First, I thought I should stand a better chance to get away from an Indian than from a white man.

Second, he wanted me only for a kind of a body servant to wait on him--and in this case I knew that I should fare better than I should in the field.

And my owners also told me that it would be an easy place to get away from.

I took their advice for fear I might not get another chance so good as that, and prevailed on the man to buy me.

He paid them nine hundred dollars, in gold and silver, for me.