Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . 6 THE desperadoes MISTAKE. ern towns, would have done honor to a general of the order revelations of the plans and intentions of the gang im-plicated individualswhose charactersand standing hadbefore placed themabove names of many,fij occupying promi-nent political andprofessional posi-tions in their re-spective communi-ties, were found re-corded in the listof members of thisinfernal brother-hood, and
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . 6 THE desperadoes MISTAKE. ern towns, would have done honor to a general of the order revelations of the plans and intentions of the gang im-plicated individualswhose charactersand standing hadbefore placed themabove names of many,fij occupying promi-nent political andprofessional posi-tions in their re-spective communi-ties, were found re-corded in the listof members of thisinfernal brother-hood, and so strongwere the proofs oftheir complicity,that their honestneighbors were forced to admit them. The consequence was, thatpeople became suspicious of each other; neighbor was distrustful ofneighbor, and mutual confidence was entirely destroyed. Such was the spirit of vengeance that Stewart had arousedagainst himself, that the Governor of Mississippi found it necessaryto furnish him with a strong and trusty body guard, to protect himfrom assassination. Members of the gang, who had sworn to ac-complish his death were continually on the watch to waylay him ;. A RENDEZVOCS OF THE MURREL GANG. THE DESPERADOES MISTAKE. §^ and whether on a journey, or at home in the capital of the state,suspicious strangers were clogging his steps, day and night. Butwith his watchful attendants ever about him, the fearless informereluded the death intended for him. But at length he began toweary of this continued vigilance, and by degrees diminished thenumber of his guards, till after a few months he even venturedalmost alone on journeys through the state, on his legitimatebusiness. He, however, always took the precaution to go heavilyarmed, and prepared for attack. My business made it necessary to travel from Yicksburg toColumbus, in the northern part of the state, and my route lay alongthe old Eobinson Road, through the counties of Hinds, Madison,Leake, Winston and Lowndes. I had started out on ho
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