JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 35 
her, and with the current they made 
about five miles an hour. 
Mrs. Audubon, who seems to have re- 
turned from her father’s, with her baby, 
or babies, was left behind at Henderson- 
ville with a friend, until the result of the 
new venture should be determined. 
In the course of six weeks, after many 
delays, and adventures with the ice and 
the cold, the party reached St. Gen- 
eviéve. 
Audubon has given in his journal a 
very vivid and interesting account of 
this journey. At St. Geneviéve, the 
whiskey was in great demand, and what 
had cost them twenty-five cents a gallon, 
was sold for two dollars. But Audubon 
soon became discouraged with the place 
and longed to be back in Hendersonville 
with hisfamily. He did not like the low 
bred French-Canadians, who made up 
most of the population of the settlement. 
He sold out his interest in the business 
to his partner who liked the place and 
