“Half horse half alligator”
Date
6-2-1812
Newspaper
Savannah Republican
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Savannah, Georgia
Serial Number
727
Abstract
Account of river men fighting and using threats. One boast he is an earthquake while the other boasts that he is a steamboat.
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 Natchez, when one of them, jumping ashore, declared, with a 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. 713.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/713
