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plained, i, 158-160, 162, 165-168; 

 his drawings and preoccupation in 

 New York, i, 170-172; works for 

 Dr. Mitchell's collections in natural 

 history, i, 171; term of service in 

 the Bakewell office, i, 154-155, 171- 

 172; his account of himself, i, 172; 

 his early drawings, ideals and per- 

 severance, i, 173-174, 178-183; 

 study under David in Paris, i, 174- 

 175, 176-178; cause of certain de- 

 fects in his published work, i, 174; 

 date of his Paris experience, i, 174- 

 175, 177; encouragement from his 

 father, i, 174; David's supposed 

 influence on his style, i, 178; pat- 

 ronage of Edward Harris and his- 

 tory of the Harris-Jeanes collec- 

 tion of his early drawings, i, 179- 

 183; his drawing methods, i, 183- 

 185; his ambition, difficulties and 

 defects, i, 184; purchases goods in 

 New York, and with Rozier starts 

 west, i, 186; Rozier's diary of their 

 journey, i, 187-192; settles at 

 Louisville, i, 192; venture in indigo 

 and effect of the Embargo Act, 

 i, 193; his marriage to Lucy Green 

 Bakewell, and return to Louisville, 

 i, 194; a later journey on the Ohio 

 River, i, 195; occupations at Louis- 

 ville, i, 196, 197-198; business with 

 assignees of the Bakewell firm, i, 

 196; birth of his elder son, i, 198; 

 his drawings of birds and plants, 

 i, 198; his wife receives a portion 

 of her father's estate, i, 198; meet- 

 ing with Alexander Wilson, and 

 the troubles which ensued, i, 207; 

 stories of Audubon and of his 

 rival compared, i, 220-225; charges 

 and counter charges, i, 226; his 

 merits and demerits, i, 227-232; 

 his difficulties and pleasures as 

 western trader, i, 232-236; moves 

 with Rozier to Henderson, i, 236; 

 again they move to Ste. Genevieve, 



i, 237-241 ; held up at Cash Creek, 

 i, 238-240; experience at the Great 

 Bend, i, 240; dissolution of his 

 partnership with Rozier and return 

 to Henderson, i, 241; after-rela- 

 tions with Rozier, i, 243; in 

 troubled times, i, 246; befriended 

 by Dr. Rankin, i, 248; birth of 

 their younger son, i, 248; enters 

 the commission business with a 

 brother-in-law, i, 249; his visit to 

 Ste. Genevieve, i, 249; reenters 

 trade at Henderson and buys land, 

 i, 250; town records of his pur- 

 chases, i, 250, 252; his store and 

 house of logs, i, 252; his popu- 

 larity, i, 252; Henderson gossip 

 and anecdotes, i, 253; his second 

 partnership with Thomas W. Bake- 

 well, i, 254; they lease land and 

 build a steam grist-, and lumber- 

 mill, i, 254; partnership of Thomas 

 W. Pears, i, 254; the Henderson 

 mill at a later day, i, 254; their 

 mechanical difficulties, i, 254; lease 

 of timber land and plunder of 

 workmen, i, 255; bill of lumber 

 rendered by J. J. Audubon & Co., 

 i, 256; financial depression and 

 failure of the mill, i, 257; quarrel 

 over steamboat and encounter with 

 Bowen, i, 257-259; legal history of 

 the suit, i, 258; the opinion ex- 

 pressed to him by the judge, i, 

 259; goes to Louisville jail for 

 debt, i, 260; declares himself a 

 bankrupt and is released, i, 260; 

 his walk to Louisville, i, 260; later 

 account given to Bachman, i, 260; 

 reflections on passing his old mill 

 in 1820, i, 261; light on his enig- 

 ma, i, 262-272; his designations in 

 wills, i, 262-264; probable history 

 of a fictitious "bequest," i, 264- 

 266; his brother-in-law's letters, i, 

 266-269; attempt of relatives to 

 break his father's will in France, 



