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Mississippi, on my way home. He said he could 

 ; not, but would come there some time afterwards, 

 if I would give him some of the ingredients to 

 j make trials with where he w^as then going. I ac- 

 cordingly supplied him with certain materials, (the 

 better to disguise the real secret,) one of which 

 was that callous substance growing upon a horse's 

 fore legs, called the spur ; likewise, the sweat taken 

 from under a man's arm was to be used ; the sweat 

 of a horse, mare's milk, &c. Said Drennen really 

 believed that these materials were efficacious in 

 gentling a horse. I now declare to the world, that 

 I had heard of some of them, and made use of the 

 others in my experiments, but found them without 

 the least effect. 



In 1819, Drinnen came to Attakapas. I never 

 had mentioned to any one that I knew such a secret. 

 On the contrary, I came into Mr. Grigg's inn, then 

 and still existing at St. Martinsville, distant from 

 my (then) plantation a half a mile, pretending to 

 be astonished at what Drinnen was relating con- 

 cerning horses, and at the same time incredulous, 

 offering him a gratification of one hundred dollars, 

 to see him break one of the wild hoises of this 

 country in so short a time. Mr. Gabriel Fuselier 

 told him that he would do the same, if he should 

 succeed in his essay upon any one of the wild horses 

 upon his plantation, which was about two miles 



