301

THE REPORT OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.

Through the kindness of Brevet Major General Edward Hatch, Assistant Commissioner, and of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Lucius H. Warren, Acting Assistant Adjutant General, your committee are enabled to append a full detailed copy of the report of murders and outrages during the months of September, October and November, 1868, made by the Bureau from this State to headquarters at Washington. The report of murders in St. Bernard parish during the massacre of October will be found under a separate heading. Part of the report of the Bureau covers the same ground as that of your committee, but the largest portion of cases specified in the two reports are distinct and separate.

The Bureau also seems not to have completed its reports from all parts of the State; for instance, its report states little in reference to the massacre of St. Landry, of which your committee has a detailed account. On the other hand, the report of the Bureau from Caddo and Claiborne parishes is much fuller than that of the committee, it having been impossible, on account of the frightful lawlessness and terrorism prevailing in those parishes, for your committee to procure testimony from them.

The total number of murders included in the following reports of the Bureau is two hundred and ninety-seven.

Total number of other outrages is one hundred and ninety-two.

List of Murders and Outrages, etc.—(Continued).

<table><thead><tr><th>PARLIERS.</th><th>When Com'td.</th><th>On whom Com'td.</th><th>By whom Com'td.</th><th>Nature of Outrage.</th><th>Remarks.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Tenness<br/>and<br/>Concordia.</td><td>Re'D Sept. 20.</td><td>George Dyson</td><td>Calvin Humphreys</td><td>Shot and killed.</td><td>Accused, arrested and released on bail to appear at next session of (Court).</td></tr><tr><td>Onachita<br/>and<br/>Jackson.</td><td>Re'D Sept. 30</td><td>William Bishop white</td><td>Not stated.</td><td>Assault and highway robbery</td><td>Attacked and robbed of his money and papers between Vernon and Trenon. One man arrested charged as being accessory to the act.</td></tr><tr><td>East Feliciana.</td><td>September 26.</td><td>Prince Orange, colored</td><td>Dowitt Carler</td><td>Assault and battery.</td><td>Referred to civil authorities.</td></tr><tr><td>Madison.</td><td>September 12.</td><td>Ono freedman</td><td>Freedman</td><td>Shot and killed.</td><td>Accused arrested.</td></tr><tr><td>Orleans, Left<br/>Bank.</td><td>September 25.</td><td>Edward Forest, colored</td><td>Arthur Guerin, white</td><td>Shot and killed.</td><td>Accused arrested; under $5000 bonds for manslaughter.</td></tr></tbody></table>

I certify that the foregoing is a correct list of murders and outrages as reported to these headquarters during the month of September, 1868.

WUCIUS H. WARREN,

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel United States Army, Captain Thirty-ninth Infantry,

Acting Assistant Adjutant General.

<table><tr><td>(Killed.</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td>Wounded.</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Maltreated.</td><td>18</td></tr></table>

NOTE - Numerous other murders and outrages committed which have not been specifically reported.

List of Murders and Outrages Reported to Headquarters Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, District of Louisiana during the month of October, 1868.

