The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-24

chat and then the question Of food cams
nm Keeping all together. we moved y
ne west. knowing that We Should VeWs
10 n plantation sooner or later. Inc ptry
ne could do IN the way or weapons ~es
far each man 10 arm himself with a cruz.
The hlehway was on our LETT as we Wehs
forward. and We had proceeded Tor anousa
mile wien we broke Qua OF the cover Ola
thtrket. and found ourselves upon the Foa1s
which took a turn there 70 avoid n hiii-
Ii vas only n narrow road. nj eoupio
Of Jumps would have given as cover on ina
other side, hut as We. left the bushes ""
came face 10 face with a soldier IN Con-
fe,ierate uniform. He vas sitting down on
a stone 10 rest and was without weapons
Of any sort. Had the soldier remained
auief a tragedy would have been avoided
At first s.gni Of rs he sprang 10 MS rect.
and instead Of running away when ne rec
ognized rs az escaped prisoners. which |
am sure ne Hid, he called on ms 20 snTren-
der and seized n man With each hand.
he was only a hoy. heing less Tran - years
old, and not having even 2 pistol with hlnt
Il was A foolhardy thing for him 10 do.
Having a brave heart in him. he acted
on impulse. The idea Of all Of as was that
We had blundered upon "a party of soldiers
sent out In search, and no one hesitatef
to use his club.
II was only after the young soldier had
gene down under our blows that We found
fNat he MlN AAglA anu 38fAIfttatr 4 WI uft
lifted IN hts body and bore II INFO a thlckA
et across the road. and when at a safe dis
lance we examined his Injuries and did all
that was possible under the circumstances
To revive him. Some 81 the blows had frac-
tured his skull. and nj the md Of two hours
he was dead. When | tell YOU that We We're
sorely griSved over the matter, | do not
half express our feelings. In one sense
We had the moral and legal right 10 at
tack him and defend ourselves. but when
we saw him lying dead We could not help
but feet that there was innocent blood on
our hands on m envelope in his pocket
was his name. George Williamson. and no
also had with him a ten days furlough.
granted nv the commander OF tile post
at Salisbury nine days before. He was
one OF the guards at the prison pen. then.
and had been home on a f~uriough and
was making HIS way back.
We found "a spot where n tree had been
overturned and buried the body as well as
We could. and during the remainder Of
TIE day no one seemed 20 tank Of food.
as night came We started on again. but
We had not made a distance OF ten miles
when q comradc named clark caught his
foot and twisted hts anKle In n way 70
render him perfectly helpless. There was
lo thought 81 going on without him. After
scouting around and finding that we were
IN the woods half "A mile from the high
way and at least 4 mile from any cleared
field. we erected a rude shelter and pre-
pared 20 wait until Clark could proceed
with Us. The next day we got some corn
from "A field two miles away and narched
II over a small Ere. and later on We cap
tured several opossums. killed q pig witch
was running wild. and knocked over and
devnurcd three or four crows and pro-
nolhced them excellent eating. Thanks
giving day found us stiu there. though
Clark was getting the better of his injury,
and We hoped 10 make a start next MORN
ing. our dinner was ready at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon and consisted Of n roasted
crow, three sweet potatoes and a cake
made of meal and water. The meal had
been stolen from a negro shanty three
miles away during the previous afternoon.
Perhaps taken" would be the better term.
as one of tho men went to the shanty to
beg for something and found no one at
home.
The five Of MS sat In a circle eating this
Thanksgiving dinner when a stranger
suddenly appeared among rs. That no
was a native could be seen al q glance.
and that he was the owner Of the nearest
farm on the west we soon ascertalned.
He was out hunting. and had been led
o. us ~ hts dog. He knew In momen
that we were Union soldiers who had
cut. stick" and he must have been cog
infant 81 the fact that there was A stand
ing reward Of $50 for the capture Of any
prisoner seeking J. make his escape
FOR a long time no one spoke. The man