5tories Pr orn Ex.-Slaves ( Dick-~Look~ Up )	Pace 5~.	67


Uncle Wylie put Master‘s watch around Mies Sara‘s neck like he had done told him to do when he got home. ~iss Sara c±ied and us cried, too. Jim never married and dat‘s why Miss Sara to do everything, kaise she was his sister what lived wid him.

	“Mr., I run on Broad River fer over 24 years as boatman, carryir1~g Marse Jim‘s cotton to Øo1u~abLa fer him. Us had de ex~ citement on dem trips. Lots times water was deeper dan a tree is high. Sometimes I was throwed and ~e11 in de~ater. I rise. up every time, though, and float and swim back to de boat and ~it on again. I:f de weather be hot, I never think of changirx~ no clothes, but just keep on what I got wet. Five nigge~s allus went on Wiarse‘s boat. One man steer de boat and of course he was de steerman, and dat what he went by. I recollects two steermans, Bradley Kennedy and. Andy McCluny. charlie Gilliam was de second steerman, by dat I means dat he de young nigger dat Bradley and andy had to break in.

	“Sometimes L~1arster have three flat boats a.~gwine down at one time, and I has recollections o~ as many as five a-.gwine from our plantation; dat was not so often, though. Us had long

-	poles to steer de boats wid; den dere was some paddles, and some of de niggers was called privates dat handled de cotton and used de paddles when dey had to be used. ~‘ou knows dat batteaus was what dey always. used de paddles wid. Privates did de shoving and other heavy work. De seconds and de privates allus shoved wid de poles when de water was rough, and de steer man give orders. I was allus a boatman.

	“Charlie Gilliarn acted as boatman, some; and den de other boatmen was : Bill Hughes ‚ • Warren Worthy, Green Stokes