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111 Clinch River Ford Jane Trimble, October 1784 Pressed by those behind, my horse plunged into the water but missed the ford and struggled in the current. I held the baby and my son in front and grabbed the the mane to let him find the ford and we came on across the river. Ida Irvin behind me, with two Negro children in a wallet across her saddle, was pushed to deeper water, and her horse swam from beneath her. She struggled to the ford but the wallet with the children floated down the river until Charlie Wilson saw 112 a chance and pulled them safe to shore. In this manner we began our journey to Kentucke. ...

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