Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-13

I de DO, cose dat wuZ de lass Nv him.
Mis- Recess do bein' onlock, dey kill her
asleep. Her son wake up en- ak who dere?'
He neber talk no mo- In dis life.
Bout sunup dey git { Mis- Turner's.
Dcy know Mr.. PEBBLES, wat stay dere, muss
BE- at dc still. Some went dere en- shot him.
VILE de ress go in de house en- kill de ladies,
Nat mex de fuss trial NV he sode on Mis-
Newsome. Hit wuz so dull II TUX lots O.
heaps o. ticks 4 do de wuk.
"Somer de men had jine Nat on horseback.
He sont desc 'roun' & Mis-, W'itehead's. en- he
TUX re udders & Mr.. Dryant's, close by. Nat
wipe out de Bryants, en- go meet dem at
W'itehead's. VIII. he kill Mars Richard. en-
de ress squander ober de house. mek'n way
wild de family. Will cut Mis- W'ite'ad's haid
wild a broadaxe. clean ez cut'n of snake-haid
wild a sickle. Miss Marg'et run, Nat hack'n
her ev'y step wild he sode, en- finely brain her
wild fence rail. Nat hang on & de sode. kase
1t wuz high-tone weepin. lie neber could
quite Kill Wild 1t, en- allus halter leff de pusson
10 Will or Sam { finish. De niggahs done
tase blood, lax panther In de woods. He ain
halter spur UNI on no mo-; he dess gle um dey
haid.
Fun here, Nat divide de mems en- sont t.
Mr.; Doyle's, { Mr.. Porter's, Mr.. Harris en-
nudder Mr.. Francis. lie TEX de road T. Mr..
Porter's hesef. MIR. Porter done TUX de lar
en- 'scape wild he family. Nat staht T. meet
de oders. Dey had done dey wuk, had kill
ev'ybody an rob de houses; Mr.. Edwards en-
Mr.. Barrow's, too. DE Harrlses cit out do
'NE' .R He 'NNN ~ " " III VIC NAV llh E
Nat stop kiln wild he own han; he hab
nun { do, command'n. He sont de riders
fun house { house on a run, so de bloody
wuk wuz ginally done wen he got dere. Hi.
done him dess ez much good T. look at ez T.
do it. He say ex'y wife body lay'n dere wuz
one mo- step t glory. kase hit wuz Gawd's
biddin'. AT one place 1t wuz Mis- Waller en-
ten chillun; at enudder, Mis- Vaughan en-
hern. Den two Mr.. Williams, wat lives
close t'geddah. Not one leff." .
BREAKING UP THE ARMY"
"How do you remember all these details?
How could you know them? Where were you
women during the massacre" asks Mrs.
Lopez.
"Follyin' de yarmy. Look'n at de daid
wife people en- kyah'n off dey silk dresses en-
COLE watches.
"Befo' de country settle up, l see panther
walk off wild colored baby en- kill 1t. DE She
panther stan off en- watch um, her tail
switch'n, her eye buhn'n. Wen de baby
daid, she pitch in en- help eat 1t. Dass de
way wild de womens den. My marser useter
say dat ev'ybody got some annymil in UNI,
niggahs mo- dan bukra. / reckon 1t de trufe,
kase dey folly up de trail o. blood wild de
same survigrous look l see on dat she pam
Their.
II ain do LAX dem-yassum. Ise tell'n you
de fatal trufe; l amt. But l cain hep guine
wild um en- see wild my own eye. Dey Is dat
much annymil in me.
NAT lowed de people had done TUX de
larm. But he VAIN t 'stroy Jerusalem.
anyhow, en- he TUX dat road. He VAIN =
pass Mr.. Parker's on de road. but somer dc
mems hab kinsfolks dere. en- dey wouldden
go on widout UNI. Nat halter wait vile de
bigess cen O. de yarmy go on t de house
He got tiud wait'n en- went L hurry um up.
Stiddier fnd'n um, he run onter Cap'n
Peete en- eighteen m'lishy, wat already
scatter de mems at de house. Dey commence
from en- back'n off; fire'n and back'n off,
tel dey lead de yarmy ober a hill wey some
mo- wife mems come'n. De minute dem
niggahs cotch sight NV UNI, dey brnk ranks
en- run, %scatter'n everywhere, dey master at
ter um. Hark's horse shot unner um, but
he got nudder one en- rid away. Heap Nv
UNI run so fur dey nebber see Nat no mo-
tel dey fotch up in prison wild UNI.
