We had tobacco of our own, and some fowls which we got from the plantations in de fust place.

Altogether we did berry well.
Sometimes band of soldiers come and march trough the country, but we hab plenty hiding places and dey never find us.

More and more runway slabes come, and at last we hear dat great 'spedition going to start to search all de mountains.

Dey come, two tree thousand ob dem.

Dey form long skirmishing line, five or six mile long, and dey go ober mountain.