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Wiley
fled
before
one
of
these
companies
,
thinking
he
could
reach
his
cabin
before
they
could
overtake
him
;
but
one
of
their
dogs
,
a
great
ravenous
hound
,
griped
him
by
the
leg
,
and
held
him
fast
.
The
patrollers
whipped
him
severely
,
and
brought
him
,
a
prisoner
,
to
Epps
.
From
him
he
received
another
flagellation
still
more
severe
,
so
that
the
cuts
of
the
lash
and
the
bites
of
the
dog
rendered
him
sore
,
stiff
and
miserable
,
insomuch
he
was
scarcely
able
to
move
.
It
was
impossible
in
such
a
state
to
keep
up
his
row
,
and
consequently
there
was
not
an
hour
in
the
day
but
Wiley
felt
the
sting
of
his
master
's
rawhide
on
his
raw
and
bleeding
back
.
His
sufferings
became
intolerable
,
and
finally
he
resolved
to
run
away
.
Without
disclosing
his
intentions
to
run
away
even
to
his
wife
Phebe
,
he
proceeded
to
make
arrangements
for
carrying
his
plan
into
execution
.
Having
cooked
his
whole
week
's
allowance
,
he
cautiously
left
the
cabin
on
a
Sunday
night
,
after
the
inmates
of
the
quarters
were
asleep
.
When
the
horn
sounded
in
the
morning
,
Wiley
did
not
make
his
appearance
.
Search
was
made
for
him
in
the
cabins
,
in
the
corn-crib
,
in
the
cotton-house
,
and
in
every
nook
and
corner
of
the
premises
.
Each
of
us
was
examined
,
touching
any
knowledge
we
might
have
that
could
throw
light
upon
his
sudden
disappearance
or
present
whereabouts
.
Epps
raved
and
stormed
,
and
mounting
his
horse
,
galloped
to
neighboring
plantations
,
making
inquiries
in
all
directions
.
The
search
was
fruitless
.
Nothing
whatever
was
elicited
,
going
to
show
what
had
become
of
the
missing
man
.
The
dogs
were
led
to
the
swamp
,
but
were
unable
to
strike
his
trail
.
They
would
circle
away
through
the
forest
,
their
noses
to
the
ground
,
but
invariably
returned
in
a
short
time
to
the
spot
from
whence
they
started
.
Wiley
had
escaped
,
and
so
secretly
and
cautiously
as
to
elude
and
baffle
all
pursuit
.
Days
and
even
weeks
passed
away
,
and
nothing
could
be
heard
of
him
.
Epps
did
nothing
but
curse
and
swear
.
It
was
the
only
topic
of
conversation
among
us
when
alone
.
We
indulged
in
a
great
deal
of
speculation
in
regard
to
him
,
one
suggesting
he
might
have
been
drowned
in
some
bayou
,
inasmuch
as
he
was
a
poor
swimmer
;
another
,
that
perhaps
he
might
have
been
devoured
by
alligators
,
or
stung
by
the
venomous
moccasin
,
whose
bite
is
certain
and
sudden
death
.
The
warm
and
hearty
sympathies
of
us
all
,
however
,
were
with
poor
Wiley
,
wherever
he
might
be
.
Many
an
earnest
prayer
ascended
from
the
lips
of
Uncle
Abram
,
beseeching
safety
for
the
wanderer
.
In
about
three
weeks
,
when
all
hope
of
ever
seeing
him
again
was
dismissed
,
to
our
surprise
,
he
one
day
appeared
among
us
.
On
leaving
the
plantation
,
he
informed
us
,
it
was
his
intention
to
make
his
way
back
to
South
Carolina
--
to
the
old
quarters
of
Master
Buford
.
During
the
day
he
remained
secreted
,
sometimes
in
the
branches
of
a
tree
,
and
at
night
pressed
forward
through
the
swamps
.
Finally
,
one
morning
,
just
at
dawn
,
he
reached
the
shore
of
Red
River
.
While
standing
on
the
bank
,
considering
how
he
could
cross
it
,
a
white
man
accosted
him
,
and
demanded
a
pass
.
Without
one
,
and
evidently
a
runaway
,
he
was
taken
to
Alexandria
,
the
shire
town
of
the
parish
of
Rapides
,
and
confined
in
prison
.
It
happened
several
days
after
that
Joseph
B.
Roberts
,
uncle
of
Mistress
Epps
,
was
in
Alexandria
,
and
going
into
the
jail
,
recognized
him
.
Wiley
had
worked
on
his
plantation
,
when
Epps
resided
at
Huff
Power
.
Paying
the
jail
fee
,
and
writing
him
a
pass
,
underneath
which
was
a
note
to
Epps
,
requesting
him
not
to
whip
him
on
his
return
,
Wiley
was
sent
back
to
Bayou
Bœuf
.
It
was
the
hope
that
hung
upon
this
request
,
and
which
Roberts
assured
him
would
be
respected
by
his
master
,
that
sustained
him
as
he
approached
the
house
.
The
request
,
however
,
as
may
be
readily
supposed
,
was
entirely
disregarded
.
After
being
kept
in
suspense
three
days
,
Wiley
was
stripped
,
and
compelled
to
endure
one
of
those
inhuman
floggings
to
which
the
poor
slave
is
so
often
subjected
.