<table><thead><tr><th>PARLIERS.</th><th>When Com'td.</th><th>On whom Com'td.</th><th>By whom Com'td.</th><th>Nature of Outrage.</th><th>Remarks.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="10">Orleans, Jefferson, Plauchemines Pit'k'nk</td><td>October 25.</td><td>Two Freedmen</td><td rowspan="2">Riot in Gretna.</td><td>Killed.</td><td rowspan="10">Others supposed wounded, but not reported.</td></tr><tr><td>25.</td><td>Three Freedmen</td><td>Shot and wounded.</td></tr><tr><td>25.</td><td>Two white boys</td><td>Shot and wounded.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>October 24.</td><td>Two white men</td><td rowspan="2">Riot October 24.</td><td>Killed.</td></tr><tr><td>24.</td><td>Seven freedmen</td><td>Wounded.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25.</td><td>Five freedmen</td><td>Killed.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>One freedman</td><td>White men, names not stated</td><td>Mortally wounded.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>One freedman</td><td>White men, names not stated</td><td>House broken open.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>Jack Flanly and others, col.</td><td>Armed white men</td><td>Riot registration papers etc.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>Warrick King, colored</td><td>Armed white men</td><td>Riot registration papers etc.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>Tom Murray, colored</td><td>Armed white men</td><td>Riot registration papers etc.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10">Orleans, Left Bank.</td><td>October 24.</td><td>Two white men</td><td rowspan="2">Riot October 24.</td><td>Killed.</td><td rowspan="10">Names not reported.</td></tr><tr><td>24.</td><td>Seven freedmen</td><td>Wounded.</td></tr><tr><td>25.</td><td>Five freedmen</td><td>Killed.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>One freedman</td><td>White men, names not stated</td><td>Mortally wounded.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>One freedman</td><td>White men, names not stated</td><td>House broken open.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>Jack Flanly and others, col.</td><td>Armed white men</td><td>Riot registration papers etc.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>William Davis, colored</td><td>Armed white men</td><td>Riot registration papers etc.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28.</td><td>Stephen Strain, colored</td><td>Armed white men</td><td>House broken open, robbed.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28.</td><td>Alexander Brown, colored</td><td>Armed white men</td><td>House broken open, robbed.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29.</td><td>P. M. Williams, colored</td><td>Armed mob</td><td>Robbery, etc.</td><td>Estimated loss $2,092, City currency.</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10">Jefferson, Left Bank.</td><td>October</td><td>Frederick Ellis, colored</td><td>Charles C. Clayton, white</td><td>Shot, dangerously wounded</td><td>Accused arrested.</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>Frank James, colored</td><td>Charles Wile, colored</td><td>Shot and wounded.</td><td>Accused arrested.</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>Antoine Cardenas, white girl</td><td>Samuel Milton, colored</td><td>Rape and murder.</td><td>Accused arrested.</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>Charles Brown, colored</td><td>Disguised persons</td><td>Shot and killed.</td><td>These parties were confined in jail at time.</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>Sam Milton, colored</td><td>Disguised persons</td><td>Shot and seriously wounded</td><td>In hands of Grand Jury.</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>John Moylan, colored</td><td>Unknown.</td><td>Killed, shot in the head.</td><td>In hands of Grand Jury.</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>Freedman</td><td>Peter Blomme and Fessie</td><td>Life threatened.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>Freedman</td><td>Mr. Carter, white</td><td>Assault and Battery.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>Freedman</td><td>Mr. Carter, white</td><td>Shot at.</td><td>These cases referred to civil authorities.</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">East Feliciana</td><td>October 10.</td><td>Freedman</td><td>Samuel Stafford, white</td><td>Beaten.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>October 10.</td><td>Freedman</td><td>Samuel Stafford, white</td><td>Beaten.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>October 10.</td><td>Freedwoman</td><td>Not stated.</td><td>Beaten.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>October 10.</td><td>Freedwoman</td><td>Not stated.</td><td>Beaten.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tenness<br/>and<br/>Concordia.</td><td>October 1.</td><td>Henry Skinner, colored</td><td>Singleton Parks, colored</td><td>Murder.</td><td>On Black Hawk Plantation; accused arrested.</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Onachita and Jackson.</td><td>October 8.</td><td>Weaby Gregory, colored</td><td>Joe Porter, colored</td><td>Murder.</td><td>Accused acquitted on the plea of self-defense.</td></tr><tr><td>October 14.</td><td>Mitchell Allen</td><td>Three disguised men</td><td>Shot and killed.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

* Near Crew Lake, a few miles from Monroe, was shot six times; accused role of shooting Ku Klux; no clue to perpetrators.

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305

RECAPITULATION.

