"Then we could spread out and cover the slopes of the mountains on either side.

I wish I knew whether those dark fringes hid anything we ought to know." "They hide rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, birds and maybe a black bear or two," said Happy Tom.

"When we shatter Sheridan's army and drive the fragments across the Potomac I think I'll come back here and do a little hunting, leaving to Lee the task of cleaning up the Army of the Potomac." "I'd like to come with you," said St.Clair, "but I wouldn't bring any gun.

I'd just roam through the woods for a week and disturb nothing.
If I saw a bear I'd point my finger at him and say: 'Go away, young fellow, I won't bother you if you won't bother me,' and then he'd amble off peacefully in one direction, and I'd amble off peacefully in another.
I wouldn't want to hear a gun fired during all that week.

I'd just rest, rest, rest my nerves and my soul.