Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10: Blades of Freedom

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10: Blades of Freedom — page 7
IN SUMMER OF 1667 LA SALLE SAILED TO THE AMERICAS HE ARRIVED IN MONTREAL I'M GOING TO LEARN TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE IROQUOIS WITH THE HELP OF THE JESUITS I WILL EXPLORE THIS NEW LAND THE JESUIT PRIESTS CALLED BLACK ROBES TRAVELED UP AND DOWN THE RIVERS TRYING TO SPREAD CATHOLICISM AMONG THE NATIVE COMMUNITIES AEDES AEGYPTI CAME TO THE NEW WORLD WITH THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE DEEP IN THESE HOLDS IN OAKEN BARRELS OF WARM WATER OUR EGGS WERE CARRIED ACROSS THE SEA WHEN THESE HORRIBLE SHIPS BROUGHT ENSLAVED HUMANS FROM AFRICA THEY BROUGHT US TOO WE MIGHT SUCK BLOOD BUT WE DONT PUT EACH OTHER IN CHAINS IN 1647 WE LANDED IN BARBADOS THERE WERENT MOSQUITOES IN THE NEW WORLD BEFORE THIS WE ARE SPECIAL FROM THERE WE SPREAD THROUGH THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND THE CARIBBEAN WE WERE LIKE YOUR JESUIT PRIESTS- ONLY WE SPREAD YELLOW FEVER OF COURSE THERE WERE JUST NOT AEDES AEGYPTI YOU CAN SPOT US BY THE PRETTY WHITE STRIPES ON OUR LEGS AND THE FIDDLE SHAPE ON OUR BACKS 10