“Half horse half alligator”
Date
6-25-1812
Newspaper
Georgia Express
Page and Column
Page 1, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Athens, Georgia
Serial Number
743
Abstract
Boasts from Mississippi river men on strength. One boast he is a steamboat and another that he is a earthquake
Transcript
"Half Horse, half Alligator"-- has heretofore been the boast of our up-country boatmen, when quarreling. The present season however has made a complete change. A few days ago two of them quarreled in a boat at Natchez, when one of them jumped 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 Gaz.
Recommended Citation
"“Half horse half alligator”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 728.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/728
