CONTENTS. 
Will Smith a Successful Barrister........e.ceeseeeees 
Will Smith Marries MattieSaunders.......+ssesecees 
Years of Happiness. .....cccecceccccevcnccesceceee 
Smith’s Losses in the War of Independence........... 
The Lands beyond the Alleghanies his Resource....... 
Mattie accompanies him to the West..........eseee6 
Leaves his Family at Sinking River........sceeesseee 
Presses on to meet his Friend Boone.........ceeeeere 
On his Return finds Mattie and the Children Murdered. 
Funeral Rites. .... 00.0. cee ecereaccavccccecsencsess 
Vengeance on the Shawnees.........seececeeeeerece 
Smith never leaves their Track. .......cesceecceeese 
Sarcophagus of the “Silent Hunter”’........:.e0eee. 
CHAPTER III. 
Audubon adds to his Collection, ........ccsseeecoees 
Friendly assistance of Galt and Ferguson..........006 
Visit from Wilson, the American Ornithologist........ 
First impressions mutually Disagreeable....-......... 
Personal Appearance of Wilson..........c0000 cree 
Audubon refuses to subscribe for Wilson’s Book....... 
Wulon's astonishment on examining Audubon’s Collec- 
MONS cgeiniercseeavaieie sesame sas Seen eave was ears 
Friendly offers of Audubon..... once eee eeteeserees 
Wilson’s impressions of Louisville...........eeeeee0 
Subsequent mortification of Audubon.......eseeeeeee 
Removes tv Henderson, on the Ohio..........04- bees 
Attractiveness of the neighbouring Heights and Valleys 
Audubon remains several years at Henderson......... 
The Passenger Pigeon... .....-eeceesccccecsceceeses 
Rapid Flight. ......ccccsscccccccccncvececescrces 
Vast numbers... .....ccceesscecevenccescnscccccece 
Wanton Destruction of Pigeons. ......+.sececesecees 
Earthquakes in Kentucky. ......ecssesceeceacsuvees 
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