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Hit look powerful cu ` rous , hit sho do . But dar ! I done seed de stars all fallin ' way back in ' 33 , en dat wuz powerful cu ` rous too , fer de worl ' did n't come ter an eend -- Mebbe , sah , he jes ` er drawin ' dat gent ` man on ? '' Sullen and sorry , the army marched on , and at noon came to Elk Run Valley on the edge of Swift Run Gap . When the men stacked arms and broke ranks , it was upon the supposition that , dinner over , they would resume the march . They did not so ; they stayed ten days in Elk Run Valley . All around were the mountains , heavily timbered , bold and pathless .