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	Interviewer	~	Mie. Irene Robez~tson

Pereon Interriewed Willi. Rick Q~exie~toa, Jr.~ Biacoe &rkanaa~p~

Age__74 ~



~	— — ~ ~ — — — — — — ~—~———————————— -. _ — ~ — — — — ~i was born up here on the Biecos place betore Mr. Biscos iras heaxd of

in this country. I‘m for the world like my ~ daddy. He was light as I is.

I‘m jus‘ his size and mike. There was three of us boys. ~n was the oldest; he was my o~n brother, and Ed was my half-brother. My daddy was a feilai‘ of few words and long betwix‘ ‘em. H was in the Old War (Civil ear). He was shot in his right ankle and never ~ou1d let it be took out. Mother ha~ been a cook. ~e and my grandmother ias sold in South Carolina end bro~ight out here • Mother‘ a nein was Salue Harry. J\idging by them being
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Harrys that might been who owned them before they was sold. She was about

as light as ~. Mother died when I was a litter bit .r,.of a feller. Then n~ and Den lived from house to house. Grandma Harry and i~y Aunt Mat and

J‘esse Dove raised us. My daddy n~rried ri~t er way ag‘ in.

RI recollect mighty little about the war. le 1i~ed back in the woods

and swamps. I waa afraid of the soldiers. I seen them pais by. I was so little I can barely recollect aeeing them and hiding from ths~.

Rlrhen we lived over about Forrest City I seen the ~i flux whoop Jo Saw

and Bill Reed. It was at night. They was tied to trees and whooped with a leather snake whoop. I‘ couldn‘t say how it co~ up but they sure poured it on them. There was a crowd cci~e up during the acting. I was scared to death then. After thn I had mighty litti. use for drssssd..~ip folks what

go around at night (Xii flux). I can tell you no sich thing ever took plac