block to hammer upon.

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checkers

Game played on a board of 64 squares.

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dumpling

Dough cooked in liquid.

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geranium

Winter windowsill flowers.

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church

Place of Christian worship.

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jewel box / jewel-box

Nice place to keep a breast-pin.

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cat hole / cat-hole

Jack will keep other animals from using it.

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Bad Lands

Area eroded by wind & water.

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cosy / cozy

snug and comfortable

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hatchet

A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

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Big Tracy Cut

“100 feet deep & tapering off for 1/4 mile”

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Pa’s “big green book”

George Hartwig’s The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature.

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scones

“Mamabess is growing fat.”

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smoke stack / smokestack

locomotive firebox chimney

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“Mountain of the Lord”

Hymn #52, Pure Gold for the Sunday School

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Pre-1906 and 1912 De Smet Panoramic Photos

A view in every direction.

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Perry School

April 28 – June 27, 1884

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Pioneer Press

St. Paul newspaper read by Charles Ingalls in De Smet

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“My Sabbath Home”

Hymn #7, Pure Gold for the Sunday School.

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“Paddle Your Own Canoe”

1850s Harry Clifton song.

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Little House in the Big Woods – historical perspective

Pepin Twp., Pepin Co. Wisconsin

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auk

Extinct sea bird used to describe dovekie found by Charles Ingalls.

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cabin / log house

A small cottage; a hut or small house.

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tiger lily

Native spotted flower of tallgrass prairie.

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A Tribute to the Early Day Teachers

Neva Whaley Harding tribute.

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Mary Power & Edwin Sanford

Laura’s friend and the new clerk at Ruth’s bank.

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“The Lotos Eaters”

Tennyson poem.

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claim shanty

Temporary dwelling.

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John H. Carroll

Early De Smet banker.

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clear, pure green sky

Sunlight separated into colored bands at sunset.

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On the Banks of Plum Creek – the fictional story

Farming struggles in Minnesota.

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willow

Tree of the genus Salix.

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whiskey

Spirits distilled from grain.

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Burr Oak during the Little House years

Town in Winneshiek County, Iowa.

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equinoctial storm

Severe wind and heavy rain that occurs at or near the time of an equinox.

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mummy

Put. that. back.

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Frank Schaub

Early harness maker in De Smet.

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starry papers

Hand-made shelf edging.

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turntable

Revolving railroad platform.

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hoity-toity snip

Thoughtless, giddy, haughty, flighty, gay, and noisy.

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“Home of the Soul”

1865 E.M.H. Gates hymn.

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“Pop! Goes the Weasel”

Traditional American song.

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buttonhook

Curved metal tool for fastening shoes.

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bull dog / bulldog

All of him rested, except his ears.

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De Smet during the Little House years

The Ingalls family moved here in 1879.

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dickcissel / dickie-bird

A semi-nomadic finch, Spiza americana.

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railroad cut / fill

How you level a railroad grade.

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Amos Whiting family

Superintendent of Schools, De Smet.

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“Love’s Old Sweet Song”

1884 song by Bingham & Malloy.

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Pa’s red & white checked mittens

Fair Isle pattern.

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“In the Starlight”

1878 Glover & Carpenter song.

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milk pan / milk-pan / milkpan

Where cream rises.

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Malone Hotels

Where the horse-buyer spent the night.

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Laura’s wedding silver

Wm. Rogers’ “Crown” silverplate.

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needle grass

Ouch! Something bit me!

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America / American

Pertaining to the United States of America.

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hulled corn

Hominy.

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President James Madison

4th President of the U.S.

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Mr. Edwards / Edmund Mason

Was he Edmund Mason?

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bangs / lunatic fringe

hair across the forehead

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clove apple / clove-apple

Spice-preserved fruit decoration.

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Carrie Ingalls

Younger sister of Laura Ingalls; she lived 1870-1946.

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Army bugle

Brass military horn.

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Freddy Ingalls

Laura’s brother (1875-1876)

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“Merry, Merry Christmas”

Hymn Number 150 in Pure Gold for Sunday Schools.

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pen / pen-wiper

An instrument used for writing. / Material used to clean it after writing.

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Laura & Lansford Ingalls

Grandpa & Grandma Ingalls

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icicle

Conical mass of ice, formed by water freezing as it flows downward.

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Charles & Martha Harrison / Patterson

Charles and Elizabeth May Rundle.

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sheep sorrel

Tastes like lemon… or springtime?

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Baby Boy Wilder

Son of Laura and Almanzo Wilder

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“all’s well that ends well”

A proverb.

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gable

Triangular end of a building under the roof.

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chilblain

Cold sores on hands and feet.

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“On Jordan’s Stormy Banks”

Long Winter song

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“When Johnny Comes Marching Home”

1863 Louis Lambert song.

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Mr. Clancy / Chauncey Clayson

Drygoods store owner, Chauncey Clayson

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pasteboard / lambrequin

Paperboard used as base for decorative edging.

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homestead

Free land! [sic]

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“For the Sake o’ Somebody”

1794 Robert Burns poem.

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cottonwood tree

Wetland plains tree, Populus fremontii.

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Walnut Grove during the Little House years

Village in Redwood County, Minnesota

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Dr. E. Gomer Davies

First doctor in De Smet.

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apprentice

One who is legally bound to another to learn a trade or art.

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nine-patch / Laura’s double nine-patch Irish chain quilt

Quilt block pattern.

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riot / Tracy railroad strike

Tracy in June, not De Smet in September

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Congress

Legislative body of a country.

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cameo

Aunt Docia’s pretty collar pin.

