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at a distance I don’t know if he used english words or no.
He came up towards us, I asked him what was the matter, he answered he has struck me with a sword (Creech marra).
After this Serjt Wittenburg bid me place a Sentry over the prisoner & I did.
On that occasion I saw the prisoner, who came to his door, while I was within a few yards of it. I did not see any