Chapter 7

[1]Colonel Gaines was still living in the year 1866 at State Line, Mississippi. The author met him in that year engaged, old and feeble as he was, in a charitable work that involved considerable labor.

[1]Colonel Gaines was still living in the year 1866 at State Line, Mississippi. The author met him in that year engaged, old and feeble as he was, in a charitable work that involved considerable labor.

[2]Parton's "Life of Jackson."

[2]Parton's "Life of Jackson."

[3]"Light-wood" is a term used in the South to signify richly resinous pine, of the kind sometimes called "pitch-pine" in other parts of the country.

[3]"Light-wood" is a term used in the South to signify richly resinous pine, of the kind sometimes called "pitch-pine" in other parts of the country.

[4]From a sketch by General John H. F. Claiborne, published in the Natchez (Miss.)Free-Trader, on the occasion of Dale's death in the year 1841.

[4]From a sketch by General John H. F. Claiborne, published in the Natchez (Miss.)Free-Trader, on the occasion of Dale's death in the year 1841.

[5]Parton's Life of Andrew Jackson.

[5]Parton's Life of Andrew Jackson.


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