JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 25 
so strong that his neighbours sent a con- 
stable to him with a message to abate 
the nuisance. 
Despairing of becoming successful bu- 
siness men in either New York or Phila- 
delphia, he and Rozier soon returned to 
Mill Grove. During some of their com- 
mercial enterprises they had visited 
Kentucky and thought so well of the 
outlook there that now their thoughts 
turned thitherward. 
Here we get the first date from Audu- 
bon; on April 8, 1808, he and Lucy 
Bakewell were married. The plantation 
of Mill Grove had been previously sold, 
and the money invested in goods with 
which to open a store in Louisville, 
Kentucky. The day after the marriage, 
Audubon and his wife and Mr. Rozier 
started on their journey. In crossing 
the mountains to Pittsburg the coach in 
which they were travelling upset, and 
Mrs. Audubon was severely bruised. 
From Pittsburg they floated down the 
