CHAPTER III.
Marriage and Settlement.
Rustic Courtship .-- The Rival Lover .-- Romantic Incident .-- The Purchase of a Horse .-- The Wedding .-- Singular Ceremonies .-- The Termagant .-- Bridal Days .-- They commence Housekeeping .-- The Bridal Mansion and Outfit .-- Family Possessions .-- The Removal to Central Tennessee .-- Mode of Transportation .-- The New Home and its Surroundings .-- Busy Idleness .-- The Third Move .-- The Massacre at Fort Mimms.
David took possession of his horse, and began to work very diligently to pay for it.

He felt that now he was a man of property.

After the lapse of a few weeks he mounted his horse and rode over to the Irishman's cabin to see his girl, and to find out how she lived, and what sort of people composed the family.

Arriving at the log hut, he found the father to be a silent, staid old man, and the mother as voluble and nervous a little woman as ever lived.

Much to his disappointment, the girl was away.