The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-09-05

Ulu uOG Ucul tHdC Ills cluD ldU
made threats. l proposed to him
that l would meet his club next
day, and give his club a little
talk. In reply, he gave no salts
faction as to the meeting of his
club, that there was NO regular
appOintment-that he expected
that there would be some there,
and might be a good many-from
which l. inferred that he did not
want me there, consequently l did
not go. | made my tour in the
Point on other official business,
and reached Fillmore late in the
evening next day, when / learned
from runners sent up from the
Point, that the excitement had III
creased in the Point, from the
fact that the armed assemblies
had increased in that part on that
day-Saturday. That the white
people had sent him up to notify
the people, and ask for assistance
to picket there, that they might
be posted as to the movements of
the coiOred people. | Immediate
~ determined to remain at Fill
more that night, and go back to
the Point next morning. About
8 o'clock next morning, Sunday,
Messrs. Marshall and Faunt-Le-
Roy arrived from Shreveport. 1
learned from them that they had
been sent, by the citizens of the
Point, the evening before to
Shreveport, with a petition from
the citizens for U. S. troops, which
they informed me donly be had
upon my own requisition, as sher-
III. | got the same gentlemen to
go back to Shreveport with a re-
QUESTION from me to the comnan-
datlt of the post for go men. /
concluded to come on home and
remain until the arrival of the
troops, having designated a point
In my requisition, where | would
meet them. On Sunday evening
late, Learned that the excitement
still prevailed; the citizens still
calling tor help to picket the coun-
try. On Monday morning, before
day, ! left my home to go to Bos.
sler Point, in company with others
from this place. On my arrival
at Fillmore, | learned that the
citizens OF that vicinity had gone
ON to the Point. | went immedi-
ately on to the point of rendez-
vouS, where | found a number of
other citizens assembled. About
10 o'clock that morning not hay.
ing heard from the requisition, we
concluded to go on to Isaac vii.
llamS house, about 10 miles from
where the party had assembled.
we went up to Isaac Williams
mouse, Tor the reason that we had
heard that the colored people had
assembled there with arms. The
orders were that no violence
should he used, and no gun fired
unless in self defence, or in the
event we found the colored troops
IN arms and refused to surrender.
w hen we rode up in front of Will
Hams house, my men were halted.
dismounted, and in company
with two or three others, went up
to his hOuse-found it shut mn
and no one there. Looking around
1 discovered three woman picking
cotton near the gin house, of whom
l equlred where the men were
that belonged to the place. They
dld not tell me. We then went
back farther i'll the field and came
upon a party of ten or twelve
coiored men with arms. On
asking them their purposes, they
told us they We're going to Isaac
Williams, who had sent for them. |
Dut they did not know for what,
iney told us they had orders TO |
oflng their guns, they supposed
for a fight. Hearing a noise north
OF lsaac's house, [ went to the |
mann body of my men and found |
that they had captured a SQUAD of
some 30 or 40 men, who came up
Win their arms. Same day after
the : capture, witness met Captain
I arran with a detachment of u. |
2. troops, about 2 miles from vii.
Hams, who had Isaac with them
Isaac told witness that he had
oeeh 20 Shreveport, that he got |
there Monday morning-he left |
home Sunday evening and told
MS men not to do anything until |
he got back.
ID. q. Marshall, sworn-Savs be
lives in Bossier Point, about three
miles from Isaac Williams. VIII. |
ness went to Shreveport after u. |
2. troops to suppress the riot, |
mHlcn was created by the freed, |
men supposed to be headed Inv
Isaac Williams yrb w I