The St. Landry whig., 1845-08-14

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49, ~ askedsm when I was coming ! toMf 2
M soma lime after Christmas | would start. ou
III The .n,onsh of January. 1888, there came W.
80 rsas 10 Mr., j 3ssthey were travelling Ahu ~
~ 49, ,pare from North Caroline. Orange sil
1899. knew nothing of them. Mr.. J. was ~
$500: acauainted with them, he made me ac- a.
d,,aiAtud with them, and called their names y
s,aids there aome four or hive days; tns " =
weather was very cold they told me they Welg s.
cornina TO the. State OF louisiana; | laen = !
shs,, 1 wn,lld come with them, if they would =
80 ,,nssi Il gets ready to come; they said they =
y,ossld wait for me; I commenced getting :eaay 2
- sayss with the men; they were coming mere % a
sn,ln,v oyerseering; the day came Tor Us 70 s.af.. =
ALr,,t IA pod Of January, we lett Manlsoh y
scaSsrtv M,aaissipui,s for the State OF Louisiana 7
wsnt 81 10 Natchez, on the aMlsslsslppi river :
fhere Is thought we would put our horass II
hnaIa 81 i'll steanaboat and come 20 Aie1andiF,a' !
on Ks River; my horse was very u nn |.
sJsss ia he ~steamboat; had to sell nun !
TsheSvfs I could buysanother after got TO Al.
eyandTiA: the other men put their horses q
hanras aid not like ~totraycl on the ~steamnoaI
6aFTkad heard 50 much of their blowing UPS
49, rarnIAfeIv frightened ALT times and very
,,ns.~p.a5s svas The frat timeI had eYer travel
MI M ons, and thought It would By the iasf,
ifIpot tosmy journeys end; We came on lhs
DaEy Crockett, she ran from Natcnsz g atea
andria: we got on very well unsli aDous Z
0seIoch Hit NE night, when near the montn g..
4yss river. she caught fire alarm was given I
mn Is. Ia The lady's cabin, and commenced moi
lco;ug Gfe Is loud as ] could, to wake them up
Il had ssat aons 10 bed that night for ! telt 20
,neasv / could not sleep the fire was soon put
out /. We then entered Red river; we went60 OF
"a m;las nptthe river, and the main shalt Of the
engine broke We dritted ustil We struck the
hank and made fast to q tree nat nlsntlnefe
cane i boat dowA the river; We rang our nei;
she went on by us and would not come Y gu
ASSISTANCE; the next morning another boat casne
u dawn and stopped NJ assist US, she carried oui
boafs hack to The mouth, where we had TO stay
Until there came a boat going up Red river
The next morning about sun rise there5eame a.
boat@by..Sw cot OH her and were ready to start
sbouI ten AZ ae1noraing the two men that were
WITH me thought they would take Thy land. as
lonu as they had their horses | had SOLD mltle
ia. hatcher; they left me and said they Wonld 90
oasbvlhe way pf Bayou DeGlaise, go up Bayou
Bosu md meet me in AlexandFla; the poae ieM'
wa went on very well, for hat was avery line
boar; we arrived next morning at Alexandria
left the boat, and went to Mr.. X. q. LIS. ftay.
arm. and nut IN with him: this was my frat ar
rival ia Louisiana, Rapides Parish, in Aiexan
dria: this was in 1888, in FebriaEys was {
co.nniete stranger there. About IL of is mile
FEM Alexandria, on Bayou Bouf there was {
man by the name of Mr.. ]. B. who had beer
but a few months in the state. MIR. b. CANT
from the same neighborhood I was from, knew
hiTa well, and he knew me from my cradle; Their
was another man by the name ofMr Il. c., h,
was formerly from North Carolina, did no
know him, but had heard him spoken ofbefor
,45leftN C.. Mr.. R. G.. had sent his son VIM. c
on to North Carolina to recsive his education
/ became well acquainted with VIM. C.in \
c. before / left, for~we had spent q good man
days together when was Q boy; Lhad ofte
heard Mi. w. G. speak Of his father in Louis
ana. set out to so and see my friend Mr..
b. on Bayou Boeuf; I hired . horse in Alexar
dria. Ii was a very cold day Il arrived at m
fiends, Mr.. J. BIS about 8 o'clock in the aftel
noon !, / rode up to the house, MIR. Is. was
his business on the plantation; | rode out Their
TN and found him; he was very glad 70 see me, al
and I was glad TO zee him, for we. had not see
each other for 2 or three years; we talked awhi
and then went on to the house and sptnt Il
night with him. The next day Thought Rwou
goandsee Mr.. r. G.; he lived close by, in y
RineY woods; Mr.. B. directed me the way; | Z
If ouland found his house; went in and made n
i. self acquainted with Mr.. c.; he knew my faith
very well in NJ. c.; after dinner l left for n
Bis. again, where | staid all night, the seco
night; the next day, Mr.. b. and. myself went
Alexandria together, for me to take the hol
back n had hired, had one Of Mr.. BIS. hor
s to ride back on in the evening--we started ba'
Eli was in March, 1885, my first year in IL
isisna, Iremained there on the plantation W
Mr.. b. for FIVE. or six days, and told Mr.. I
I wished TO get into business; be. told me he v
sa strangertherc, and did not know of any bl
,aness; he knew but very few people. In alb
five or six daysgafter that the weather beca
very moderate, and thought | would go to
4s exandria, and make some enquiries about b,
anoss;I went, made all the enquiries, butyco
nj not hear Of any business; 4 started back, and
Kswas riding along 1 met with the two men
left me at the mouth Of Red river, and told
sfthey would meet me in Alexandria; | wal; 3
to see them, for they had come with mo fl
MississiPpi; we talked awhile and i asked I'll
ifthey Had heard of any business yet; ] kr
they were looking for business as we'll as mys
they told mo they had found business. 4.
q told Gge be was going 10 live with Judge
Lands5 IN Bayou Benf; Andrew j. fold nj
was goingSto live with Mr.. J. in that parish,
Bayou Robert, near Alexandria; they asked
y, had a found Business, told them no; they N
.,.s on tel AlexaMdriasend went on 10 Nj Bs
1T asked me 10 come aud see them jill could
hi hear.of business; Istol1thcmI would; ASaidy
Mr., R. d. while when I heard Qf-, thol
would go and see him. I'VE made q bargain
work, he waste give inc $40 per month, to
tend 10 II orl3 hands. / went back to
friend, Mr. 3. and told him what i had dons
u II and set in according to promise; wen
.sgery vel; my employer liked my managemi
ikedhim pretty well. After q while / bees
% pretty well acquainted with my neighhors; st
0f them asked me what was getting, l
stbem II was getting $40 per month; they
me ! had the promise of It but that was al
became very uneasy At that; Itold my emplo
must quit him; he appeared to- hate livery mi