PREFATORY NOTE.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS. CHAPTER. I TALKING OF MICHIGAN II DISAGREEABLE
ILLUSTRATIOINS. "THE MICHIGAN" THE BARK-COVERKD HOUSE THE
CHAPTER II. DISAGREEABLE MUSIC.
CHAPTER III. HOW WE GOT OUR SWEET, AND THE HISTORY OF MY FIRST PIG.
CHAPTER IV. OUR SECOND HOUSE AND FIRST APPLE TREES.
CHAPTER V. THE JUG OF WHISKY AND TEMPERANCE MEETING.
CHAPTER VI. HOW WE FOUND OUR CATTLE.
CHAPTER VII. TROUBLE CAME ON THE WING.
CHAPTER VIII. HARD TIMES FOR US IN MICHIGAN, 1836-7.
CHAPTER IX. A SUMMER HUNT.
CHAPTER X. HOW WE GOT INTO TROUBLE ONE NIGHT, AND I SCARED.
CHAPTER XI. THE INDIANS VISIT US THEIR STRANGE AND PECULIAR WAYS.
CHAPTER XII. THE INSIDE OF OUR HOUSE A PICTURE FROM MEMORY.
CHAPTER XIII. METHEGLIN OR THE DETECTED DRINK.
CHAPTER XIV. OUR ROAD AND HOW I WAS WOUNDED.
CHAPTER XV. PROSPECT OF WAR A.D. 1835.
CHAPTER XVI. FISHING AND BOATING.
CHAPTER XVII. HOW I GOT IN TROUBLE RIDING IN A CANOE.
CHAPTER XVIII. OUR CLEARING AND THE FIRST RAILROAD CARS IN 1838.
CHAPTER XIX. TREES.
CHAPTER XX. DRAWING CORD-WOOD HOW THE RAILROAD WAS BUILT THE STEAM WHISTLE.
CHAPTER XXI. HOW I HUNTED AND WE PAID THE MORTGAGE.
CHAPTER XXII. BEAR HUNT OF 1842.
CHAPTER XXIII. GRANDFATHER'S POWDER-HORN WAR WITH PIRATES.
CHAPTER XXIV. LIGHT BEGINS TO DAWN.
CHAPTER XXV. MAKING A BARGAIN.
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW I COMMENCED FOR MYSELF FATHER'S OLD FARM IN 1843.
CHAPTER XXVII. THOUGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH FATHER AND EARLY PIONEER LIFE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. FATHER'S NEW HOUSE AND ITS SITUATION HIS CHILDREN VISIT HIM.
CHAPTER XXIX. MY WATCH LOST AND VISIT TO CANADA.
CHAPTER XXX. MOTHER'S VISIT TO THE EAST 1861.
CHAPTER XXXI. LEAVING NEW YORK CITY FOR HOME.
Title: The Bark Covered House or, Back in the Woods Again
Author: William Nowlin
Language: English
or, BACK IN THE WOODS AGAIN; BEING A GRAPHIC AND THRILLING DESCRIPTION OF REAL PIONEER LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS OF MICHIGAN
1876
