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  • It was now summer; and having tarried a few days at Gawgushshawga, we moved on up the creek to a place that was called Yis-kah-wa-na,

    A Narrative of the Life of Mrs Mary Jemison Seaver, James E 1824

  • It was now summer; and having tarried a few days at Gawgushshawga, we moved on up the creek to a place that was called Yis-kah-wa-na, (meaning in English open mouth.)

    A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison 1807

  • So yever'body 'low dat o cep' Zack Badget, whut been tellin 'de ghost-tale, an' he ain 'gwine say "Yis" an' he ain 'gwine say "No,"

    The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

  • "Yis," returned the ancient, who was conveniently deaf on a sudden.

    Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray

  • "Yis," came back a faint voice, very thin and high, the way old people's voices sounded when they tried to call loud.

    The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

  • "Yis," he agreed, "it's a day's wor-rk we're after doin ', but what are we goin' to be doin 'wid it now we got it?"

    The Land That Time Forgot Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

  • So yiver'body 'low' dat so 'cep' Zack Badget, whut been tellin 'de ghost-tale, an' he ain 'gwine say "Yis" an' he ain 'gwine say "No,"

    Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906

  • "Yis," assented Freckles, but he was looking at the log and he made no move to relinquish the bulb.

    Freckles 1904

  • "Yis," said Freckles, because it was all he was capable of saying just then.

    Freckles 1904

  • "Yis," said the little old woman, smiling, and her smile was just like the smile of the Counterpane Fairy.

    The Counterpane Fairy Katharine Pyle 1900

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