Hurricane Creek|Creek Bottom at Sartoris Place in "Ambuscade" (Location)

Display Label: 
Mule Pen in Creek Bottom
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Event
Authority : 
Context (text, as interpreted)
X: 
1156
Y: 
343
Description: 

As the Union troops move closer to Yoknapatawpha, Colonel Sartoris builds a pen "deep in the creek bottom" behind his plantation house to hide his mules and other livestock (11). A "bottom" in the local dialect refers to the land along the sides of a creek, which is usually dense with underbrush and can be swampy.

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Branch; Bottom; Livestock Lot

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