Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana

CHAPTER VII.

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The Steamboat Rodolph--Departure from New-Orleans--William Ford--Arrival at Alexandria, on Red River--Resolutions--The Great Pine Woods--Wild Cattle--Martin's Summer Residence--The Texas Road--Arrival at Master Ford's--Rose--Mistress Ford--Sally and her Children--John, the Cook--Walter, Sam, and Antony--The Mills on Indian Creek--Sabbath Days--Sam's Conversion--The Profit of Kindness--Rafting--Adam Taydem, the Little White Man--Cascalla and his Tribe--The Indian Ball--John M. Tibeats--The Storm approaching, 89