When Totten was insulted at Pines Bridge just before the capture of Davenports House, he said at parting to the officer who commanded the guard: 'When I come up again it will be with a red flag, and after that
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that niggers will be scarce!' The Negro troops then lay near PinesBridge at Widow Griffen's and Mr. Montross's &c. Strict discipline was maintained in the French army when it lay in this neighbourhood - officers and soldiers were alike civil. They paid for everything in hard money, and cut crowns and dollars in 1/4ths and 1/8ths for change, &c.
- Hufeland Index Page 722 - that niggers will be scarce!' The Negro troops then lay near PinesBridge at Widow Griffen's and Mr. Montross's &c. Strict discipline was maintained in the French army when it lay in this neighbourhood - officers and soldiers were alike civil. They paid for everything in hard money, and cut crowns and dollars in 1/4ths and 1/8ths for change, &c.