The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-12-05
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HEADQUARTERS bit rHE LIoSRERs,1
MoaiegeB M 10, 9bsr, 1916.
r, Jeems X Polk, our Prssidsntto Washington f.
My dear Jfena-As a good many reports il
going honie about eaptern this devoted CITY, I
take ny pen 10 hand 10 du myself Justice, and.
to inform you that I TOOK 1t myself! ii ain't
necessary for me to prove this, for fax is stub
born things. have been very hansumIy sup
ported in this glorious achievement by Ginral
Taylor and his army, speshly by the I'd Divi-
sion, the Ginral of which has proved himself
to be a great man, and his officers is all officers
Of great Ginral Worth, or Of great worth GIN
rally, which is the same thing backwards. /
feel grateful for this assistance, and hope that
none OF these gallant men will be overlooked
when you conn to reward me. l don't want
to cast nobody in the shade, but want to have
the sun of your good graces to shine putty
bright and warm on my patriotic fame. We've
had some fuss alreddy, IN the Lioneers, bout
rank. Leftenent Zeke Tucker and Leftenent
Sinker had a fife bout that very thing, the 9TH
er day, in which Leftenent Tucker, AFTER get
ting both eyes bunged up black and blew,
vammussed and left Mr.. Sinker victorious. I
put lem both under arrest in the guard house.
Leitenent Tucker was so mad about it that he
writ M the %folleri1 letter:
Guard House Of the Lioneers, Oct. /, 1916
Curnel Jones; Sir-You are a tirant and 9
ID low-lived sun of a gun, if you are a cur.
mel, and | amt afeerd to tell you so, if | am in
the guard-house. You think you're a CRATE
man; jest let me tell you, sir, that other folk.
has different 'pinion, and Pm one of them
You think that Mr.. Poke will make a Ginra
Of you, and that the people will run YOU for
candidate. Jest let me tell you, sir, that Nv,
got an unkle in Congress, and PA rite tn him
and ruin your prospects, sir! 1 demand yo,
to send me my blankets, and a newspaper, AM
a bottle of GrOy-denty. What the devil did vo,
put Lettenent Sinker into the same room witt
me for, when there was danger of my becomir
violent and DUN on him bodily harm. Sir
you're no gentleman, and Ill give you salts
~ We ~ uOII6s
ZEKE TUCKER, Left, Lioneers.
was SO mad when | red this letter that
ordered a drum-head ccurt-marshall to shoe
Mr. Tucker without any necessary delay, an,
then went to call to see Ginral Worth and a,
his advice 'bout it. The Ginral axed me n
perlite as could be to sit down, and listene,
tn me, and red zeke's letter from the gard
house that handed to him. His face locke,
as pleasant as could be, fore he red Zeke,s Let
ter, but when he'd dun il, he looked at me an,
his face swelled a little and turned as rcd as
cole Of fire. "Think," says |, "now somebod
will ketch it," but whether twas Zeke or M,
| couldn't tell. "Wall,' says l, "GinraI. ain
t that a hard case? Instid of cussin somebody
as 'spected, he would, he bust rite out into
udlaff, and didn't stop for som time. eyes,
says he, "Curnel, it IS a hard case. Do you .,
as fast as you can, and dismiss your court-mar
Shall, afore they shoot Mr.. Tucker, and I'd ad
wise you tn rite an answer tu him, and thel
have him tried 'cordin tn law.n Ivammusse,
t nome and sot down and lit as ~follars:
HD.Q QUARTERS, LIONEERs, Oct. 1, ls46.
= Lettennent Zeke Tuckeri Sir-You,re al
impudent internal rascal, and if you wasn't
e lettennent and | wasn't a c%urnel, I'd cum an
e lam you like a niger. But 'tiz as it 'tiz, an
you may thank your starsthat it 'tiz so. ain
n ieeTd Of your uncle in Congress, and if he eve