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with the Tankeea and was at ~Tefferson Barrack8 in the army during the War. He was there when we got stole but she went later on betore he died, He was there three months, He took pneumonia. They brought me in to KansaS and back by Ft • &nith.

	“Talking about hard tiu]es, war times is all the hard times I ever seen. No foolin‘ I It was really hard times. We had no bread ‚ shoot down a cow and cut out what we wanted, take it on. We et it raw. Sometinies we would cook it but we et more raw than cooked. when we got to Ft. &aith we struck good times. Folks was living on parched corn and sorghum molasses. They had no railla to grind up the corn. Times was hard they thought. Th.u?ther south we come better times got. When we landed at Àrkadelphia we stayed all night and I was sold next day. Mr. Spence was the hotel keeper. He bought me. He give one hundred fifty dollars and a fine saddle hor8e for me. I never heard the trade but that is what I heard ‚ em say afterwards. Mr. Spence was a cripple man. Yohn Merrican left me. He been mean to me. He was rough, Hit rae over the head, beat me. He was mean. He lived down ‘bout Warren, down somewhere in the southern part of the state. I never seen him no more• Mr. Spence was good to me since I come to think about it bitt then I didn‘t think so. We had plenty plain victuals at the hotel. He meant to be good to me but I expected too xm~ch I reckon. Then it being a public place I heard lots what was said around. I cœie to think I ought to be treated good as the boarders. Now I see it different. Mr• Spence walked on a stick and a crutch. He couldn‘t be very cruel to me if he had wanted to, He wasn ‚ t mean a bit, I was the bellboy and swept ‚ round some and gardened.

	“In 1866, In May, I run off. I went to ]~.llas County across Ouachita River. I stayed there with Matlocks and Russells and Welches till I was good and grown. Mr. ~pence never tried to rind me. I hoped he would.