The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-03-24

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srhere 81 old graveyard HI 0ver
yondeF, eother sl6e . Tint xidocs ~
e0rsponfon aid, fndicatin& ~ direc.
ton with : nod q his head
An old efatoyurd7s' cxcloime(
didn't think there weyc enoagh reorle
here to make I graveyard thrive. "
We were traversing o. horseback one
81 the sparsely -sett1ed rough hill dis
tricts 81 western Tennessee. and were.
/ thought. several miles 81 least from
any human habitation. What purpose
would = graveyard serve, especially an
old one7
"'Tsn't that. : my companion said.
conn assi0nstely; 'tan't no common
human graveyard. It's the 1eetle 20
pie. Been there since The Lord KNOWS
when. they was I'll dead an buried
long afcre white folks conae
The little peoplei Who has aot heard
tbs Tennessee mouutaineer6 tradition
81 the piemy RAGS which once 1nhab ited
their 6elds and woods? And here we
were Within I few steps o. one Of their
burial grounds! Il would never do 70
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.od - ts,rned n,5r f1orres, h..de nveav
fr<,,, ~ ro,eh r,.d e,,d struclr ncroes
~ ,',iaoe ~ low 6jljs Min which, lav
the graves Of that almost forgotten
Tsvn snail streamn. one flowing
rcrth Ana 4l,e oth.r nostIawast. mat
here .reono tbe tii1s. Ana riui,t e the
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art a the crass IS the shade. while I
fo,Iea with the snade.
There we're ;ndeed. two ro,ys az shall
loo rr,v.. ore ,lnnar either - The
lnnv walls 81 tbe incIosure. Altoretber
the,e mnst have beeu nearly : hSndred
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With - without grave yvranpanes. and
covered with I stx,ne ia the whole
beinc then covered With earth. Thcs<
were anna rentlv the rrnves 81 the con,
s.cr fnIir. fot aimoef without a. excep
t;c,, ~. v.rrovv atcne cofI1ns contains
rnAhirr mt 4he crnmhl;nr alxel
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