"Alabama river" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... killings; but the first big blow with the Creek hatchet, to help the British and to drive the Americans into the sea, was struck in August against Fort Mimms, at the mouth of the Alabama River in ...
— Boys' Book of Indian Warriors - and Heroic Indian Women • Edwin L. Sabin
... I have a secret to keep, I will give the whole Alabama River to any one that can ...
— On The Blockade - SERIES: The Blue and the Gray Afloat • Oliver Optic
... tell you am the truth, but they's plenty I can't tell you. I heard plenty things from my mammy and grandpappy. He was a fine diver and used to dive in the Alabama river for things what was wrecked out of boats, and the white folks would git him to go down for things they wanted. They'd let him down by a rope to find things on the bottom of the riverbed. He used to git a piece of money for ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Texas Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration
... found in the boat, they pulled away from the wharf without interruption from any source. Christy took his bearings as well as he could, and they passed out into the fog and darkness, to which experience within a few days had accustomed them both. They crossed the Alabama River, and then followed the land to the southward. Striking across an inlet they reached the land again, and by midnight they reached a point of land where Christy felt entirely at home. He recognized ...
— Within The Enemy's Lines - SERIES: The Blue and the Gray--Afloat • Oliver Optic |
