78 The Winning of the West 



& I am convinced that abundance of Hogs and Cat 

 tle will die this Spring for want of Food. . . . Cash 

 is now scarcer here than it ever was before. ... I 

 have been industrious to get the Mills in good repair 

 and have succeeded well, but have red. very little 

 benefit from them yet owing intirely to the general 

 failure of a Crop. We have done no Merchant 

 work in the Grist Mill, & she only supplies my Fam 

 ily and workmen with Bread. Rye, the people are 

 glad to eat. Flaxseed the cattle have chiefly eaten 

 though I have got as much of that article as made 

 1 80 Gallons of Oyl at 4] per bushel. The Oyl is in 

 great demand; I expect two dollars p. Gallon for it 

 at Halifax or Edenton, & perhaps a better price. 

 We were very late in beginning with the Fulling 



Business; for want of water [there are 



many] Mobbs and commotions among the People." 



