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up, to him and demanded his armes he at once handed them up, and So on untill I' disarmed eight or ten of them when the Sheriff stepped out of the crowd and asked if he could have a word with me I told him he could he was also armed he at once told me that the Citizens was in arms[[?]] for the purpose of surpressing a negro insurrection that they ment no harm to me or my party and the one that halted my [[ordely?]] was drunk and ment no harm and left on my approach could not give me his name nor tell me whare he lived he also stated that he was acting under orders from Gov Johnson he told me he would be responsible for the good Order and Conduct of the armed men under his controll if I would go no farther
Otherwise the Crowd would fire on me as as they ware indignent - and considered it an outrage to let four men disarm them I told him at once to go away from me in words loud enough to be herd by the crowd and that I was an Officer and belonged to the U.S.A. and ordered the crowd to dispurse at once which they did I then turned over to the Sheriff all the arms I had taken and thus, the matter ended, except dureing the time the above facts took place a mulato man in the employ as water [[waiter?]] for Mr Walker my wagon master on the trip asked some Freedman who was in an ally guarded by the armed citizens what they ware dueing thare the above mentioned mulato is charged with haveing told them to go home and arm them selves and shoot the first damned reb that would molest them he also was charged with haveing told a white Lady who was looking out of a window near to take in her head or he would blow her damned head off