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~aL~e of Interviewer	Irene Robertson ‚ .
	Jut~e~t	-~------~	Ex-Slave-Huntin~~n

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	Henry V~a1ker was born nine miles south of ]~1ashville, Tennessee. .~ :~~~~e:abered the soldiers and ran to the windows to see them pass. One day

.i~ saw a lot of soldiers coming to the house. Henry ran in ahead and said ~ dt loud, tltheiu Yankeys are coming up here.1‘ The mistress slaped Henry, . -~ ~ ~iim and slariin~d the doors • The sold 1ers did not get in but they did ~‘th‘~r damage that day. They took all the mules out of the lot and drove
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Lh~1fi away. They filled their ttdug~.out wagons with corn. 4‘~ dug~out wagon ~ hold nearly a crib full of corn. They were high in front and back L~J~‘~ OLfl~O down to a point, nearly touchodthe ground between the wheels.

•2h~ ii~h~els had. pens inste~.d of axles lxi them. ~ children ran like pigs ~v~r~j Lorning. The pigs ran to ~st acorns arid the children ~ v~hite &id ~~1aci~~o pick up chestnuts, scaly barks and hickory nuts. There were lots
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.L .~lack walnuts. We ha~ iarrels of nuts to eat all winter and the mist~

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~~ess sola some every year at ~asrLv1lIe, Te~nessee. ~ ~ ~ie woods were full

/~ ~t trees and we had a few maple and sweet gum trees. We simmered down ~ ~ sap for brown sugar and chewed the sweet gum. ‘Ike picked up chips to
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~i:;~er the sv~eet maple sap down.~~Η~U~ed elder tree wood to make ~fauoets for ::ruj barrels. There were chenquipmns down in the ~swamps that ~he children
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~~ered. )~nry talker said that th~y were sent upon the hills to find g5~n~

:i~g and often fouixi lon€; bed3 of it. They put :i~t in sacks and a man oarr~
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--~-.~ uought it from the mistress. The mistress,~ naine was Mrs. ~Tiliiams.
~ ix~.ror~tion given by	 HenryWalker			~ ~
~i~.ce of Residence	Hazen~ Arkansas	~
~oupation	Farr~r. ~	- i_	~-	- . AG~  79~