The family probably landed in Philadelphia, and dwelt somewhere in Pennsylvania, for a year or two, in one of those slab shanties, with which all are familiar as the abodes of the poorest class of Irish emigrants.
After a year or two, Crockett, with his little family, crossed the almost pathless Alleghanies.

Father, mother, and children trudged along through the rugged defiles and over the rocky cliffs, on foot.

Probably a single pack-horse conveyed their few household goods.

The hatchet and the rifle were the only means of obtaining food, shelter, and even clothing.

With the hatchet, in an hour or two, a comfortable camp could be constructed, which would protect them from wind and rain.