Indians made S laves among the Negroeø
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	“The slave men soon beoame skilled workers In the Hilirnan Rolling Mills. ~. Trigg was owner of the vest iron works oalled the “Chimneys“ in the region, but listed as the Hil]inau, Dixon, Boyer, Kelley and Lyons Furnaces. For more than a half century these chimneys smoked as the most valuable developinent in the western area of Kentucky. Operated i~i l8lO~ these furnaces had refined iron ore to supply the Urtited States Navy With cannon balls and grape shot,and the iron smelting industry oontiiiued until after the close of the Ciiril War.

	“No s laves were beaten at the Ge ‘ s plantation and old Mistress Hester Lam allowed no clave to be sold. She was a devoted friend to all.

	‘As Eliza George ‚ daughter of Ford George and Courtney Hawk, grew into young womarthood the young master Ford George went oftener and oftener to soo~al functions. He was admired for his skill with firearms and for his horsemanship. While Courtney and his child remained at the plantation Ford enjoyed the coinpanship of the beautthzl woenen of the vicinity. At last he brought hœm~ the beautiful Loraine ‚ hi s young bride • Courtney was stoical as only an Indian can be. She shoiived no hurt but helped Mistress Hester and Mistress Loraine with the house work.“

	Here George Fortinan paused to let his blinded eyes look back into the long ago. Then he again continued with his story of the dark trail.

	“Mistress Loraine became mother of two eons and a daughter and the big white two~story house facing the Currjberland River at Smith Landing, Kentucky, became a place of laughter and happy ocoas ions ‚ so my mother told n~ many tin~a.

‘Suddenly sorrow settled dawn over the hcme and the laughter turned

I into ~wailing, for Ford George‘s body ~as found pierced through. the heart and

I the iialf~mbreed; Eliza, was nowhere to be found.

	“The young master‘s body lay in state many days. Friends and neighbors came bringing flowers. His mother, bowed with ~‘ief, looked on the still face