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the same as they would rabbits and exterminate the whole race. I did not know any of the men by name who were engaged in the riot. I saw the commencement of the riot it commenced by white men firing on the negroes at the time the negroes were fired upon they were singing and praying. At the commencement of the riot the negros were as quiet and orderly as a usual Camp meeting. The men who commenced and were engaged in the riot were not the person engaged in the proper business of the Camp meeting. Some of the colored men had sticks in their hands but I did not see them use them.

Wm H. Ehlies Jr