bein' discovered in the first place. But Josiah laid it to me.
And though I tried to make him know that it wuz a Injun that
discovered 'em first, he wouldn't gin in and seemed to think they
wouldn't have been there if it hadn't been for me.

I hated to hear him go on so. And in the cause of Duty, I brung
up Sir William Johnson and others. But he lay there on the lounge,
and kep' his face turned resolute towards the wall, in a dretful
oncomfertable position (sech wuz his temper of mind), and said,
he never had heard of them, nor the springs nuther, and shouldn't
if it hadn't been for me.

Why, sez I, "A Injun brought Sir William Johnson here on his
back."

"Wall," sez he, cross as a bear, "that is the way you'll have to
take me back, if you go on in this way much longer."

"In what way, Josiah?" sez I.

"Why a findin' springs and draggin' a man off to 'em, and makin'
him drink."

"Why, Josiah Allen," sez I, "I told you not to drink - don't you
remember?"

"No! I don't remember nuthin', nor don't want to. I want to go
to sleep!" sez he, snappish as anything, so I went out and let him
think if he wanted to, that I made the Springs, and the Minerals,
and the Gysers, and the Spoutin' Rock, and everything. Good land!