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Tenesas Bayou, Oct. 10, 1907. BLESSED ARCHIE: I just loved your letter. I was so glad to hear from you. I was afraid you would have trouble with your Latin. What a funny little fellow Opdyke must be; I am glad you like him. TENASSUS BAYU OCTOBER TENTH NINETEEN O SEVEN BLESSED ARCHIE I JUST LOVED YOUR LETTER I WAS SO GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU I WAS AFRAID YOU WOULD HAVE TROUBLE WITH YOUR LATIN WHAT A FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW UPDYKE MUST BE I'M GLAD YOU LIKE HIM
a big fly tent for the horses; the hounds sleep with them, or with the donkeys! There is a white hunter, Ben Lily, who has just joined us, who is a really remarkable character. He literally lives in the woods. He joined us early this morning, with one dog. He had tramped for twenty-four hours through the woods, without food or water, and had slept a couple of hours in a crooked tree, like a wild turkey. He has a mild, gentle face, blue eyes, and full beard; he is a religious fanatic, and is as hardy as a bear or elk, literally caring nothing for fatigue and exposure, which we couldn't stand at all. He doesn't seem to consider the 24 hours' trip he has just made, any more than I should a half hour's walk before breakfast. He quotes the preacher Talmage continually. This is a black belt. The people are almost all negroes, curious creatures, some of them with Indian blood, like those in "Voodoo Tales." Yesterday we met two little negresses riding one mule, bare-legged, with a rope bridle. RTABLE AS POSSIBLE WE HAVE A BIG FLY TENT FOR THE HORSES THE HOUNDS SLEEP WITH THEM OR WITH THE DONKEYS THERE IS A WHITE HUNTER BEN LILY WHO HAS JUST JOINED US WHO IS A REALLY REMARKABLE CHARACTER HE LITERALLY LIVES IN THE WOODS HE JOINED US EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ONE DOG HE HAD TRAMPED FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS THROUGH THE WOODS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER AND HAD SLEPT A COUPLE OF HOURS IN A CROOKED TREE LIKE A WILD TURKEY HE HAS A MILD GENTLE FACE BLUE EYES AND FULL BEARD HE IS A RELIGIOUS FANATIC AND IS AS HARDY AS A BEAR OR ELK LITERALLY CARING NOTHING FOR FATIGUE AND EXPOSURE WHICH WE COULDN'T STAND AT ALL HE DOESN'T SEEM TO CONSIDER THE TWENTY FOUR HOURS TRIP HE HAS JUST MADE ANY MORE THAN I SHOULD A HALF HOUR'S WALK BEFORE BREAKFAST HE QUOTES THE PREACHER TOWMAGE CONTINUALLY THIS IS A BLACK BELT THE PEOPLE ARE ALMOST ALL NEGROES CURIOUS CREATURES SOME OF THEM WITH INDIAN BLOOD LIKE THOSE IN VUDOU TALES YESTERDAY WE MET TWO LITTLE NEGRESSES ROUTING ONE MULE BARE LEGGED WITH A ROPE BRIDLE
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