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saw him, I was detennined to have his horse, if he was in the garb of a

traveller. He rode up, and I saw from his equipage that he was a traveller.

I arose and drew an elegant rifle pistol on Tiim and ordered him to dismount*

He did so, and I took his horse by the bridle and pointed down the creek,

and ordered him to walk before me. H.- went a few hundred yards and

stopped. I hitched his horse, and then made Mm undress himself, all to his

shirt and drawers, and ordered him to turn his back to me. He said, * If

you are determined to

kill me, let me have

time to pray before I

die.1 I told him I had

no time to hear him

pray. He turned around

and dropped on his

knees, and I shot him

through the back of the

head. I ripped open his

belly and took out his

entrails, and sunk him

in the creek. I then

searched his pockets,

and found four hundred

dollars and thirty-seven

cents, and a number of

papers that I did not

take time to examine.

I sunk the pocket-book

and papers and his hat,

in the creek. His boots

were brand-new, and

fitted me genteelly; and

I put them on and sunk

my old shoes in the

creek, to atone for them.

I rolled up his clothes

and put them into his portmanteau, as they were brand-new cloth of the

best quality. I mounted as fine a hcrse as ever I straddled, and directed

my course for Natchez in much better style than I had been for the last fiYe

days.

* Myself and a fellow by the name of Crenshaw gathered four good horses
and started for Greorgia. We got in company with a young South Carolinian
just before we got to Cumberland Mountain, and Crenshaw soon knew all

A MAN CAME IN SIGHT.