The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-02


ankle, bending the ends in when it was red
not" "a large scar is all around the ankle
showing the mark from the burn Of the
not lfon,) land then heavy timber chain
was wound twice around my waist and
locked. The chain weighed as much as 50
pounds, and was put next to my skin, and
wore both these derbies four weeks, and
got hard logging every day beside: Mas
Ter Holly himself whipped me, saying he
mad got me now where he wanted me, and
where he would have full satisfaction.
When ne took off the letters, was too
lame and sick to do anything, and he
laughed at me, telling me had better try
again 70 20 to the id Yankees Since
then, Holley has kept guard on all his
niggeis, so that we could not get away,
watcnlng US 50 close and treating me so
badly that got completely cowed, and
gave It up til The last day of March in this
year, wnen he set me new task, to 60 to
the woods and cat and split l55 rails, feed
ing and watering the cattle, % head, three
times day, beside doing the housewo-
mans chores, for days work. When I
came up at noon, the first day, to get some
thing to eat, the housewoman told me Mr..
Holly would give me GOO lashes because /
had not cut some firewood before l went
away IN the morning. said, i can't do
no more den can. He's master an
slave, and can't hinder him. So after
dlnner went down in little bush, where
could see when Master Holly came home,
and when he did come the housewoman
told hin what she said she would. and he
went Cd very quick toward where had
been working, but Of course be did not find
me there; and SO by and by ! saw him
come back and 60 into the house.
I'm little while he came out with his
gun, and sword buckled around him, and
whistled for his six bloodhound dogs, who
ont oft to- Y
jumped up and ran like lightning the 9TH
er way. When the hounds fairly got on
my trail, and ! heard them, I was two
miles OIL, and by crossing little swamps ]
put them out till an hour before shutdown,
when came to pond and could see the
dogs not more than 800 yards behind me.
l tumbled right in and waded out till !
above water to breathe, and the dogs lost
me entirely.
"When Holly and the other men came
down to the pond they rode all around it,
and heard them say, He can't get away
no how, for We can come in the morning,
and the dogs will take his scent and find
him. After they had gone got out, and
wrunE out my clothes, and started by the
road direct, and ran and walked all night,
till knew I was gone thirty-five miles
from Aiken and then at daydawn / got
to pond, and went out on log that was
sticking in the water, and broke down
some PUSHES and bushes enough to lie
down on and cover me up, and there I
slept all day, for l was dreadful tired and
most starved, too. When night came ]
was so weak from hunger that l could
scarcely go along; but felt better when
harked and couldn't hear no dogs So /
came on and got y half mile, when saw
little house just back from the road, and
thought it was a niger house, and went
along up to the door, when a white woman
came out and scared me dreadfully. She
asked me what wanted, and saw was
in for lie anyhow. So ] said, Is master
at homer and sure enough he came right
out. When he asked me where / came
from told him Pocotaligo, and before he
could ask any more l said, We cotched
fifty Yankees yesterday down there, and
master was so tickled that he let me go up
to Barnwelrs to see my family Then !
said had got of the track and was hun
cry, and would not he sell me something
10 eat. The woman streaked right into
tie house and brought me out q piece or
bread and a bone with little meat on it,
aud said they should not ak anything from
good faithful niger. The man said the
news was grand, and then he told me to
20 up the very road mad just come down,
and l started, but only went on Till l saw
him go into the house, and then turned
and went softly the other way, eating as
went along, andtryingtO bethankful to the
man for his good intentions. Then about
the first of May l began to go about at
night to fnd where the Secesh pickets
were, so as to watch for chance to get on
to Port Royal. One night came down to
Port Royal Ferry and hid myself in a
ditch did not know it was a rifle-pit-
close to the causeway. l had not been
there more than two minutes before two
pickets came and sat down within five feet
of me, so near that i could hear every
word they said. Then thought my time
had come. But they went to sleep after
two hours, and crawled away, and was
getting ready to 60 in for swim to the
Yankees. All at once picket started up
from the bulkhead and sung out, "Who
goes dare?' ] answered, "a friend" and
turned and ran. He did not fire, but
shouted to the other picket to stop me, but,
before they were aware Of it, was clean
gone. So found it was Of no use to try to
get over that way, and concluded to try
another. got an ak and knife-no matter
how, and cut lot Of rushes, and went to
work in the wood and made this boat. 1t
took me two days to weave it after the stuff
was all ready. The pitch got by cutting
into tree and catching the gum.
"The old shutter nailed on to the bottom
OF my boat came from DIR. Fuller's house.
II was three miles to the water, and / car
dark night for fear Of pickets. 1t was SO
late in the night when got all ready to
start on the creek that did not get down
to the Coosa till aybreak, and so landed
on a little hammock close by the mouth of
the creek, and hid the boat and myself for
another day.
but before o'clock next night, put
out and padded over to Port Royal, too
glad to get away. The Yankee picket was
not asleep, but challenged me before got
over near the shore, and told him right
off was runaway Niger coming ashore
for freedom! The Secesh picket heard me,
and after got up the bank he hailed across:
'Yanks, who you gotY Yanks say, One
your fellows What you going to do with
himY Don't know; what you think best7'
Cut him up for fish-bait; he is good for
nothing else.'"
Jack will prove him false prophet. 1
would ask il Jack Frowers is not as worthy
Of freedom as his former owner, DR.. Fuller
aye, as any other human being on Gods
round earth. He has shown the pluck, the
grit, Of an Anglo Saxon-the perseverance,
and heroism Of true, genuine, and noble
man.