It
was
the
first
and
last
attempt
of
Wiley
to
run
away
.
The
long
scars
upon
his
back
,
which
he
will
carry
with
him
to
the
grave
,
perpetually
remind
him
of
the
dangers
of
such
a
step
.
There
was
not
a
day
throughout
the
ten
years
I
belonged
to
Epps
that
I
did
not
consult
with
myself
upon
the
prospect
of
escape
.
I
laid
many
plans
,
which
at
the
time
I
considered
excellent
ones
,
but
one
after
the
other
they
were
all
abandoned
.
No
man
who
has
never
been
placed
in
such
a
situation
,
can
comprehend
the
thousand
obstacles
thrown
in
the
way
of
the
flying
slave
.
Every
white
man
's
hand
is
raised
against
him
--
the
patrollers
are
watching
for
him
--
the
hounds
are
ready
to
follow
on
his
track
,
and
the
nature
of
the
country
is
such
as
renders
it
impossible
to
pass
through
it
with
any
safety
.
I
thought
,
however
,
that
the
time
might
come
,
perhaps
,
when
I
should
be
running
through
the
swamps
again
.
I
concluded
,
in
that
case
,
to
be
prepared
for
Epps
'
dogs
,
should
they
pursue
me
.
He
possessed
several
,
one
of
which
was
a
notorious
slave-hunter
,
and
the
most
fierce
and
savage
of
his
breed
.
While
out
hunting
the
coon
or
the
opossum
,
I
never
allowed
an
opportunity
to
escape
,
when
alone
,
of
whipping
them
severely
.
In
this
manner
I
succeeded
at
length
in
subduing
them
completely
.
They
feared
me
,
obeying
my
voice
at
once
when
others
had
no
control
over
them
whatever
.
Had
they
followed
and
overtaken
me
,
I
doubt
not
they
would
have
shrank
from
attacking
me
.
Notwithstanding
the
certainty
of
being
captured
,
the
woods
and
swamps
are
,
nevertheless
,
continually
filled
with
runaways
.
Many
of
them
,
when
sick
,
or
so
worn
out
as
to
be
unable
to
perform
their
tasks
,
escape
into
the
swamps
,
willing
to
suffer
the
punishment
inflicted
for
such
offences
,
in
order
to
obtain
a
day
or
two
of
rest
.
While
I
belonged
to
Ford
,
I
was
unwittingly
the
means
of
disclosing
the
hiding-place
of
six
or
eight
,
who
had
taken
up
their
residence
in
the
"
Great
Pine
Woods
.
"
Adam
Taydem
frequently
sent
me
from
the
mills
over
to
the
opening
after
provisions
.
The
whole
distance
was
then
a
thick
pine
forest
.
About
ten
o'clock
of
a
beautiful
moonlight
night
,
while
walking
along
the
Texas
road
,
returning
to
the
mills
,
carrying
a
dressed
pig
in
a
bag
swung
over
my
shoulder
,
I
heard
footsteps
behind
me
,
and
turning
round
,
beheld
two
black
men
in
the
dress
of
slaves
approaching
at
a
rapid
pace
.
When
within
a
short
distance
,
one
of
them
raised
a
club
,
as
if
intending
to
strike
me
;
the
other
snatched
at
the
bag
.
I
managed
to
dodge
them
both
,
and
seizing
a
pine
knot
,
hurled
it
with
such
force
against
the
head
of
one
of
them
that
he
was
prostrated
apparently
senseless
to
the
ground
.
Just
then
two
more
made
their
appearance
from
one
side
of
the
road
.
Before
they
could
grapple
me
,
however
,
I
succeeded
in
passing
them
,
and
taking
to
my
heels
,
fled
,
much
affrighted
,
towards
the
mills
.
When
Adam
was
informed
of
the
adventure
,
he
hastened
straightway
to
the
Indian
village
,
and
arousing
Cascalla
and
several
of
his
tribe
,
started
in
pursuit
of
the
highwaymen
.
I
accompanied
them
to
the
scene
of
attack
,
when
we
discovered
a
puddle
of
blood
in
the
road
,
where
the
man
whom
I
had
smitten
with
the
pine
knot
had
fallen
.
After
searching
carefully
through
the
woods
a
long
time
,
one
of
Cascalla
's
men
discovered
a
smoke
curling
up
through
the
branches
of
several
prostrate
pines
,
whose
tops
had
fallen
together
.
The
rendezvous
was
cautiously
surrounded
,
and
all
of
them
taken
prisoners
.
They
had
escaped
from
a
plantation
in
the
vicinity
of
Lamourie
,
and
had
been
secreted
there
three
weeks
.
They
had
no
evil
design
upon
me
,
except
to
frighten
me
out
of
my
pig
.
Having
observed
me
passing
towards
Ford
's
just
at
night-fall
,
and
suspecting
the
nature
of
my
errand
,
they
had
followed
me
,
seen
me
butcher
and
dress
the
porker
,
and
start
on
my
return
.
They
had
been
pinched
for
food
,
and
were
driven
to
this
extremity
by
necessity
.
Adam
conveyed
them
to
the
parish
jail
,
and
was
liberally
rewarded
.
