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CllArTER III 



ketiirn.oto his .Mother's — Is employed by Mr. Foot, at a Jollar a clay, to (shiK)t Squir 

 rel."! in liis torn-field — ?hot nine days, killing; hundreds — Goes to see hi.i W 

 trothiiJ. at •• Hlooming Rose" — Intcrestin;; meetiua; — Kngagement, but to wail 

 until older — lias a Hunt and Trout fishin..' with Unde Spurgin — Good success- 

 .Meels Mary at uncle's — Accompanies her nearly home, with a dozen fine Trout, 

 and Veni.son — Kear of her father — Kenioved near the .McMullen's — Goes hunting, 

 and kills a Panther measuring eleven feet three inches — Marries .Mary at 

 eighteen, in the year 1799 — Roughly treated hy her father — Actually turned out 

 of doors — Mary's noble conduct and Christian spirit — Affecting incidents — 

 Poverty in .setting out in life — Succeeds in shooting a wild Turkey and trapping 

 a Bear; their first meat. 



Having Ind good-bye to Wheeling, I traveled to ray 

 mother's the same night ; and meeting with my uncle, he 

 told me that Mr. P^oot, the gentleman who had introduced 

 me to my grandfather, had offered a dollar a day to any 

 good gunner who would shoot the squirrels that were de- 

 stroying his corn. So we agreed that we should both go 

 together, and have fine sport, besides being paid for oui 

 services. 



The next day we started off to the corn-field before day- 

 light, and as soon as we could see, found ourselves sur- 

 rounded by the greatest number of squirrels I ever saw. 

 which were running by hundreds in all direction.^. At 

 them we went, shooting sometimes half a dozen on one 

 tree. My partner would jilace himself on one side while 

 I would take the other; and between us, we killed and 

 took home so many squirrels that Mr. Foot would have 

 no more brought to the house. We went home every 

 night, the distance not being more than a mile. We car- 

 ried away as many as we wisned ; but after two or three 



