CHAPTER III.
LOST IN THE WILDERNESS The method by which Mr.and Mrs.Ware undertook to teach Henry a sense of responsibility was an increase of work.

Founding a new state was no light matter, and he must do his share.

Since he loved to fish, it became his duty to supply the table with fish, and that, too, at regular hours, and he also began to think of traps and snares, which he would set in the autumn for game.

It was always wise for the pioneer to save his powder and lead, the most valuable of his possessions and the hardest to obtain.

Any food that could be procured without its use was a welcome addition.
But fishing remained his easiest task, and he did it all with a pole that he cut with his clasp knife, a string and a little piece of bent and stiffened wire.