The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-11-23


obtain surgical assistance. There
were then no roads in the town, and
hardly any in the rest part of the
county The first year he chopped
over about two acres himself, and
sowed small patch of wheat, and
hoed it in with stub hoe; but it was
all destroyed by the squirrels before it
was ripe He planted little corn,
but SO late in the season that it did
not iipen. He raised nothing the
first year but a FEW messes ofpotatoes.
He was obliged TO sell a spare suit of
} clQtlles to htas % whi Itch was faised
I atthe hay dst Z Y'lt''e 1of land that had
been cieaae q re the seselution -
Kliis gosIfi ahs' cane p instean Indians
oftie St Francois Tribe and camped
about a hundred rods from his
shanty. Their business was digging
ginseng, which was worth fifty cents
per pound. They wore their war
dress, and one side of the head shaved
and painted. They looked frightful.
They brought no provisions but de
pended on hunting for subsistence.
Ihey appeared nearly starved. He
had few green pumpkins, which he
gave them; these they boiled and ate
with great aYldity They offered him
no INJURY while they remained. They,
however, stole from him few pounds
OF salt pork, Tor which Mr. Meigs did
not blame them, for they were famish-
ing with hunger, The second year of
his new pitch he cleared five acres
without team, and planted 1t with
corn and potatoes and some wheat.
lie raised good crops, and had grain
TO spare ever alter During the first
years OF ms residence there was no
mll more accessible than one at
Flattsourgh; and to that place the
settlers were Obliged to go to get their
gram ground, IN the winter, on the
ice, ana when there was no ice, with
Skis At one time, when he and NO
81 Potter went there to mill, they
found the mil undergoing repairs, and
they mad to stay and help repair 1t
before their grain could be ground
Ihey were gone from home nine days,
and when they returned they found
that thelrwlyes. had given them up for
lost. There was n9 one whom they
could send to look Tor them. After a
while man by the name OF Jenkins
came to the Bay with batteau, and
ne carried their gram to mill, and re-
turned 1t ground Tor one half There
was a mil at Onion river, but there
was no road to 1t, and 1t was more
convenient to go to Plattsburgh. -
There beng no roads the people had
TO go by the marked trees, and they
would often get lost IN gong from
place to place AT one time his wife
was lost IN gong to milk the COW that
had strayed from home, and 1t was a
long time before she was found The
hrst settlers often had no meat but
that OF moose, which 1T seems, was not
much rellshed by Mr. Meigs and 9th
ers OF the new corners.
Mr. Meigs relates that the next
winter after his removal to St Adams
two hunters came to his house, and
SAID they had killed three moose, two OF
which were about eight miles distant,
supposed to be IN Sheldon; the other
about twenty miles, probably IN Enos-
bugh' They had taken what they
could carry away from the two near
est; the other was whole which they
offered to hlm II he would go alter 1t.
Accordingly he and Mr.. Weldon start
Z" "l'" 'iiO" '"O"os' anu 'oii0" 0'' AZ
the tracks of the hunters They ar
rlYcG at the pace where the TWO
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