The Bark Covered House
PREFATORY NOTE.
KEY.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. TALKING OF MICHIGAN.
CHAPTER II. DISAGREEABLE MUSIC.
CHAPTER III. HOW WE GOT OUR SWEET, AND THE HISTORY
OF MY FIRST PIG.
CHAPTER IV. OUR SECOND HOUSE AND FIRST APPLE TREES.
CHAPTER V. THE JUG OF WHISKY AND TEMPERANCE
MEETING.
CHAPTER VI. HOW WE FOUND OUR CATTLE.
CHAPTER VII. TROUBLE CAME ON THE WING.
CHAPTER VIII. HARD TIMES FOR US IN MICHIGAN,
1836-7.
CHAPTER IX. A SUMMER HUNT.
CHAPTER X. HOW WE GOT INTO TROUBLE ONE NIGHT, AND
I SCARED.
CHAPTER XI. THE INDIANS VISIT US—THEIR STRANGE
AND PECULIAR WAYS.
CHAPTER XII. THE INSIDE OF OUR HOUSE—A PICTURE
FROM MEMORY.
CHAPTER XIII. METHEGLIN OR THE DETECTED DRINK.
CHAPTER XIV. OUR ROAD AND HOW I WAS WOUNDED.
CHAPTER XV. PROSPECT OF WAR—A.D. 1835.
CHAPTER XVI. FISHING AND BOATING.
CHAPTER XVII. HOW I GOT IN TROUBLE RIDING IN A
CANOE.
CHAPTER XVIII. OUR CLEARING AND THE FIRST RAILROAD
CARS IN 1838.
CHAPTER XIX. TREES.
CHAPTER XX. DRAWING CORD-WOOD—HOW THE RAILROAD
WAS BUILT—THE STEAM WHISTLE.
CHAPTER XXI. HOW I HUNTED AND WE PAID THE
MORTGAGE.
CHAPTER XXII. BEAR HUNT OF 1842.
CHAPTER XXIII. GRANDFATHER'S POWDER-HORN—WAR WITH
PIRATES.
CHAPTER XXIV. LIGHT BEGINS TO DAWN.
CHAPTER XXV. MAKING A BARGAIN.
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW I COMMENCED FOR MYSELF—FATHER'S
OLD FARM IN 1843.
CHAPTER XXVII. THOUGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH FATHER
AND EARLY PIONEER LIFE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. FATHER'S NEW HOUSE AND ITS
SITUATION—HIS CHILDREN VISIT HIM.
CHAPTER XXIX. MY WATCH LOST AND VISIT TO CANADA.
CHAPTER XXX. MOTHER'S VISIT TO THE EAST—1861.
CHAPTER XXXI. LEAVING NEW YORK CITY FOR HOME.
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