And I may say, in truth, I sent this money with a mighty good will, for I reckon nobody in this world loves a friend better than me, or remembers a kindness longer." Soon after his arrival at Washington he was invited to dine with President Adams, a man of the highest culture, whose manners had been formed in the courts of Europe.

Crockett, totally unacquainted with the usages of society, did not know what the note of invitation meant, and inquired of a friend, the Hon.

Mr.Verplanck.He says: "I was wild from the backwoods, and didn't know nothing about eating dinner with the big folks of our country.

And how should I, having been a hunter all my life?
I had eat most of my dinners on a log in the woods, and sometimes no dinner at all.

I knew, whether I ate dinner with the President or not was a matter of no importance, for my constituents were not to be benefited by it.