Missouri
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and would keep dem always afraid. De mistress would take a couple of us young ones to church but when we ~ot home things were different.

	“and I never seen so many soldiers in my life before or since than when Price corne through on his raid. It was apple pickbi‘ time and de mistress made us gather apples and pack ‘em to the soldiers and we had to pack water frou de spring to ‘em. De mistress had pickets out in front of de house when de soldiers w~s in town.

	“Once when de U~i1oh soldiers was in town a negro soldier come and got hirn a turkey off de fence. De next night a white soldier come to get a tur~ key and he looked all over de place and corne up over de stile. Den de mistress goes out on de porch and called de dogs and said, ‘Sic the rogue‘. De soldier took out his pistol and laid it on de fence and waited a~th11e and. looked. De dogs were juxapin~ up against de fence. So de soldier ShOt de dog and then went off and got on his hess again.

	“One day a Union officer come up and had a saber and said he would cut ‚ off de mistress‘ head. De officer was a Dutcbinan. The mistress then ran ~ to town for help. De soldier cerne right in de cabin and said, ~ no hurt
‚:	yOU.t De soldierwent in de. safe i:~i .de house and. ate all he w~anted and den
	went to bed. in d~ ~ house . Finally de law eome and moved him out of de bed~
	o~ff d~e p1~abè. De soldierS would. come.a~ night and~ rout de slave women out
	                  ‚ook de soldiers a square meal.“