Autobiography of Lorenzo Waugh (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883. Excerpt: ... I had already acquired the reputation of being a firstclass frontier man; and thus while the Conference seemed to enjoy sending me to frontier work, I rather enjoyed it, and they never heard me complain of my hard appointments. On this journey I remember I came near losing my fine bay horse. The Missouri River being very low, and a long bar being formed at the opposite shore, the boat could not reach the bank, and had to land me on the bar. In leading my horse for the shore he sank down in the quicksand, and it was with great difficulty we got him to land. I reached my circuit in good time. CHAPTER XVI. North Grand River Circuit--A Cold Winter--A Fur Suit--An Acrostic--A Good Revival Work--The Journey to Conference Attended with Difficulty--My Fur Suit Gets Me in Trouble with Some Long-faced Preachers--John F. Wright Defends Me--Appointed to the Indian Work. THIS North Grand River work embraced a large section of new country just settling up; the country itself being rich and finely variegated with large prairies and beautiful timbered la/ids. Wild game, too, was plenty, bear, deer, wild turkeys, and all the varieties of the smaller game. The wolves, too, were plenty. Wild honey was also plenty and very fine. I often killed my own fat game, when I had a chance and got hold of a good rifle. And I found many a bee-tree that year, just riding through the timber. For instance, in the winter time, if the sun came out warm, the bees would swarm out. Then on the surface of the snow some would be left lying, so that if it turned cold even you would see these bees on the snow and know there was the tree, where the honey could be got at leisure. Often I had no roads from one settlement to another, having to notice and strike the different points of timber, etc. And...