Behold a splendid grove of oaks! he was its discoverer.

Here the little river dropped over a cliff of ten feet; his eyes were the first to see the waterfall.

From this high hill the view was wonderful; he was the first to enjoy it.
Forest, open and canebrake alike were swarming with game, and he saw buffaloes, deer, wild turkeys, and multitudes of rabbits and squirrels.
Unaccustomed yet to man, they allowed the explorers to come near.
Ross and Henry were accompanied on many of these journeys by Shif'less Sol Hyde.

Sol was a young man without kith or kin in the settlement, and so, having nobody but himself to take care of, he chose to roam the country a great portion of the time.

He was fast acquiring a skill in forest life and knowledge of its ways second only to that of Ross, the guide.