NAT geddah up he piece O. yarmy-dess
forty-en lead I'm froo a cow-patch t Cy-
press bridge on de. N%ottoway riber, turr
side O. Jerusalem. He still got 1t in he mine
t stroy dat town, but he ain got men nun
en- halter keep on. Dey stop at all de
plantations on de road; ev'ybody run away.
"We'n night come, he stop t git some
ress. He put sentinel 'roun' de house, en-
lay down in de bukra bald t git some sleep.
Dem sentinel WIZ sleepy ez him, en- raise
seeh a rumpus dat he halter git up. One
bollah out dat de Cap'n Peete come'n. Sho!
Half dem men out o'sight befo' Nat kin tuhn
'roun', en- neber stop rum tel dey git t. dey
own home.
NAT mahch dem twenty t. DR.. Blount's.
en- Hank fire Off he gun t, fine out weddah
anybody dere. Sho nuff dey wuz. Wen
dem wife mems let dey guns go, all de
darkies but two TUX { de woods.
"Hit VAIN long after dat wen dey cotch
Nat. De udders gle up, en- wuz mighty
shame O. dey doin's wen dey hab time t.
study bout um, en- fine out dat Mats mes
sage wuZ fun saturn stiddier fun Gawd.
But, missis, dey wuz mo'nin in dat country
To- de longess. Fifty-five killed; in ginal, de
hull family. Me. l save one Ill girl myself
at Mr.. Pressley's."
aunt Crecy!"
:. SAVED THE BABY.
"Yassum. Ain l bin tell'n you I diffunt
FUN dem niggah womans? l neber tech
none o. de bukra things, ner do no meanness.
VILE de mems wuz kiln de Pressleys en- de
udder womens in de bald rooms film dey
pockets, / wuz roam'n froo de house, l;ase I
like t see wife peoples t'ings.
81 fine little Mile, fass asleep unner de
lounge in de play room. She look SO sweet,
I say dey ain gwine git her. l steal her out
en- tax my back track t. Mr.. Barrow's. I
low dat a good house t stay in tel Nat done
clean out Southampton county, en- den I
would beg him t. let me keep de baby. Kase
it wouldden seem right noways t hab no
wife people at all.
81 eat my fill en- feed de chile en- git UNI
t. sleep agin. I keep 'ay fun de dald people.
dough l amt feered NV um. EFF Gawd tell
Nat t. kill UNI, he ain gwine let um ha'nt
anybody. Dress g%racious! I couldden sleep
a wink. Time chicken crow TO day l fine
out dat gose IL de same, no mattah how de
sperit leave de body. Ev'ry way out dat
mouse WuZ Dy a dald DOdy, dey WuZ no
scap'n um. l TUX he claress road-fro de
kitchen, wey dey wuZ on'y one. l halter
pass right by um, en- de gose pop up en-
skyah mi so I run spang agln de do wild de
chile en- cut her forrid.
81 ain long git'n way FUN dere, now 7
tell you. l put back to des ONE en- de way
l meet somer Mats men, still rum fun de
m'lishy. / know right den dat Nat mis-
tooken heseff. en- all dis kiln wuz muffin but
wickedness. Kase eff Gawd order um t do
1t He wouldden let de burka run um. So I
TEX little Mile PRESLEY t. Jerusalem en- gin
her T.. de fuss wife man / see.
"Soon after dat, me en- heap mo- slaves
wuz sole to a slave dealer, who scatter us
all ober de souf. Flurdy gentleman buy me,
en- he wuz mighty good marser. But ! wun-
ner heap o. times wat come O. dat chile.
kase all her people done kill dat time"
Aunt Crecy," says Mrs. Lopez, calming
herself with difficulty. aunt Crecy, look
here"
She lifts the soft. grayish hair from her
temple, displaying a peculiar scar.
1T was the Presley child. Though only
3 years old, | remember 1t wildly; the
waking in the arms Of a strange colored girl;
the dreadful corpses around; the girIs
scream, and the pain as my head struck; the
tourney along the dusty road, sometimes
walking. but oftener in the girls arms. And
| remember that the girl was kind to me-"
uprerG prapiousn" cries Aunt Crecy. when