William Denton wrote:
> "Paget was following some sort of track. I
couldn't
> see it, either because he and the Italian [farmer]
blotted it out ahead of
> me, or because I'm a shine Indian." I know "shine"
is an old disparaging
> term for blacks, but I just can't figure out what it
means here.
I'd take it that "shine" is short for "moonshine", meaning he
was like a drunken Indian, no good for tracking.
Kerry
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