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Chapter 1

           Thetravellingcarriage,whichisa"carriole"asortofcrossbetweenaJerseywaggonandabarouchehastwooccupants.Oneisayoungladyofthewhitestskin;theotheragirloftheblackest.TheformeristhedaughterofWoodleyPoindexterhisonlydaughter.Sheofthesablecomplexionistheyounglady’shandmaid.

           Theemigratingpartyisfromthe"coast"oftheMississippifromLouisiana.TheplanterisnothimselfanativeofthisStateinotherwordsaCreole;butthetypeisexhibitedinthecountenanceofhissonstillmoreinthatfairface,seenoccasionallythroughthecurtainsofthecarriole,andwhosedelicatefeaturesdeclaredescentfromoneofthoseendorseddamselsfillesàlacasettewho,morethanahundredyearsago,cameacrosstheAtlanticprovidedwithproofsoftheirvirtueinthecasket!

           AgrandsugarplanteroftheSouthisWoodleyPoindexter;oneofthehighestandhaughtiestofhisclass;oneofthemostprofuseinaristocratichospitalities:hencethenecessityofforsakinghisMississippianhome,andtransferringhimselfandhis"penates,"withonlyaremnantofhis"niggers,"tothewildsofsouth-westernTexas.

           Thesunisuponthemeridianline,andalmostinthezenith.Thetravellerstreadupontheirownshadows.Enervatedbytheexcessiveheat,thewhitehorsemensitsilentlyintheirsaddles.Eventheduskypedestrians,lesssensibletoitsinfluence,haveceasedtheirgarrulous"gumbo;"and,instragglinggroups,shamblelistlesslyalongintherearofthewaggons.

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