Try "Parting Presentation," Early Tales & Sketches, Volume 2, pp. 5-8 On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I am trying to find the text of a speech Twain gave in San Francisco early > on, perhaps 1864. It was in connection with honoring an engineer who had > helped raise a sunken ship. Googling, I have "missed fire." It may not have > been a speech, per se, but an introduction of the main speaker, perhaps the > engineer himself. > I recall Twain teasing the gent about being a "son of the forest" (an > Indian) or some such. > Does anybody know where this might be? > - B. Clay Shannon >