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i Tin* next hoar of them is at Colo’s Ferry ! two miles east of Leavonsworf h. Horn theyiraptured Bryant Fried on and compelled him to guide them to Idue river island where they wished to cross and get out of the State with their plunder. When they ar* lived in sight of the river ilvjy released! Breeden and their other prisoners, and arriving at the river waded their horses to the Island, where they hoped to be able to swim across to the Kentucky shore. But greatly to their disappointment, their patriotic IJoosier horses, which they had stolen and substituted for the rebel ‘‘carcas-ses,, upon which they came into the State* absolutely refused to swim oyer. In the attempt to force them to do so several horses are reported to have drowned, and the*riders compelled to swim back to the Island.
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Corydon Weekly Democrat
Corydon, Indiana, US
Tue, Jun 23, 1863
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Sullivan C.
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