Abraham Lincoln . =-;;;J--v^^^^rf^^^. K1,AT-IK)ATS. of the Arkansas Uiver tliev saw alligators suniiino themselves alongthe banks. Farther down they beheld live-oaks with festoons of mosstrailing from the wide-spreading branches. At Baton Rouge the two boatmen had an opportunity to show ofwhat stuff they were made. Their boat was moored for the night atthe landing. They were awakened by a gang of negroes, who leapedon board, intending to help themselves to plunder. The negroes wereslaves. White men had stolen them - their manhood, their luttuialrights, their lal)or. Why should they not help th
Abraham Lincoln . =-;;;J--v^^^^rf^^^. K1,AT-IK)ATS. of the Arkansas Uiver tliev saw alligators suniiino themselves alongthe banks. Farther down they beheld live-oaks with festoons of mosstrailing from the wide-spreading branches. At Baton Rouge the two boatmen had an opportunity to show ofwhat stuff they were made. Their boat was moored for the night atthe landing. They were awakened by a gang of negroes, who leapedon board, intending to help themselves to plunder. The negroes wereslaves. White men had stolen them - their manhood, their luttuialrights, their lal)or. Why should they not help themselves t<; whateverthey could find? The boatmen leap from their bunks and rush outfrom the caboose. The} have no weapons, but (a[)tain Lincoln pitchestwo into the river, a third is felled by Gentry, and the others, seeingthe fate of their companions, take to their heels. They had reached a section of the country where the people used theFrench lanouaoe. Natchez was a ver\ old town. The French settledit when they took possession
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