Here runaway negroes usually seek a hiding-place, and some have been known to reside here for years.

The revolters were joined by one of these.

He was a large, tall, full-blooded negro, with a stern and savage countenance; the marks on his face showed that he was from one of the barbarous tribes in Africa, and claimed that country as his native land.

His only covering was a girdle around his loins, made of skins of wild beasts which he had killed.

His only token of authority among those that he led was a pair of epaulettes, made of the tail of a fox, and tied to his shoulder by a cord.