I've Opened The Way For

Many Heroic Exploits And Chivalrous Adventures Are Related To Me Which Exist Only In The Regions Of Fancy. With Me The World Has Taken Great Liberties, And Yet I Have Been But A Common Man.

During Our Travels, The Indians Entertained Me Well; And Their Affection For Me Was So Great, That They Utterly Refused To Leave Me There With The Others, Although The Governor Offered Them One Hundred Pounds Sterling For Me, On Purpose To Give Me A Parole To Go Home.

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.

We Were Then In A Dangerous, Helpless Situation, Exposed Daily To Perils And Death Amongst Savages And Wild Beasts, Not A White Man In The Country But Ourselves.

I Was Never Lost In The Woods In My Whole Life, Though Once I Was Confused For Three Days.