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/ & fight with 3 Soldiers /
way they can particularly the Negroes They Robed Alfred
serched Anderson & Jack Patton for Money I came home in the
evening found one at Oteys Stable trying to get him I asked

Sat 12 Novr. / a fight with a Soldier / Hendrix his name from Polk County 40 Regt /
Tennessean / There was 3 soldiers the other 2 left at the beginning of the fight /
the man what he was doing he said he was going to take that
horse I asked him if he had any authority to do so he said
he had none but his gun I told him that was none but a
robers authority & he could not take him He swore he would
take him & me too. I dared him to interfear with the horse or
me either he immedeatly Made at Me presenting his gun &
coming up to the side of near the Bugga I was in, pointing
his gun right at me I Jumped out of the Buga turned the
Mussle off & took hold of the gun & him too. A scuffle insued
& while in that possition he drew his pistol I caught
it too Caleb bing in the Buga & I called on him to ketch
hold of him & we took both pistol & gun from him he was bad
used up by Anderson & others of the boys that he had a few
Minnets before been robing I took him in my buga to the
pickets Anderson & Monk went with me & I delivered him over
to the pickets who sent him on & put him in Jail I got my
hand badly cut by Anderson not intentionally in the fight My
wound blead to town & back

/ Atalanta Burned up /
Atalanta is reported burned up & Shears coming North &
reported he is going South through Georgia