The St. Landry whig., 1845-08-21
LIFE OF B. B. mitchell.


ef sasi MI. @. told me il was about dinner
time and l had better return back with him aud
get dinner; this was about tho 2Bsh Of August,
ls3s. staid some two days; I then returned
back T. Mn. b. fsfsM settlement /: he owedme
some Sz5; be paid mo half Of my wages, and
gave me bis note far the8reaidue, but MIR. B.
having run otfto Texas, | never got the balance;
| begun 70 think pretty hard Of my employers
not paying mes There was y neighbor to Mr..
Us named Mr.. NJ. who was without an overseer
about this time. He made me an Offer Of en-.
ployment, | agreed to take twenty-five dollars
per month, and set in WIS tiNan lissa4 class
40 Mr. q, and went on very we'll with Mr. G, !
business that year, and became pretty well az.
4uainted with the swanps. / lived with ME-.
p. until christmas; he had previously employed
a man for the next year, before he cot me- 10
live with him 1 had a good home, but after
christmas my time was out / had 10 leave Il
hated TO quit, for liked him well but 4 few
ttays before my time WINS mp, Mr.. G. got me q
home with Mr.. W.. Mr.. g. paid me Up like i
gentleman. / went to see Mr.. w. and we made
. bargain; he was TO give me 500 per month.
This was in the beginning oFIs39, in Janus.
ry; | had to live BY myself; MFR. w. was in
Mountviile; | set in TO business, and went on
finely. About March l went % correct one oitile
hands, and the negro ran from me from that
ordered some Of the restSto catch him they
obeyed and ran after the boy but before he
would be taken he jumped into TIM bayou, and
was drowned. | felt very much hurt at tho
ideao of it, for thought Nfr. w. would discharge
me. He came on the place to see me, and
told himall about The boys jumping into the
bayou, but he did not say much about II. |
kept on % my business NJ us,ial, and made i fine
crop, ths finest he has svermude. Iii the month
Of AugdA, MIR. W. and myself had a few rough
words | got into 4 passion and quit, thinking
Mr.. W. hadno business 10 say a word about his
plantation, and hecoulS& ao as he pleased; he said
he had rather t6r mssto remain the year out,
hut / became dissatisfied and would not stay sd
long Mr., w. paid me up like a gentleman /
then went np8tA MIR. BIS on Bayou BmuC III the
Parish Of napiaes. | staid d few days, anc
&ame 10 NH. Cts, where | had formerly lived
faid r~crnained there a day or SO, aud DR.. G..
Awho has a plantation in the neighborhood, EN-
ploYcd ~nleSnntil christmas. He gave me $5t
81 per month; this WINS about September, 1880; til,
a place was new, and | lived by myself III,
~ Dr. fsft for the state of Virginia, not to be bacl
d until she hfstof january; | Went on with my bu
4 siHeas very well; sometimes | would go out wit
n ffe aeighhors, aud XIII a lcea Or two, for be
I &aH.t 20 get preitySxeiF acquainted with he PEG
+ Dle@ ia this tilne / became acquainted with III
Ireneh prOple; they woala give balls, and wa /
], ihalie fne3to come t1tIeir parties. In the MON
G 0% Ocfober | shot the first ear | ever killed
u a$nnl this time also, Or. G.. renrncd from Vir
kgfnia; he came on the plantation, looked about
il and was pleased with my management; ever
q thing was in The right place. In January m
il lime was up; Mr.. J.. called to see me, and wan
u bed rae % got, 81. Mars Parish with him; | di
a moi like 'he idea Of going, because | knew | wa
doing well with DR., G. Mr. ]. $taid about theT
ope or two weeks with me aud the neighbour
j Ia n fsw days DR.. G. came on the plantation
ia and ~proIosel 20 employ me for the next year.
told him no, could not take his wages; for froi
what j. told m" and had advised me, | thought
wonll 60 with him; went, and have been so
ey for il ever sidce, for | was doing well vii
the Doctor, and every body liked mr.: | went q
rived There about , O'Clock the next day: "
Il went 20 Donaldson; after that went down Bay
safsurchn 10 Thib0lcauxvillc; and the next dt
!; we went dnwn 10 Homer; we stud there son
!, tws3 Or three days, for | was pretty nearly wo
out From travelling, ind dow in tho heart,
4 think Ind quit g1od business and come off thel
L where 4 WINS lust spInding money for nothing; y
/. remained there atAe / went about enquiring [
: h~isIness, hut couSh not hear Of any; | thong
= thea u would 90 Sacs to st. Mary's Parish;
I : went on back TO Thibodeauxyiile and the ne
day u came on and overhauled me. We III,
:: caines Oh together back TO Plaquemine, there i
- spentthe night. The next day we came up d
rivnf 10 Baton Rouge; from that we went up I
4 Mississippi river some IL miles; we stopped al
'e said all might there with a planter; next day i
Y went On some & or ten niles, and we got into
" conversation ah0ut farm he said one W
Z was right, ana said my way was right, and
fell dit tIieF8ln fsaas l Eefi him and went
up the river ~ipqaififig for business, MS far
~ Fource river; | found Ekto De 4 wealthy plat
eh III The morning | left III w through the sWan
me from Foufcc river to bayou Gross Tete, abr
iof f0r5 miles. When struck Bayou Gross Is
rs swan my horse across, and went down /
~. Bayoutp the Indian yillage,-whlch was abb
she 20 or Is miles from Fource Fiyef; though
o. would get 10 the Indian yillagc Iii Eifbe 10 n,
81. q steam boat; | arrived there about dark, d
nea fond tho boat thcFe-she was going 10 sturt
re. next morning II Franklin, | put my horse
board and returned back 10 Franklin. ",
'ro- bacS 10 where { had been boarding, some is
~ 20 miles up the Bayou Icche, on the road
y New Town; | remained there for some week
%: 50 enquffing for business, but could not hear
any: | thought II was Il bad trip to me, for | /
spent about $3.50 for nothing. One daytI \
on studying over my travels 20 myself thif.ki
how fir had gone for nothing, and | looked
re- and saw j. riding up to The house he came
and appeared to he very glad 10 see me-, and
me he had been looking for mo from the ii
lks W. had parted on the mississippi river alb
thc Baton Koage, and said we had both got mad
n thing; | tlen was friendly TO him, but |
the hfm lie had been The cause Of my spendin.
IRE. soad sea! Of money for nothing, and had b.
III. me cause Of my leaving a good home. ! Il
are thougat / wptiil go lack to Bayou Beuf;
Of n | EIeW my Friends would laugh al me for tax