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buffalo / bison

bison

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“The Whip-Poor-Will’s Song”

1865 Harrison Millard song.

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black bird / blackbird

Name given to various American birds.

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stockade

Enclosure of posts or sticks.

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Indian camps

Look! Beads!

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tattoo

Sounds like beating drums!

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galumphing

To move in a clumsy, ponderous, or noisy manner.

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stone fences

Rock wall enclosure.

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“Down in Alabam'” / “The Old Gray Mare”

1858 J. Warner song.

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trough

Stock-watering vessel.

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Charles Mead

Proprietor of the Exchange Hotel in De Smet, 1880-1882.

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R

rabbit – rye

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Thomas Quiner

Ma’s brother and Laura’s uncle

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squirrel

Rodent mammal of the genus Sciurus.

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“Haste to the Wedding”

Traditional Irish fiddle tune.

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Visscher Barnes

Probate Judge, VP of Temperance Society, and first director of De Smet school board.

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“I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land”

1860 Daniel Decatur Emmett song.

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“Oh! Susanna”

Stephen Foster song.

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“The Gum-Tree Canoe”

1847 Steele & Winnemore song.

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“Daisy Deane”

1863 song by Union soldiers.

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herd

A number of large beasts assembled together.

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bear grease

Bear fat hair dressing.

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ash withe / ash-withe

A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band for tying.

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ante-over / anti-over / anteover

Game in which a ball is thrown over a structure.

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isinglass

mica for stove windows

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Quaker meeting

Parlor game in which players try to remain silent.

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justice / Justice of the Peace

Limited jurisdiction magistrate.

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Jerome Beardsley family

De Smet hotel keeper.

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Peytona & Fashion

Currier & Ives print at Rocky Ridge Farm.

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china shepherdess / little china woman

Ingalls family figurine.

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literary society

Instructional and entertaining gathering.

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lone cottonwood / lone tree

The big one between the lakes.

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nubia

A light scarf worn about the head and neck.

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K

Kansas – knothole

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Ven Owen

Teacher and principal of the first graded school in De Smet

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“My Old Kentucky Home”

1853 Stephen Foster song.

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mosquito bar / netting

Woven cloth bug barrier.

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Hiram Ingalls

Pa’s brother.

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beet

Succulent root vegetable.

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Willard Seelye

De Smet teacher, 1881-1882.

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Syndicate Hotel

Laura & Almanzo stayed there!

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apple pie / dried apple pie

Just like Ma used to make.

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cradle scythe

Blade and handle used to cut oats.

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swimming hole

Watch out for ankle grabbers!

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“The Singing School”

1869 P. Benson song.

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vanity cakes

Egg and flour batter fried in oil into golden brown puffs.

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velocipede

Carriage propelled by pedals or feet.

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whip

A lash tied to a handle.

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“The Silver Moon”

Sail on, silver moon…

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bastion

A part of a main enclosure which projects toward the exterior.

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tomahawk

War hatchet used by American Indians.

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How well do you know the Little House books?

a quiz for you!

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Tennyson’s Poems

Christmas present for Laura

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Minnie Johnson

Laura’s schoolmate in De Smet

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“Bean Porridge Hot”

Bean porridge cold…

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“Old Grimes”

1822 Albert Gorton Greene poem.

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X

xanthophyll

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Laura’s Sorosis Club speech

“My Work”

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“Mary of the Wild Moor”

1845 song by Joseph W. Turner.

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Lizzie

the child bride

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“I Wish I Was Single Again”

1871 J.C. Beckel song.

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“There is a Happy Land”

Whoop! How those eggs do smell!

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by jingo!

A corruption of St. Gengoulph.

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legal cap

legal document paper

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“Rock Me to Sleep”

Elizabeth Allen poem.

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starch

cloth stiffener

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Governor of Orleans / The American Remount Association

Registered stallion leased to Almanzo Wilder 1923-1925.

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Declaration of Independence

Document renouncing U.S. subjection to Great Britain.

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awl

pokes holes

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swan

Cygnus Americanus

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chapel

Place of worship.

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The New York Ledger

Weekly story paper, published 1855-1898.

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Thomas C. Wilkin family

Florence Wilkin’s father.

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cranberry

Good ones bounce!

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Brownsville, Texas 1906

Did Eliza Jane sell fruit to these soldiers?

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“Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess”

Nursery rhyme wordplay on the name Elizabeth.

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mother-of-pearl

Hard, silvery, brilliant, internal layer of several kinds of shells, particularly oysters.

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Old English letters

Variety of printing type.

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“Here’s to the Maiden”

1780 R.B. Sheridan drinking song.

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“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Our National Anthem; words by Francis Scott Key.

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ostrich tips / feathers

Short bobbing feather used for hat decoration.

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acre

4840 square yards of land.

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Little Town on the Prairie – the fictional story

Homesteading and town life.

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huckleberry

Let’s have some pie!

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“The Polish Boy”

Poem by Ann S. Stephens

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drop the handkerchief / drop-the-handkerchief

Circle game.

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“Don’t Leave the Farm, Boys”

Song from The Conqueror.

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Henry Ford’s Own Story

Industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company.

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galluses / suspenders

Straps worn for holding up pants.

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The Story of Art Smith

1915 Rose Wilder Lane serial about an aviator.

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water alcove

Railroad car water for drinking.

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Charles Ingalls: The Civil War Years

Charles Ingalls: the Civil War Years

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Commentators on the Ac’s

Pa’s charade pun.

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Roman candle

Flaming stars and balls firework.

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Waverly Novels

Sir Walter Scott books.

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Reverend Stewart Sheldon

American Home Missionary Society Superintendent 1874-1886.

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harvest moon

Full moon nearest autumnal equinox

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