Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-11-03

o oHCc VI IdL OedT, or tne sweet meat Of A
y doe or fawn, they were fain to make a
i. supper on a prairie chicken, q pheasant,
Of and two pigeons-neither hears nor deer
II nav,ng been Seen-&the absence of the
le :S'uesnakes was not regretted. On ly-
At ing Gown TO sleep one Of the company
'e expressed his fears Ofa visit from the
e Pa.a'eTs; but another thought such a
d sIs! would give them an opportunity Of
naVIng their hkenesses taken..on ar.
D, Pianaton, 1t was understood that nan
g Tiers were more plentiful than paib,erv
n IN spch places. One Of the party waking
e IN the night, and finding himself be-
t numbed with the cold, found that HI,
D Trend (whO must have had the idea Of
! the painter still in his head) had inter.
posed himself between the said DaT,v
) and the ire! Now the idea of putting
, your friend between you and the paniberS
IS loo much like politics; SO the FIRE was
renewed, places re-adjusted, and equal
chances of being eaten up encountered.
The next morning they resumed their
Journey, and two hours walk brought
them to an abandoned Indian village, de-
llghtfully situated in bottom, contain.
ing about a quarter section of land.
which was the only place they saw fit for
settlement. Having seen enough Of
the country, they concluded 10 return
home BY rafting down the Kickapoo.-
They made good raft of fur logs, on
which they embarked. The course of
the river being very serpentine, thew
made but little progress in direct line:
and the river was SO full of snags that one
man was kept constantly at work with a
pole in his hand, to guide the raft clear
Ot distractions. They found the Kicka.
poo beautiful stream, about thirty feet
wide, about fourteen deep III the sbal.
lowest places; and flowing between two
ranges of mountains Or bluffs from two to
three hundred feet high. At night tbeV
encamped again, making a grand sup
per on two PigeOns-half bird piece.
Next morning
"All hands unmoor!' the voyageurs loudly CIV:
"All hands unmoor" the cavsmed rocks reply.
Havingno food they tried the good eff.
fects of the fiddle, which answered pret-
~ well but not equal to coffee and beaf.
steak. Owing TO the siren strains of
the violin, or some other cause, the man
with the pole allowed the raft to strike
snag, when the whole concern founder.
ed-guns, teapot, tin cups, music-boOk,
and two pair of boots, which two of flhem
had taken OF, sunk or Aoated OF.
To scramble ashore, to make a FIRE, TO
fish up the two guns were easily accom-.
plished; but 10 supply the loss of the
boots was not SO easy TO the naked feet;
so one took his knapsack and made a
pair ofmoccasins, and the other his fid-
ile-case, which was merely bit of pain
ed linen for the same purpose. Here
liter, let no persons go tOsxplore a new
country without fiddle, seeing the mE-
" useful purposes 10 which it may be ap-
'lied. The first movement now was 10
lscend the steep and rocky bluff, strewn
With sharp A.Iis, which inflicted painful
'ruises on the uprOtected feet of two Of
he party. A walk ofa few miles brought
hem TO a clearing, where they found
amily, the lady of which extended to
hem that sympathy, which the absolute
y iainting condition of some of them
rom the want of food rendered necessary.
Here they found good comforts for the
lner man, which theiI kind hostess
Pread before them, refusing all payment
Until it had been pressingly offered to
Ter. tl p
They then directed their march toa
erry across the Wisconsin, and from
hence took the road for Lancaster, Iodg-
hg one night at house by the way. Ar
ived at Lancaster, they were Hospitality
ntertained, and furnished with such
hoes and socks as their crippled cOndi-
ion enabled them to wear. The next
ight brought them to PlatleVille, hav-
ig been absent eight days.
Here was a party Of strong and hardy
oung men, one at least Of whom is 4 tho
ough backwOodsmaT, going. hardly more
,an days journey beyond The frontier e
and yet by trihing acci..
ent were reduced to the situation Of
,ipwrecked mariners. Their own ac~
punt oftbeir difficulties, Of which this
brief outline, has caused deal of
irth in PlatteVile, and none seem TO
ioy the laugh more than themseIves.-
orthern BGdgcri PlGttesille, WiscOn.