George Leroy Chickashea
George Lorey Chickashea: A Complex Tale of Identity and Defiance
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The mixture of the blood that flowed through his veins
The combination of different ethnicities in George Lorey Chickashea's blood.
It killed his conscience and filled him with shame
His mixed heritage caused inner turmoil and guilt.
He was part white part black part red
He was of white, black, and red (Native American) descent.
That's how he'd got the name George Lorey Chickashea
His name reflects his diverse heritage.
He had no respect or feeling for anyone including himself
He lacked respect and empathy for others, including himself.
He resented every man in his soul there was no salvation
He harbored deep resentment, with no hope of redemption.
And he hated the sight of cotton fields and his thoughts of planned nations
He despised cotton fields and had negative thoughts about planned nations.
The bitterness set his soul afire when he'd think of Indians and reservations
Bitterness consumed him, especially regarding Indians and reservations.
He had the coldest grey eyes I've ever saw on a man
His eyes were exceptionally cold and emotionless.
He could look clear through you and back again
His gaze was piercing, as if seeing through people.
And they'd look like the pieces of stone when he'd stare
When he stared, his eyes resembled unyielding stone pieces.
There was a mixture in the texture of his hair
His hair had a mixed texture, hanging low around his chin.
That hung low around his chinbones never high above his chin
His chin-length hair was coarse, revealing his toughness.
I saw him kill a man with his own bare hands never showin' no mercy on him
He killed a man mercilessly using only his hands.
He carried a pistol and a switchblade and a tomahawk with him night and day
He carried weapons, including a pistol, switchblade, and tomahawk.
The meanest man that ever lived George Lorey Chickashea
Describing him as the meanest man alive.
Yeah he had the quickness of lightning and could run like an antilope
He possessed lightning-like quickness and exceptional running ability.
He feared no man no gun or rope
Fearless, he had no fear of men, guns, or ropes.
I saw him watch a rattlesnake bite him on the leg he never batted an eye
He faced a rattlesnake bite without flinching.
Then he said get a taste of that blood crawl out there and die
After being bitten, he taunted the snake to crawl out and die.
They locked him in the security cell in Baton Rouge he stayed in one day
He was imprisoned in Baton Rouge but escaped the security cell.
Iron bars couldn't hold George Lorey Chickashea
Even iron bars couldn't confine him.
At last he gave himself up and said he was tired of runnin' away
Eventually, he surrendered, expressing fatigue from running.
So they spread the news that day they'd hang George Lorey Chickashea
News spread that George Lorey Chickashea would be hanged.
He walked up the thirteen steps to the trapdoor
He walked up the thirteen steps to the trapdoor for execution.
And stood on it with no expression in his eyes
He stood expressionless on the trapdoor.
And when the minister asked him if he wanted to pray
The minister offered him a chance to pray.
He looked toward the skies and said
He looked toward the skies and began to speak.
God inside my veins flows blood of red all mixed with black and white
He acknowledged a diverse heritage in his veins and rejected racial distinctions.
I have no race or creed I pray to die George Lorey Chickashea
Expressing a desire for death, free from racial or creed distinctions.
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