Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-11-29

kicking bunch of horses they went, as
sisted by Doc Casey. Four of the
horses received broken legs, and Pin
ero, instead of shooting them, cut
their threats with sharp dagger he
carried.
| One of the negroes from the lower
hold staggered to the upper deck with
his face blanched almost white, and
his eyes popping out of his head. Be
tween gasps he informed us that
whole section of stalls, "a in all, had
been carried away between decks, and
that the horses were loose. He said
three negroes in his gang were caught
in this stampede.
The foreman mustered most of the
men, and dividing them into three
groups, in charge of himself, the sec
ond foreman and Doc Casey, they went
below. followed. An awful sight met
my eyes.
The ship was lurching in a horrible
manner. All 1 could see was, one
minute pile of kicking horses,
smashed-up planks and the three ne
groes piled up in one corner of the
compartment, and then, with a lurch
of the ship, they would slide into the
other. Nothing could be done by us.
1t was madness to attempt anything
The three negroes were dead
That night and the following day
was perfect hell on the ship for men
and horses. The ship rode through
the squall, and when it became calm
we all got busy. Out of the "a horses
between decks we had TO shoot IL on
account of injuries. Besides the IL |
3 had died from broken necks. The |
remaining horses were still alive
but hardly had square foot of hide
eft. They were a pitiful sight.
The next day the three negroes
we're buried at sea without word of
prayer.
I was heartily sick and disguised
With the rest of the trip, because the
tench was awful, there being about
welve dead horses that we could not
ret out.
Just outside of the entrance of the
liver leading to Bordeaux. a small
akish boat. flying the tri-color of
rance, came alongside. We hove to ,
nd up the gangplank came three
rench officers. They were closeted
18th the captain of the ship and our
brennan, and after about twenty min !
ties. left and we continued on our :
purse.
Going up the river in some places 7
lie banks were only about twenty h
et away. We could see the French q
omen filling their fields. AS we q
ent by these workers stopped and n
aved their hands in the air to us, and u
e waved back. 1t was my first sight
France, and I was not in any way :,
sappointed. 1t lived up to my expec- :, =
lions.
A little farther up the river we came
a large dock where ships were load :,
g and unloading cargoes, and a thrill ~
ssed through me as l saw my first -
tch of German prisoners at work. -
lese were immense fellows, nearly :.
cry one being six feet or over. They ~
IRE guarded by little French soldiers, ~
eraging about five feet five inches,
tn long rifle, bayonet fixed. This
lie, in comparison with the French ns
IN. looked like telegraph pole. The u
diers had on the old blue overcoats, 81
, tails buttoned back, pattern of
n. sii
As we passed the German prisoners III
" scowled at us, and we, feeling of
lite safe on the deck, yelled back in pa
It's at them. One big Irishman, m,
hit near me, took great glee in jump WI
: up and down on the hatchway and hu
ming his finger across his throat. GU
is seemed to enrage the prisoners KIN
] they yelled something In German. ! wi