sheriff. Dey used a long leather strop cut at d. ends. “We used snake root, hohound weed, 1ff. everlastin‘ weed,

horse mint, an‘ sassafras as u~edicine.

	“When de War was right on us, grub was times litt].e niggers only had clabber milk an‘ trough wid de pigs, an‘ sometimes deyonly had crusts at night when dey et on de cabin flo‘. afte‘ de War.

	“‘Nother time one nigger run ‘way frwn our plantation an‘ hid by day an‘ traveled by nig~it so de nigger dogs wouldn‘t git hinz an‘ he hid in a hollow tree. Dere was three cubs down in

dat tree an‘ hit was so slick inside an‘ so high ‘UI he couldn‘t clini‘ out, an‘ afte‘ while de oie bear came back an‘ throw in half a hog. Den she go‘way an‘ come ag‘in an‘ throw in de other half.

‘Bout a hour later,~ She came back an‘ crawl in back‘ards hsrse‘f. De nigger inside de tree kotched her by de tail an‘ pulled hiaself out. Hit scared de bear so ‘til ehe run in one direction an‘ di nigger in ‘nother. But de nigger, he run in di direction of hie niarster‘s plac. an‘ said he‘d neber run off again as long as h. ‚~ ..* libed.
scarce an‘ some~ dey et it in de pie crusts an‘ bread Dem was hard times
ni can‘t ‘member de old songs but dose niggere today can‘t