Life and Confession of the Noted Outlaw, James CopelandUniversity Press of Miss., 1980 - 237 pages Confessions of a Southern Mississippi outlaw of the 1830's and 1840's. |
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Page 55
... camp and burying them there . We deposited with them all the clothes that had any blood on them ; and with the hatchet they had , we sharpened a short pole and partially covered them with dirt . We next went to the camp and raked out ...
... camp and burying them there . We deposited with them all the clothes that had any blood on them ; and with the hatchet they had , we sharpened a short pole and partially covered them with dirt . We next went to the camp and raked out ...
Page 68
... camp ground . Next day there was found a piece of broken rope to the tree , and the preacher's horse was gone . There was a great noise about it . McGrath told the brethren he thought he knew the place the horse would go to , and that ...
... camp ground . Next day there was found a piece of broken rope to the tree , and the preacher's horse was gone . There was a great noise about it . McGrath told the brethren he thought he knew the place the horse would go to , and that ...
Page 75
... camp ground , where we lay trading . We had sold almost everything we had . On the morning of the commencement of the meet- ing , we set our two free darkies over the river , and they went to the place early in the day . Wages and I ...
... camp ground , where we lay trading . We had sold almost everything we had . On the morning of the commencement of the meet- ing , we set our two free darkies over the river , and they went to the place early in the day . Wages and I ...
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