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traffic between Tallahassee and St, Au~.ustine0 (intereet~. ing].y enough, the road is at least 30 miles southwest of St. Aur~ustine where it passc~e throug~i Grandin; the reason for cutting it in such a wide circle, Cokor says was because of the ferocity of the Seminoles in the swamps north and ~zeet o~ St. Augustine.

~	~!a~ons, carriages anc stages passed along this road. in the days betorö the War J~3etween the 3tates, Coker says. In addition to these he o.lainig to have seen many travellers by foot, and not infr‘quently furtive e3c~oed s1~vee, the latter ~ueually under cover of an~ appropriate backgr~‘und of ~.ar1:~ese. ~ ~—— The road again c~ime thto considerable use during

the late days of the ~Var. It was d~uring these days that ~he

. Fe~ern.1 troo~E, both ~thites and Ne~roes,passe~ in seemingly enc~le5s Droce~sIon on their~way to or ~‘rorn encounters0 On one OOcaSi‘Thn the rorr~cr slave recounts having seen a procession of sold1~~rs that took nearly twodays to ~s~ they travelled on hor~e anä afoot.

	Several amusin~ incidents are related by the ex~ slave of the events of this perioi~., Dozens of the Negro ~cI~iE?rs~ he says, discarded their uniforme ror the ~udier