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Will Smith a Successful Barrister. 23 



Will Smith Marries Mattie Saunders 24 



Years of Happiness 24 



Smith's Losses in the War of Independence 24 



The Lands beyond the Alleghanies his Resource 24 



Mattie accompanies him to the West 24 



Leaves his Family at Sinking River. 25 



Presses on to meet his Friend Boone 26 



On his Return finds Mattie and the Children Murdered. 25 



Funeral Rites 26 



Vengeance on the Shawnees 26 



Smith never leaves their Track 26 



Sarcophagus of the " Silent Hunter" 2Y 



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Audubon adds to his Collection 28 



Friendly assistance of Gait and Ferguson 28 



Visit from Wilson, the American Ornithologist 28 



First impressions mutually Disagreeable. . . .* 28 



Personal Appearance of Wilson 29 



Audubon refuses to subscribe for Wilson's Book 29 



Wilson's astonishment on examining Audubon's Collec- 

 tion 29 



Friendly offers of Audubon 29 



Wilson's impressions of Louisville 30 



Subsequent mortification of Audubon 30 



Removes to Henderson, on the Ohio 30 



Attractiveness of the neighbouring Heights and Valleys 31 



Audubon remains several years at Henderson 31 



The Passenger Pigeon 31 



Rapid Flight 31 



Vast numbers 32 



Wanton Destruction of Pigeons 33 



Earthquakes in Kentucky 33 



