Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13

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les, mas'r" answered all in
ana hurfled to the door ehotaE
'fon are hiding a Whit n
de came here this mornira 11 u thas
out or I'll have the three <, brng "a
alive. VI ycu skim II
"A white manfn queried one n
es' d--n you! Bring bio o.. Y
fof moment l gave IN -; Ii
lad been seen as crossed tbe az 's''aS 4
heart was IN my throat "a one - II
groes finally said: ''' VI the
NO, mas'r, no white man sr,ti,.. Ia
Nobody but US has dDn h.a 1'1'n yerG'
nawnin'." Oee' yere IN
the trooper. '''' shouis B
mas'rl" e1 ue trooL
"el' Keep your eyes open. Ifyor
strange white man around here ~ AZ M
let EN- know at the house at oncs y 40 wv
Git away from de prison Non -. a,
Eyes, last night. Keep yer sees. san, san' FIX
"Yes, sab" ''' peeled VI
With that he rode of. and M #
ned that no trace had bean found Of y 81
fell asleep again in little Will ~ &
when l awoke 1t was night. I was 81" ~
thoroughly rested, but sharp set 60
fed that | ran e great risk in trvirr, u
anything to eat on the plsBta,ie,
headed fer the highway, and al soon \
struck 1T set off at brisk pace w.
the rain still continued, there Was cors; i
cradle travel, and every half-hour NJ H. x
had to hide myself to let travellers ~ 4
l had walked ten miles before suspeotsS
that | was headed for Columbus. b.
on until midnight, no Heyer. honing ,s
come to landmarks, which sbonld E,
found long ago on the right road. tho
met negro who told me it was onlv nir
miles to Columbus. He had a hnna, y
aud was, suspected, runaway. 80
him my confidence at venture. and X
was my salvation.
Hs had been sold tho year before r /
his master at Jackson, Miss, to a ma1
living near Hawknsville, Ga. A week h &
fore l met him he ran away, planning NJ
get to Grants line in Mississippi ~
Just as ] encountered him he had he'd
raiding a plantation for provisions NJ
ten minutes we knew we could trust eso,
other.
Up to this time had carried the Lien Il
tenants uniform, thinking 20 don it Il,
the worst came to the worss, and put On h
bold face. The negro who was called
James, advised me to abandon it, which 4
do and we entered the woods, cooked
some of his meat and bacon, and Law biI
all next day. When night came We aanks
ed Columbus by the left, passed iutJ
Alabama, and headed for Iuskegee. Thst
was the beginning of tramp lastn9
forty-one nights. During this time VA
lay hidden by day in swamps, barns and
thickets, fed by negroes and hunted n
white men, and several times narrow I
escaping captdre. We passed to the left
of Montgomery and Selam, right through
Demopolis, and near the Mississippi
State line were hidden three days and
three nights in a swamp, while hundred
men beat up the neighborhood for Us.
When we were finally picked up by
Federal scouting party, | had walked
nearly 500 miles had not been in bed fOs
forty-three nights, weighed thirtv-sevs1
pounds less than when | started, and wss
so sore and lame and full of aches that
the last night of our journey the negrd
carried me seven or eight miles on hid
back.
Below Selam, as | was trying to get inI
to corn house one night, while the naI
gro was after bacon, white man CANE
upon me suddenly, gun in hand
strnck him with a cluo had in my hsntII
and have no doubt that broke his ssuIl
Again, near Demopolis, we we're pursued
by savage bloodhound, and while went
on the n gro waited behind tree on our
trail and killed the dog with single
blow as he came up.