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he had insulted him, & he would shoot him for it.  But what has he done? we asked.  Why! Why!! he blinked his eyes at me & I won't stand that from any "Nigger" (with another oath)  let him come out here: we answered that he was our scholar & had insulted nobody & would not come out, if they shot him they would do it through us, that they professed to be gentlemen & we wished they would show themselves such by quietly taking themselves off. - Another one of the crew said "well let that "Nigger" come out & apologize to us, if you want us to leave. the 1st speaker said he never insulted ladies another said he wasn't going to do it, nor [strikethrough] he wouldn't [/strikethrough] would he be insulted by Niggers either if a Nigger insulted him he should die for it. We told them if the boy wanted to apologize to them from where he was, we didn't care!!  but he should go to them - the boy now came & stood behind us & told them he wasn't aware that he had said or done anything to insult anybody, if he had he would ask their pardon, but this didnt appear to satisfy them, for they cursed