Four months in a sneak-box : a boat voyage of 2600 miles down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and along the Gulf of Mexico by Bishop Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) 1837-1902

Author:Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes), 1837-1902
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Boats and boating, Mississippi River -- Description and travel, Ohio River -- Description and travel, Mexico, Gulf of
Publisher: Boston : Lee & Shepard ; New York : C.T. Dillingham
Published: 1879-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

ucated, and possessing the presence and address of a gentleman. His neighbors credited him with being " a right smart good nigger." It is a singular fact that these large landed estates should have become the property of the former slave so soon after the vs^ar. Ben Montgomery died recently, leaving an example to his colored brethren w^orthy of their imitation.

From Davis's Cut-off I followed Big Black Island Bend and Hard Times Bend, past the now silent batteries of Grand Gulf, down to the town of Rodney. I went ashore near the old plantation of an ex-president (General Taylor) of the United States, being attracted by a lot of dry drift-wood which promised a blazing fire. While cooking my rice and slowly developing an omelet, I calculated upon the chances of finding the lost flatboat. It was now evident that she was behind, not in advance of me. It was about four o'clock, and I determined to await her arrival. At half-past six o'clock clouds had obscured the sky, and it was impossible to see across the water, but I continued to watch and listen for the flat. The current was strongest on my side of the river, and I felt certain the boat would follow it and pass close to my camp. Her lantern and blazing stove-pipe would reveal her presence. Suddenly a man coughed within a few rods of the shore, and out of the gloom appeared the dark outlines of the fisherman's craft, but like a.

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