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and impoverishment of his step- 

 mother, i, 263; his step-mother's 

 death, i, 963; the last of his family 

 in France, i, 269; his elder son's 

 visit to Coueron, i, 269; his refer- 

 ence to "Audubon of La Rochelle," 

 i, 270; hts "Episodes" and methods 

 of composition, i, 273-284; discrep- 

 ancies and inaccuracies of some 

 of his narratives, i, 273-274, 279- 

 291 ; his account of meeting Nolte 

 and Nolte's account of meeting 

 him, i, 274-279; on horseback from 

 Henderson to Philadelphia, i, 275; 

 description of the famous earth- 

 quakes and the hurricane, i, 279- 

 291; criticism of his account of 

 Daniel Boone, i, 291 ; "Episode" of 

 "The Prairie," i, 274, 282-284; an- 

 swer to a criticism of, i, 284; his 

 sketch of "The Eccentric Natural- 

 ist" and comment, i, 285-300; prac- 

 tical jokes, and cost to Zoology, i, 

 291; the "Scarlet-headed Swallow" 

 and "Devil-Jack Diamond Fish," 

 i, 291-293; his later relations with 

 Rafmesque, i, 294; his ^Eneid, 

 1819-1824. i, 301-326; debt to his 

 wife, i, 301 ; begins to work at 

 portraiture at Shippingport, i, 

 303; removal to Cincinnati, i, 303; 

 history of his engagement as taxi- 

 dermist at the Western Museum, 

 and friendship with Dr. Drake, i, 

 303-306; starts a drawing school 

 and plans a journey through the 

 West and South, i, 306; starts 

 with Captain Cummings and Jo- 

 seph R. Mason for New Orleans, 

 i, 307; his Ohio and Mississippi 

 Rivers journal, i, 307; experience 

 at Natchez; boots and portraits, i, 

 308; loss and recovery of a port- 

 folio, i, 309; stranded at New Or- 

 leans, i, 309 ; resorts to por- 

 traiture again, i, 311; his draw- 

 ings of birds, i, 311; interview 



with Vanderlyn, i, 312; leaves New 

 Orleans with Mason, i, 313; meet- 

 ing with Mrs. Pirrie and engage- 

 ment at "Oakley," i, 312; enchant- 

 ments of the West Feliciana coun- 

 try and introduction to St. Fran- 

 cisville, i, 313-315; experience as 

 tutor to "my lovely Miss Pirrie of 

 Oakley," i, 315, 317-318; leaves 

 abruptly and returns with Mason 

 to New Orleans, i, 318; his indus- 

 try and fruits, i, 318; joined by his 

 family in New Orleans, i, 319; cri- 

 sis in financial affairs and losses 

 of drawings, i, 320; as teacher at 

 Natchez and Washington, i, 321; 

 parts with his pupil assistant, i, 

 321; his first lessons in the use of 

 oil colors, i, 321; engagements of 

 his wife at New Orleans, Natchez 

 and St. Francisville, i, 322; his 

 wife's "Beechwoods" school, i, 322; 

 resolution to pursue his ornitho- 

 logical studies, i, 323; misadven- 

 ture with Stein, i, 324; ill and 

 adrift, i, 324; decides to visit 

 Philadelphia to find a publisher 

 for his drawings, i, 325; settles, 

 with his elder son, at Shipping- 

 port, i, 325; experience in Philadel- 

 phia in 1824, i, 327-335 ; his exhibi- 

 tion at the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, i, 328; meeting with 

 Bonaparte and Ord, i, 328; opposi- 

 tion encountered, i, 328-330; criti- 

 cisms of Ord and Lawson, i, 329; 

 his work for Bonaparte, i, 330; 

 appreciation of Fairman and Har- 

 ris, i, 331 ; assistance of Edward 

 Harris and beginning of their 

 friendship, i, 331, 333; early letter 

 to Harris, i, 332; Thomas Sully, 

 as friend and teacher, i, 334; visit 

 to "Mill Grove," i, 335; reception 

 in New York and assistance of 

 Samuel Latham Mitchell, i, 33C; 

 election to membership in the Ly- 



