In This Situation I Was

Nothing Embitters My Old Age [like] The Circulation Of Absurd Stories That I Retire As Civilization Advances, That I Shun The White Men And Seek The Indians, And That Now Even When Old, I Seek To Retire Beyond The Second Alleganies.

Curiosity Is Natural To The Soul Of Man And Interesting Objects Have A Powerful Influence On Our Affections.

I Wouldn't Give A Tinker's Damn For A Man Who Isn't Sometimes Afraid. Fear's The Spice That Makes It Interesting To Go Ahead.

Nature Was Here A Series Of Wonders, And A Fund Of Delight.

On The Fourth Day Of July Following, A Party Of About Two Hundred Indians Attacked Boonsborough, Killed One Man, And Wounded Two.