Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-04-19
several miles in search Of the trail
we we're on, but not finding il, began

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LOST. So he bad 10 abandon .slisI
stlme and riae;very fast until he found
his. company, which was about sun.
down. Night was now coming on.
apace, ANDY began to look out for
a place TO spend the night. Our path
became SO indistinct that we could
scarcely follow it, and the palmetto
roots we're so thick that we could
scarcely get along. | took the pony
and rode ahead to select the camping
ground and End water After riding
a mile or two,l came to a-sort of
branch, and concluded that we would
camp there; bnt riding a few PAGES
further, / saw farm about a quarter
of a mile ahead and rode back to re-
port. We all concluded We would
proceed to the house, in the hope Of
getting some provisions. 1t was now
getting dark, and with some difficulty
l found the way round to the house.
As I approached the road seemed to
fork, and ] did not know which to
take, but hearing some person chop
ping cut in the timber, ! rode out to
the spot and found a girl about
twelve or fourteen cutting sliterd.''
| asked her who lived there at that
house (pointing to it) says she; daddy
! lives there but he's not at home, he's
igone COW hunting. Now. thinks ] to
myself that was his calf that the
boys killed and in all'probablity he
will be on our traifand have US taken
before morning. Says ], don't the
road fork back there7 No, she re.
piled; they amt but one road about
here as ! knows on, and hit goes UP
thar by the house. Sol went up te
the house, inquired about the road
hired the old woman to bake us
some bread, and tried to get some
corn and fodder but did mot succeed
We eamped about two hundred yards
from the house and set about get.
ting supper. 1t fell to the lot o.
Graham and myself 10 &c. supper
that night, SO We had our fire built
some distance from the wagon. The
scent Of our fresh beef soon reached
! the olfactories Of the providing wolves.
and when some Of the boys went with
their torches to the wagon to get oul
cooking utensils, some Of them hap.
pened to see the wolves eyes shi.
ming, and the wind happening to
blow out the fight the boys left en-
masse. Several attempts we're made
before we could get our utensils out
iof the wagon. White was so badly
scared that he. could not ungear bis
mules without help, but that was not
ito be wondered at, considering that
he was persinm0n-rased in one of the
}Carolinas. We had our guns stacked
near the FIRE Our tent stretched,
and all things inreadiness for an at
tack either from the wolves or our
beef hunters. So after finishing our
supper, Ito which We did ample JUS
ttice) weretired and laid on our guns
all night. At early dawn next morn
ing we had our mess Of fried steak
and were on the road BY daylight
We now had great difficulty in fol-
lowing the $50 cailed) road, for it
was nothing more than a dim trail
through the woods. We soon found
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ourselves in the vicinity Of Sodom,
the county site Of. Levy county,
land of all the towns We ever saw this
was the last and least. The court
house was built of nnhewn pine logs,
and the Jail was about twelve by
fourteen and of the same material.
One little pole pen, with a cart load
of goods, was the only store. We
halted in front Of the most respecta-,
BILE looking house in the place and
tried to get some provisions, but the
old lady said that court was just
over and that the judge and lawye rs
bad eat up all that she had. She
had nothing that she could let US