In bringing this pamphlet before the public, [ regret to say that 
it is not so complete or perfect as I would desire it, a great deal 
of the information being received and noted in a fragmentary 
manner. Many of the old residents from whom I received infor- 
mation, were kind and obliging, but as most of the events trans- 
pired in their younger days, when writing material was scarcely 
ever used, they had to trust entirely to memory, and required 
time to consider, and compare dates with their neighbors. I find 
that, since putting this in press, a great many persons have wish- 
ed to contribute valuable information, which, I am sorry to say, 
is offered too late. 
I wish to return my thanks to Mr. Timothy Soper, Richard and 
J. P. Lovekin, Captain Trull, Hiram Borland, Ailan Wilmot, and 
others, for their kindness in furnishing documents, and other as- 
sistance. 
JOHN T. COLEMAN. 
ERRATUM. ; 
In Entomology, on P. 42, after Solanum Rostratum, read, 
“and in all probability would still: be confined to that region, 
had not civilization encroached upon its territory, introducing 
the cultivated potato, Solanum Tuberosum.” 
