sputed

They 'sputed on the tower of Babel and the Lord say' Confound you! '

Miss Minerva and William Green Hill Frances Boyd Calhoun 1888

Dey talked an 'dey' sputed toge'rr fer seven days an 'nights.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Various 1887

'sputed; he jes' tuck ter me f'om de minute he got off 'm de train an' sot eyes on me; he am one easy chile ter git 'quainted wid; so, I jes' h'isted him up by me.

Miss Minerva and William Green Hill Frances Boyd Calhoun 1888

'ca'se he was treed on dere lan', and we 'sputed dat it was our coon,

Colonel Carter of Cartersville Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

Leas'ways dat's w'at dey tells me, en I ain't never yearn it 'sputed. "

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881