Oklahoma Writerst Project
	Mter while we come to de Canadian town. Dat whar old man Gouge been and. took a whole lot de folks up north wid. him, and de South soldiers got in dar ahead of us and took up all de houses to sleep in.

	Dey was some of de white soldiers camped dar, and dey was singing at de camp. I couldntt understand what dey sing, and. I asked a Creek man what dey say and he tell me dey sing, “I wish I was in Dixie, look away -~ look away.~

	.	I asic him whar dat is, and he laugh and. talk to de soldiers and. dey all laugh, and. make me mad.

	De next morning we leave dat town and. git to de big river. De rain make de river rise, and I never see so much water! Jest look out dar and dar all dat water!

	Dey got some boats we put de stuff on, and. float de wagons and. swim de mules and finally git across, but it look lak we gwine all drown.

	Most de folks say dey going to 3og~ Depot and around Port Washita, but old. Master strike off b~ his self and go way down in de bottom • somewhar to live,

	I don1 t know whar it was, but dey been some kind of fi~ating ai]. around dar, tcause we camp in houses and cabins all de time and nobody live in any of tem.

	Look like de people all git away quick, tcause all de stuff was in de houses, but you better scout up around de house before you go up to it. Liable to be some scouters already in it!

	Dem Indian soldiers jest quit de army and lots went scouting in little bunches and took everything dey find. Iffen somebody try to stop dem dey git killed.
Sometime we find graves in de yard. whar somebody jest been buried