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larger chi id, Lucy. Somet unes she had walked ~ be s ide her father but ~ of~en ~he had become weary or sleepy and he had carrIed her many miles of the journey, besides the weight of blankets and food. An older daughter, Couz~ey, also accompanied her parente.

	“Vhen they neared thé‘ cane lands theyheard the songs of Negro slaves

~	as they toiled in the cane. soon they were In sight of the slave quartera of I Patent Ge orge ‚ s plantatioi~ ‚ The Negr oes made the Indians welcome and the slave dealer allowed them to occupy the cane house; thus the Indians beca~~e

~	slaves of Patent aeorge.

	UWorn out from his long journey John Hawk became too ill to work in


the st~gar cane. The kIndly—disposed Negroes helped care for the sick man but he lived only a few months • Rachel and her two children remained on the plan..

	tation, working with the other s laves • She had nowhere to go • No home to ~ call her ~. She had automatioally become a slave. Her children had beeoine

	chattel.

	“So passed a year away, then unhappiness came to the Indian mother, for her daughter, Courtney, became the mother of young Master Ford or‘ ~

	child. The parents called the little half-breed “Eliza“ and were very fond of her. The widow of John Haiik became the mother of Patent t s s on,

	Patent Junior.

	“The tradition of the family states that in spite of these irregular occurrences the people at the Géorge‘s southern plantation were prosperous,

~	happy, and lived in peace each with thee others. Patent George wearied of the Southern climate and brought his slaves into Kentucky where their ability

and strength would amass a fortune for the master in the iron ore regions of Kentucky.

	“With the wagon trains of Patent and Ford George oai~ Rachel Hawk and her ‚ Courtney, Lucy and Rachel • Rachel d led on the j ourney froen ~labama but the ~~ining f~I11 blooded Thdians entered Kentuoky as slaves.