I took a pretty stiff horn, which soon made me feel much better.

But I was so tired that I could scarcely work my jaws to eat." The next morning, Crockett took a young man with him and went out into the woods to bring in the game he had shot.

They brought in two of the bucks, which afforded them all the supply of venison they needed, and left the others hanging upon the trees.

The boatmen then pushed their way up the river.

The progress was slow, and eleven toilsome days passed before they reached their destination.