VUl CONTENTS. 



PASS 



Perseveres friendless and alone 8 



Rare Truthfulness of his Nature 8 



Equally at Home in the Indian Camp and in Refined 



Society 8 



CHAPTER n. 



His Estate in Pennsylvania 10 



Plantation on Perkioming Creek 10 



A Rocky Cave his Studio 11 



Birds build their Nests over its Entrance 11 



Nest of Pewees within his Retreat 11 



Audubon's Marriage 12 



Removes to Louisville after his Marriage 13 



Beargrass Creek, Kentucky 13 



Kentucky Barbecues 14 



Fertility of Southern Kentucky 15 



Ruggedness of the Northern portion 16 



Will Smith, the Forest Chiefiain 17 



Solitary Life of Smith 17 



The " Silent Hunter" 18 



Early Years of Will Smith 18 



Mattie Saunders 19 



T^'rannical conduct of Mattie's Father 19 



Patient Heroism of Will Smith 20 



Makes his Escape from the Cruelty of Saunders 21 



Curious Vicissitudes and Distress of Will 21 



Found by Judge Campbell 21 



Kindness and Humanity of the Judge 21 



A Strange Coincidence 22 



Saunders takes his Trial for " making away with Will" 22 



Sudden Appearance of Will in Court 23 



His emaciated look excites Horror and Pity 23 



Mattie's Sensations 23 



Saunders compelled to aid in his Support ami Education 2^ 



