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She say 8on~ nights when they camped ahe would beg ‚ round and try to i~i11 Up. ~xt she couldn‘t get to Moss without them seem‘ her. Then they got to Fryora Point she went au‘ got ]aim. They jess 1aughe~ and never give him mithin‘. They left that army fast as they could she say.

	“She married at Fryars Point. She had jes‘ one boy and I had ~our or five sisters. They all dead but me and Mose. He think he ‚ bout ninety years old. He come here to see me last year. He sho Is feeble.

	~	“How come I here? When I was fourteen years old my family heard how fine this State was and moved to Helena. I lived at Moro and Cotton Plant • Then, the way I corne here was funny. A man come up there and say a free train was contin‘ to go back to Africa. All who wanted to go could go. My pa sold out ‘bout all we had an‘ we come here lack they say. No train come yet goin‘ to Africa as I seed. My pa give the white ina~n ~5 . 00 to pay fer the train. TomWats~ was one o~ ‚ ein too. He was a sorter leader ‘mong ‘em wantin‘ to go back. Well when the day come that the train due to start everybody come to the depot whar the train ~oin~ to stop. There was a big crowd. Yes xnam, dressed up, and a little provisions and clothes fixed up. Jes‘ could take along a little. They say it would be crowded so. We stayed around here a week or two waltin‘ to hear soxaethln‘ or be ready to go. Most everybody stayed prutty close to the depot for two or three days. Yes mem there sho was a crowd ~ a whole big train tall from here ‘sides the other places. I Jes‘ stayed here an‘ been here ever since. The depot agent, he told ‘em he didn‘t know ‘bout no train going to Africa. The tickets was no good on his trains0