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ih.n thsy walkd -~ to weer to preachin‘. They .1w did haYs preachin‘ en‘ festin‘ too dunn‘ ths .~r but tolka didn‘t hays fine clothes uhsn it endsd like when th• wer etartsd.
	~	Ku Klux ~an

	RIt atsxted out.nr the buahwhacksrs. 8c~e ~y they didn‘t gst ihat waa promiasd em at Shilo$h Battle. They didn‘t get their righte. I don‘t know what they ment by it. The ~shwhackere ketch the men in dey goinsi‘ work ketch e~ thu vsy ~y the ehould•rß or coUe~j. ~ch holl•rin‘ end acramblin‘ then you never heard. They hide bhind big pine tXS8 till he cc~ up then 8tep out bhind end grab him. They first o~~e Sn‘ call f•r watsr. Plenty watei‘ in the wsll or dom at the spring. Th.y knowd it too. Thsn they waats all you had brought up and soy — ‘Ah! lirat drink I had since I comi fron h.11. ‚ They all know•d ain‘t nobody corn. from hell. They had hatcheta an‘ they burst in your houes. Je8‘ to ecars you. They ahoot und.r your houe..

They iors their wivee big vide nightgovn. end cape and ugliest fac.e you eber e.ed. They lookd like a gang trc~ hell ~ ugliest thing. you ebber A~i see. It was cold ground sp.w.d up wid ice end ~n folks so scared thy run‘ out in woods, stay all night. Old mistrae di.d at th close of do war an‘ her son ihat vas a preachsr, he put on a long preacher coat end breechsa ~ all black. He pat a navy six in his belt and carried carbeen (parbins) on his shouldr. It ias a long gun shoot .ixt•en t1s. B. was a dangerous men. E~ i~ds the KU flux let his folks elans. H. walk all night bout hi. plac.. Ho say, ‘lorvard Marchl ‚ Then thy pass by. H. was a dangerous sen, So auch takin‘ place all time I was scared nearly to death all. tia..~