Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-11-21

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ten up encountered. The next morningI
they resumed their journey, and two hours
walk brought them to an abandoned Indian
village, delightfully."- situated in a bottom,
containing about quarter section of land,
which was the only place they saw fit for
settlement. Having seen enough of the
country, they concluded to return home by
rafting down the KickaT 90. They made
good raft of four logs, on which they en-
barked. The course of the river being very
surpentine, they made but little progress in
direct line; and the river was so full Of
snags that one man was kept constant at
work with pole in his hand, to guide the
raft clear ofobstructions. They found the
Kickapoo beautiful stream, about thirty
feet wide, about fourteen feet deep in the
shallowest places, and flowing between two
ranges of mountains or bluffs from two to
three hundred feet high. At night they en-
camped again, making grand supper on
two pigeens-half bird a piece. Next
morning
"All hands unmoor!n the voyageurs loudly cry;
Gal hands unmoor!" the governed rocks reply.
Having no food they tried the good eff
fects of the fiddle, which answered pref
ty well but not equal to coffee and beef
steak. Owing to the siren strains of the
violin, or some other cause, the man with
the pole allowed the raft to strike a snag,
when the whole concern foundered-guns,
tea pot, tin cups, music book, and two pair
Of boots, which two of them had taken off,
sunk or foated off.
To scramble ashore, to make a fire, to
fish up the two guns was easily accomplish.
ed; but TO supply the loss Of the boots was
not so easy to the two naked feet: so one
took his knapsack and made pair ofmoc.
casins, and the other his fiddle-case, which
was merely bit Of painted linen, for the
same purpose. Hereafter, let no persons
90 to explore a new country without fid
die, seeing the many useful purposes tc
which it may be applied. The first move
ment now was to ascend the steep and rocky
bluff, strewn with sharp flints, which inhct
ed painful bruises on the unprotected feet o
two of the party. A walk Of a few mile
i brought them to a clearing, where the.
found family, the lady Of which extende
to them that sympathy, which the absolute
Iy falnting condition of some Of them fror
the want of food rendered necessary. Her
> they found good comforts for the inner mar
which their kind hostess spread before then
refusing all payment until it had been pre-:
singly offered to her.
IS They then directed their march to feI
d ry across the Wisconsin, and from theme
took the road for Lancaster, lodging on
night at house by the way. Arriving a
Lancaster, they were Hospitality entertain
ed, and furnished with such shoes and sock
5 as their crippled condition enabled them t
wear. The next night brought them t
Platteville, having been absent eight day:
Here was party of strong and hard
young men, one at least vino is thoroug
i. backwoodsman, going hardly more than
days journey beyond the frontier settl
ments, and yet by trifling accident wei
e. reduced to the situation of shiprecked ma
iners. Their own account of their dlfficu
ties, of which this is brief outline, hi
caused deal of mrth in PlatteviIle, an
none seem TO enjoy the laugh more tina
Observation-Disclosures Badger.