<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">PARISHES.</th><th colspan="3">SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.</th><th colspan="2">SUPPLEMENTAL</th><th colspan="2">ORIGINAL REPORT.</th><th colspan="2">ORIGINAL</th><th colspan="2">TOTAL DOTH REPORTS</th><th colspan="2">DOTH REPORTS</th></tr><tr><th>Number Mailed</th><th>Number by whom sent</th><th>Number Mailed</th><th>Number by whom maligned</th><th>Aggregate</th><th>Number Mailed</th><th>Number by whom maligned</th><th>Aggregate</th><th>Number Mailed</th><th>Number by whom maligned</th><th>Aggregate</th><th>Number Mailed</th><th>Number by whom maligned</th><th>Aggregate</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Ascension</td><td></td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td></td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td></td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td></td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Assumption</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Avoelles</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>11</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td></td><td>11</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bienville</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td></td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bossier</td><td>162</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>169</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>167</td><td>1</td><td>9</td><td>177</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Caddo</td><td>42</td><td>4</td><td>46</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>43</td><td>1</td><td>8</td><td>52</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Caldwell</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Calcasieu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Carroll</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>5</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Catahoula</td><td>20</td><td>6</td><td>26</td><td>11</td><td>1</td><td>12</td><td>31</td><td></td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>38</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Clauborne</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td></td><td>15</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Concordia</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>DeSoto</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>10</td><td></td><td>14</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td colspan="14">It is estimated that many more persons were killed in the Bossier negro hunt than the estimate given in the supplemental report.</td><td>Number of Republicans illegally deprived of their right to vote, Nov. 3, 1866, 2,000.</td></tr></tfoot></table>

316

RECAPITULATION—(Continued).

<table><tbody><tr><td>East Baton Rouge</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>Number of Republicans illegally deprived of their right to vote, November 3, 1866, 277. Number prevented from registering, though entitled to do so, 445.</td></tr><tr><td>East Feliciana</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>10</td><td>11</td><td>Number of Republicans illegally excluded from registering, 121. Number of Republican votes fraudulently thrown out, 30. Number of Republican voters illegally excluded from voting, 1,150.</td></tr><tr><td>Franklin</td><td>57</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>67</td><td>57</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>67</td><td>No evidence has been received from this parish for our last report, the character of the parish and the result of the election, would seem to indicate that violence and intimidation have not decreased in the parish since our last report.</td></tr><tr><td>Jackson</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jefferson</td><td>5</td><td>9</td><td>33</td><td>47</td><td>8</td><td>10</td><td>22</td><td>17</td><td>43</td><td>69</td></tr><tr><td>Livingston</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Lafayette and Ver- million</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>6</td><td>12</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>6</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Lafourche</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td></td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td></td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Morehouse</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>14</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>22</td><td>14</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Madison</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Natchitoches and Sa- bine</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>15</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Orleans</td><td>63</td><td>11</td><td>87</td><td>161</td><td>2</td><td>10</td><td>12</td><td>65</td><td>11</td><td>97</td><td>173</td></tr><tr><td>Ouachita</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>9</td><td>2</td><td></td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Pointe Coupee</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td></td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td></td><td>1</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Plaquemines</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td></td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Rapides</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>14</td><td>5</td><td>17</td><td>36</td><td>14</td><td>5</td><td>24</td><td>43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>St. Bernard</td><td>68</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>73</td><td></td><td></td><td>68</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>73</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>St. Helena</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>26</td><td>33</td><td>3</td><td></td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>26</td><td>36</td></tr></tbody></table>

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320

Recapitulation of General Hatch's Report.

<table><thead><tr><th>PARISHES.</th><th>Number Killed.</th><th>Number Wounded<br>By Gunshot.</th><th>Number<br>Wounded.</th><th>Aggregate.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Caddo and Bossier.</td><td>206</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>217</td></tr><tr><td>Caldwell.</td><td></td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Catahoula.</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>13</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Claiborne.</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>De Soto.</td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>East Baton Rouge.</td><td></td><td></td><td>14</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>East Feliciana.</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Jefferson.</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Lafayette.</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Lafayette and Vermillion.</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Madison.</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>9</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Natchitoches, Sabine and Winn.</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Onachita and Jackson.</td><td>11</td><td></td><td></td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Orleans.</td><td>2</td><td>13</td><td>11</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines.</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana.</td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Rapides.</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>St. Bernard and Plaquemines.</td><td>14</td><td>14</td><td>56</td><td>84</td></tr><tr><td>St. Landry.</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>St. Landry and Calcasieu.</td><td>22</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>St. Martin.</td><td>1</td><td></td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>St. Mary.</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Tensas and Concordia.</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Union and Morehouse.</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Total.</td><td>297</td><td>50</td><td>142</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Grand total.</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>489</td></tr></tbody></table>