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1IvIÀRY KINCE~ON EDVIABDS seys she was bern ~n July 8, 1810, but she has nothin~ te sub.. staritiate this claim. R.wever, she Is evidently v~ry o1d~. H~r ~eznory Is peer, but she k:nows she w~s reared by the Kinch&ns, in Baton Rouge,
	V	Lsuisiana., and. th~t she spoke
French when a child. The Kin-. cheons gave h‘~r to Felix Vaughn, who brought her te Texas before the Civil Wer. Mary lives with Beatrice ~atters, ner~r Austin, Tex,s. V




	I, When I‘ s a ~ 1 g1Vl niy n~rn~ ~aryAnne~~~on rn d I ‚ s born on the eighth ~f July, in 1810. 1 liveé with de Kincheon family øver in L~usipna. Beton P.ou~e ax~ de n~e of dat place. Dem Kincheons have plenty chilien. 0, dey have so m~ny chilien!

	‘sI don‘t ‘member much ‘baut dem days. l‘s d‘~n~ forgot so many things, but I 1members how de stars fell ~nd h~w scared us was. D~m stars gøt to ralin‘ ~ r~s out ‚ fore dey hits de ground. t dGn‘ t know when dat was, but l‘s good size dmn.

	III	~ot give t o Massa ~‘ei ix Vau~1m ~ni he brung me tt Texas. Det long ‚ fore de war for freedom ‚ but I &nt t know de year ~ ~ mGst work I dene for de V~ughns was wet nuss de baby sen, wh2t name )~lljah. ILls ~nai~ny jes‘ didn‘t hare ‘noi~gh milk f~r him.

	ttDen I 1~it de seeks and. wash de clothes ~nd sometimes I werk

In d.c fields, I h&ped xn~ke &e baskets for de cotton. De m~n git white-

•ak wood and we lets lt stay in de wate:~ for de night ~nc3 de nex‘ mornin‘ and lt soft and. us split it lxi strips for malcin‘ if de baskets. Every‘bsdy try see vii. ciuld make de bern‘ basket.