Judge. Well, Squire, have you done any hunting lately? I have followed it steadily for some time.
Esq. Well, Judge, I also have hunted {294} steadily; and I calculated to make a heap of money of my truck, but I have got none.
Judge. Well, what truck have you got, to trade away to make money?
Esq. I have got a few beefs, and a tolerable chance of corn.
Judge. Well, I also have got some beefs, and a powerful chance of corn, and some wool, that I must toat to town and trade away.
Esq. Well, Judge, I must go on and toat my truck to mill, and then get right strait home.
Judge. Well, I must also get on, as my woman is powerfully sick and weak, and I am fetching her some whiskey.
Esq. Well, but Judge, where did you get your creature? It is a powerfully fine looking one.
Judge. Well, Squire, mine is a great little horse, I bought him of our general; but I must be going; farewell.
Well begins most sentences. Plunder {295} and truck include almost every thing. A horse is generally called a creature. Beefs are cows. Toat means to carry any thing. Strait and turn in, are words they frequently use. Woman,—they always call their wives their women. Many of them, instead of saying yes, make a sort of noise, like "him, him," or rather like pronouncing "m, m," with the mouth shut.