EARLY HISTORY OF SETTLERS. 13. 
curred soon after the war. Being a young man, he had to go to 
Smith’s Creek to answer the Roll Call on training day, the 4th of 
June, and concluded to take a pack of furs, these being the only 
commodity for money, with him. It was a very hot day, and as 
he trudged along, with his pack on his back, thinking of this prim- 
itive mode of transporting. fur, his reflections upon the products 
of the country, military operations, and things in general, were 
not of the most gratifying nature. He was not sure whether he 
could reach there in time to answer his name, without abandon- 
ing his pack. However, he finally reached Smith’s Creek, cover- 
ed with perspiration, and very much fatigued. Having performed 
his military duty, he sold his fur, receiving, amongst the money, a 
Doubloon, sixteen-dollar gold coin, which he kept for six or eight 
years before he could find a person able to change it. At last, 
this was done by Mr. McIntosh, who came to Darlington and 
opened a store, many years-afterward. 
Mr. Thomas Lovekin relates an incident that occurred in 1815. 
He had invited some friends to a corn husking bee, and upon re- 
pairing to the field for that purpose, they surprised an old bear, 
who had forestalled them, and was busily husking corn on 
his own account. The party having dogs with them, the can- 
ines attacked the bear, and, amid the contusion and uproar, it es- 
caped to the woods. Some of the party gave chase, while others 
went for guns. Mr. Lovekin saw, with some chagrin, that his 
husking party was a failure for that night, and determined to have 
satisfaction from Bruin ; procuring his rifle, and following through 
the woods, he came upon and shot, him on the brow of the hill, 
where the Bowmanville Cemetery is now situated. He had the 
skin, which was a large one, dressed and made into an overcoat. 
The late Samuel S. Wilmot, of Clarke, settled in this country 
at an early date. He was born in the State of New York, at a 
place called the Nine Partners, in the year 1795. His father. 
Lemuel Wilmot, emigrated to the province of New Brunswick, 
and there settled with his family. The late Mr. S. S. Wilmot re- 
mained witb his father until he was 21 years of age,when he migrat- 
ed to Canada, and settled in York. He there became acquainted 
with the late John Steigman, a German, and surveyor, by profes- 
