The St. Landry whig., 1845-08-28

route was through a. very bad aWaInp, and the
road was very bad and wet. Mr.. III. then told
INN the route was q very bad onea then told Nc
9ahey my reason for his mt going, that the
swamp was so muddy and so bad | wanted 20
ride my horse; he then told me he could 20 any
where 1 could, and he was going with me; after
breakfast we had our horses caught, and McGa.
they went into the room We had slept in; our sad.
die bags were in the ROOM; 1 was talking with
Mr.. II. about the way | was going; Mclsahey
came out et the room with his saddle bags, and
observed 70 me he had taken tho provisions
had IN my saddle bags and had put in his; he
then walked out to our horses and put his saddle
bags on his poneF. 1 was busy talking with
Mr.. n, and was not noticing McGahey. We
got ready to start and asked McGaheY where
was the pistol / had in my saddle bapa he told
me ho left ii in tie baga, and aaids I. had his
pistol, and that was enough. We bid Mr. II.
good morning; McGahey left his o~ver-coat there
with MIR. III. | had not put my hand on my sad.
die bags since he got on to my horse at the
mouth of Hufpower. We left my saddle. bags,
IN the room at Mr.. Iii. and when we went out to
get on our horses, MeGahey ran and got on my
horse, and | on his poney and saddle and saddle
bags, and we rode on: after q while McGahey
spoke to me and asked me did | not think some
body would steal my pistol out ofmy saddle bags.
l told him 1 thought not, for knew Mr.. III. very
we'll. We went on through the swamp until
we came to bayou Wake bridge we crossed
and went the wrong road, on the other side Of
the Bayou we went on to Mr.. MS plantation;
there saw young Mr.. NJ; 1 was lost, for il was
a strange road to me. knew Mr.. M, and he
asked Us to stay and get dinner; we did 50, I
told him that | was going on the cane ridge;
Mr.. NJ. put us in the right road; we went on
through the worst swamp | ever travelled we
got to Mr.. McB.ss about one hour by sun, and
he was out hunting his hogs, SO Mrs. Mob. told
us she would have the horn blown for Mr.. Nc
b., and in a few minutes he came to the house;
! was not acquainted with him; | introduced my.
seifto him and Mr.. McGahey also / told him
my business; he had our horses put up, and we
spent the night with him. He then told me of
a tract Of land below his house about three
miles; he wished me to 60 down there and look
at 1t. asked him to go with me he told me
be could not 60, tor.he was very busy at work on
the road above him that leads to Bayou Rouge
bridge, and it was out of his power to go with
me then, but he would tell me how | could find
the land. lie told mo to take that road aud go
about one mile and | would come 10 his broth.
er's house, and go on about two miles from there
and | would come to a small house at the end
of the road. III told me this road did not go
any further than this little house; | went on, Nc.
Cahey with me; we got down to this little house;
we then stopped there aud got of our horses;
| looked about at the land and saw the quality
oft; / then lay down ut the root az Il tree
whore our horses were gtasing. Mct1ahey
said he would cat something he went TO the
saddle bags on the poney | was riding and got
out some biscuits and eat. ! was lying down
resting; after he got through eating he went TO
this little house, about 20 steps from where
was and called me to come there; | went, and
he observed tn mo thar, rnra ammo ,-n Al, u,o
about. | asked him how did lie know; he said
look, there was where they had built n fire.
told him no, it was an Indian that built that fire;
he asked me how did know; l told him knew
now they bullt their fires he then asked mo
how; told him the Indians always put the ends
OF wood in the fire, and other people always
lgid the wood cross the fire. We then discov-
t1cd a blanket up in the loft he pulledi it down;
il was q good blankets | told him it was an In.
dams blanket; he told me he was going to put il
under my saddle, for ho was riding my horse
and | was riding his poney. | told himI would
not take the poor Indians blanket, for he was
not far from there. | thought McGahey obser.
we'd to me he would take il, and II | said one
word about il he would cut my throat. | found
he would take the blanket and tried To shame
him out of it but he folded it up and put it UNI
der my saddle, We started back from there TO
Mr.. McB's, and on the way we found an axe in
tho road close To this little house. McGahey got
down and took the axe. Whom il belonged to
| don't know, We went on and whom we got
to McB.s house he was on the road at work;
we staid a few minutes To talk with Mrs. Mob.
We then left, and went the same road that her
lthnsband was at work on; and stopped and talk.
Fed with him about the land. McGahey and my.
self rode on until we came to a mans house by
tho name Of MIR. b.; McGahey observed to me
before | got to the house, he knew b.. in Missis.
sippi. Well, we went on and got down at tho
house, went in, and McGahey made inc ~acquain-
ted with his family, the man himself not being
nj home; we stopped about haitian hour, and
then went on to Bayou Rouge bridge; there we
met with Mr.. b.. McGahey's friend. McGahey
, and b. talked some time; | had nothing to say;
Is. told MeCahey he was going in d few days to
Mississippi, and McGahey observed to him he
believed he would go with him. | told him If
he went with b. / must have my horse; MEGA.
hey did not give me any answer; after a while
| observed TO McGiahey to say what no was go-
ing TO do, whether he was going or no with b.,
and If not, let us 60, for it is nearly night. He
told me to ride on he would overtake me. rode
, on a piece, and stopped in the road, for | thought
McGahey wanted TO 90 off with my horse. Al.
i terra while he and b.. parted, and McGahey
, came up to me. We then rode on to where Y.
and q. were working on the road; | knew them
both, and made McGahey acquainted with them.
, ! then told them we wished to stay all night;
o.. observed, one of US could stay with him, and
/, the other with V. | went home with V. and Me.
, Gahey with G.. told them | was recommended
+. by Mr.. II. to call on them, TO get them to show
f me the land in their neighbofh0od. Tho neat
day, after breakfast, V. and myself went over 10
= G.'s where McGahey went TO stay all night. We