The dinners and a general treat was all to be paid for by the party having taken the fewest scalps.

I joined one side, and got a gun ready for the hunt.

I killed a great many squirrels, and when we counted scalps my party was victorious.
"The company had everything to eat and drink that could be furnished in a new country; and much fun and good humor prevailed.

But before the regular frolic commenced, I was called on to make a speech as a candidate, which was a business I was as ignorant of as an outlandish negro.
"A public document I had never seen.

How to begin I couldn't tell.