Show i 1 I 1 T ID R 1100 N I 1 I 1 an fn T h his I 1 peaceful aih thelia the banks alig d afi t he e AU M iti il C baina daniel I 1 boon th e ill I 1 ufer U tin fer hwd bad faoa heard rd ti bijl ley a trader so 50 A rable as a plo peer de describe eai a lani west et avi of virginia r gr th i a agthe a 8 tbt ilai st in in north 1 ih carolina bali n a P or 1 i ite 11 world inay 1769 leaving leavick his 4 wife ire and offspring oTi pring haying feinle al aa four 0 theas as his com companions cheoun isi 1 ne g man inan 1 bf kofl 1 three ahr 9 e twenty wandered wand r Q forth through 9 C i tle the wilde wilderness of ahmoi Arno ioa agit m q que tie t 10 kentucky Keo tuek ka known to toab the agaes 3 m as the tb bloody or ground 6 aind the il middle ground Gro alid between betke n the subjects subject s of 0 f the nations and na the chiae 1 es after a ions loaid and fatigue fatiguing I 1 ng journey ug oh the mountain tai n r ranges a res the party arty found in june jide on 0 the thred I 1 red I 1 river i I 1 iver a tributary t ri diary wilie jaep xe 11 1 tucky and from the p aj J g pr keyed X 0 with arith delight he beautiful 6 p I 1 aki that helcl ted but ut to the ifie northa est efer ere ile they j built 1 0 ir 6 heltor aff P 1 n tto to to I 1 hir til all I 1 the Ms kinq of bf wild I 1 bret beast ahw ta wee natural to amer america jea the stately elk e I 1 chii aliet timid deer the nn ilo alered rid atagi at agthe t h e w wild ild ai P the flie bear bealy J tho the pal ithel an and d alig th e wolf I 1 touched cou clied d inong the canes or roamed road over tho the rich grasses giafes which everi even beneath befi eath the th thickest chides sh ides es k luxuriantly out gut 0 of f tho the gene ious soil so U I 1 the buffalo alo cropped far leWk alt herbage or brows browser 1 ea 0 6 on the leaves of the reed and and were more 1 frequent than cattle in the settlements f 11 of I 1 1 1 car Caioli rw herdsmen her dimen I 1 sometimes e I 1 p ebere fjaere were uno J in in a drove an and d round the salt licks I 1 numbers nu aliers were amaxine am pins Axing r y 1 1 1 ithe the summer in which fr for the 64 rs jit hrabeta party of men 1 noyed nj t 0 led the trill brilliancy ifan c y of nature near ada aldfo and IQ the valley 6 of the et elkhorn jk hol I 1 q passed awa awa in the te occupations oc v ns of exploring parties and nd the 1 chase pu aop one by one 0 T 11 boons companions dropper off till ho he w waa a left alane john job n steward I 1 they hey jointly y egund unceasing una wing 1 in the aoa ders ol 01 odthe forest I 1 till lone evening near kentucky beniuk ri river I 1 xer P they t h opre et taken prisoners I 1 hy by I 1 abd a band of in indians i wanderers wander er erH lilie like thin them I 1 r selves thov escaped and were eie coined i oin d W 7 I 1 boons breith el so mhd that t when tw soon after af tar killed kill d by bj a tle the first victim biln the hecatombs of white anen 1 I plaidy slain by them clemin i in their desperate desporte battling for the I 1 lo 10 lovely velv hunti hunting n ground boon still bid bad this his blotner b 1 ater to 6 abre re w with it li him the 3 s and al attractions s of tho the wilderness I 1 the building pd and occupying beup 7 ng the thab first cottage in kentucky in 16 tho spring f 1770 that brother re turned to the th e settlements ments cpr horses and ancl supplies of ammunition le leaving vang the re downed lonter hunter myself without bread or salt aalt 0 o or sugar ug V or eveni a b borse 6 rs e 0 or i dog doi 3 the idea of a beloved wife 1 1 anxious d w 6 oua for hla his safety his h ia thoughts with sa sadness but bu t wise the befi hebi byl meditative man ma careless cir eless s of wealth knowing the ae use of the ie rifle rie not n t the plough of a strong robust r frame a m el irk in the vigorous vic vigorous 11 orous health ot of eary early vw mn hood ignorant 0 of hooks books but versed vers ed in the P i 11 1 i ui 11 1111 the be t d deer eer on foot foa away fw AY fr from am map bep yet in bis disposition humane bu tane generous and g gentle antle 5 was 11 happy a in in t the if e interrupted sue succession cess io n 0 of f sylvan pleasures 6 11 I 1 I 1 he held h e re ious intercourse with beauty aldas old TA acte creation one aira c alais s ummer mr a e evening v is as ho he climbed a commanding of ridge e and liked put upon the remote venerable mountains and the nearer near er ample plains anti and caught a glimpse gli rap ale inbe distante dist anoe of f the ohio which I 1 bounded the land of Ws his affections affects 9 ns wih Da majestic jestic grandeur gr wil eur his bis heart exulted in the re region ion he C had discovered all tai things nos were sti stil ibi yot noi a 1 breeze so much as shook 00 a leaf 16 if jle he kindled a sue are near D tou fountain n t 1111 i o of I 1 f sweet pw beet water WA td r and feasted an 0 of a b ack ucb ile he was nomore no pore mone alone I 1 than a bee arang flowers flo but com communed m anid fa arly with the whole of life nature was wails Ks intimate and sis as the roving pg woodman n confidently on onbey her bosom she responded desp 0 tp o his intelligence nee I 1 i 11 r fx for hi him m the books and the fountains fount i naifie the leaf 19 a f aud aad the hlad blade r grass g rass had ife the cooing air laden h t the he wild pe erfur rAime p e came came to him agaj as a friend alf the dewy mor morning ning wrapped him in its embrace the trees stood up boafo him as so mapy many myriads T aria d a of AH aej forms f 0 wore ware the character a pr of cir e aper of il buta but bow ow coald he be afraid phing 11 over daphe d apger in lie he knew anew no fear the per perpetual howling of the wolves by I 1 n night ig bt aro around d his bis cottave cottage or his bivouac bidou ac in in t the lie break ak wasis was bis ibis i di diversion version A and iid by day he bad hadjop joy in surveying cheva th the eva va rious riou species of animals that surround ed d him 46 he loved the ie SQ I 1 etude better than the towered tow erpa city or the tb e hum hubof of basiner bu siner 7 near the end of july hiis his f brot to meet muei him ac the aa mp amp shortly after they proceeded edea together I 1 to cumberland rivet giving gi names to the different waters ll 11 2 and lie then reburn returned ed to 11 his is wife vite and dixe 0 in his at the ri risk fioke I 1 okE of 1 rite i p and fortune to bring thep as gooel 00 asplof as possible to live ia kentucky t u which W Z 8 t a second paradise ise ai crof Vs history Hist afi orV r r I 1 I 1 I 1 r |