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Yaller Jackets

The Daily True Delta- Oct. 15, 1861.

Mobile [Ala.] Items- The Tribune of Friday has the annexed paragraphs:

A Company of Indians.- We are reliably informed that Mr. Alexander McWeatherford, of Baldwin county, has raised a company of Choctaw Indians, numbering one hundred and fifteen mounted men, called the "Yaller Jackets," all splendid looking warriors, and have offered themselves to the Confederate government to act as a part of the coast guard in Baldwin county. Their lieutenants are James O'Neal and Jerry Beam.

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