“Half horse half alligator”
Date
6-4-1812
Newspaper
Charleston Courier
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 5
Newspaper Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Serial Number
370
Abstract
Account from the Orleans Gazette of boatmen arguing and using the term earthquake as a threat.
Transcript
Half horse half alligator"--has heretofore been the boast of our up-country boatmen, when quarrelling-The present season, however, has made a complete change. A few days ago two of them quarrelled in a boat at Natches, when one of them; jumping ashore, declared with an horrid oath, he was a steam boat." His opponent immediately followed him, swearing he was an earthquake and would shake him to pieces"-and in fact almost literally executed his threat.--Orleans Gazette.
Recommended Citation
"“Half horse half alligator”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 363.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/363
