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Personal recollections warn of danger and armament
An account recalls Civil War era threats and self defense. The narrator describes arming with a Smith and Wesson and defending against Confederate attacks near the Bend, including a nighttime gun confrontation and rescue of mission workers.
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Colony
Banks Landing
Mary Jane Wallace
Miss Wallace
Mississippi River
Half Moon Lake
Massa
Masta
Davis Bend
U. S
Joseph Davis
the Woods Colony
Woods Plantation
Jeff House