The native American., 1837-10-07
:. From the Peoria Register.
/. YANKEE ENTERPRISE.

An emgrant from Massachusetts, Of middle age
and very respectable appearance, stepped into Of
hce accompanied by his son, about nine years old,
Monday. We learned from him that he had arrived
in our country about month ago, after one Of the
most adventurous overland journeys undertaken
We hope to obtain from him full account Of his tonr
and in the mean time present readers with the fol-
lowing brief outline:
Plymouth county, Massachusetts. arc ship carpen-
ter by occupation Having family of or 8 children,
dependent solely upon his daily labor and being with
hundreds Of others, throwR Of employ by the pros
tation Of business in New England in May he formed
the design Of taking his two eldest boys and setting
off for this country foot. With him to design was
TO execute. Placing his wife and youngest children
with relations he started on the 18th Of May, with
his sons, one aged and the other 6, without Of
money in his pocket, and no other auuiiabes than a
knapsack OF clothes and provisions, and carpenters
steel square. seitss
The first day he entered Rhode Island, where he
sold his square for quarter dollar four pence ha
penny, (3l cents) which procured them something to
eat and lodging. The next day, after reaching IS
miles by the middle Of the afternoon they stopped al
farm house, where Mr.. Pratt inquired if " they didn
want some odd jobs of carpentering donesheves put
up-windows frightened or loosened--dooIs hung or
repaired-hen coops made--roofs mended-any thing
in his line topay for staying over nght Certainly"
was the reply, 'come in and well set you to work."
so well satisfied was the farmer with his services, that
on parting early next morning, he filled his knapsack
with provisions to last through the day. The after
noon ne stopped in like manner and met with the
receptlon-and thus he continued all the way to Buf
falo on Lake Erie. Sometime, in rainy weather, he
would remain day with his host, and on two or three
occasions received few shlhgs for his work; hut
the whole amount added together, of the money that
came INTO his hands up to the time of his arrival at
lineage did not amount TO FIVE dollars On reaching
me Erie canal he endeavored to work passage for
ms boysby driving the horses HIMSELF hut finding that
this would not keep him in food he left the canal and
resumed the pedestrian journey. On arriving at But
falo, his offer to work his passage to Detroit was
readily accepted; and upon landing the latter place.
each resumed his tramp with great cheerfulness.
in passing over the praries Of Michigan, they one
day attracted the notice of company Of stage passen-
gers, who insisted upon giving the boys li and ac
cordingy took them ten miles to the dining house,
where they also gave themteir dinner, and made up
for them contribution Of GO 10 cents. Finding la
borers in great demand in this State, our accommo-
dating pedestrian worked day in the praires at
moving, for which he got one dollar and sixty cents
and on another day, though anxious to get IN" he
stopped 10 lay harm floor. Yet all his receipts an 10
his entering Chicago, before stated, did not amount
to hive dollars. At Chicago he worked week. bv
which his purse was SO far replenshed as to enable
him to reach here much richer than he left Massachu-
sets. s5 W .Ess.r +, a, i -
| He arrived at Peoria on the 18th Of July. bavino
walked WIN his boys upwards Of 1000 miles, withou,
appealing to the sympathies Of The f
shilling and accepting nothing, save his acouies
cence IN the stage contribution to his bows vitbou
| rendering what was deemed fair equivalent. linz