CONTENTS. CHAPTER. I--TALKING OF MICHIGAN II--DISAGREEABLE MUSIC III--HOW WE GOT OUR SWEET, AND THE HISTORY OF MY FIRST PIG IV--OUR SECOND HOUSE AND FIRST APPLE TREES V--THE JUG OF WHISKY AND TEMPERANCE MEETING VI--HOW WE FOUND OUR CATTLE VII--TROUBLE CAME ON THE WING VIII--HARD TIMES FOR US IN MICHIGAN IX--A SUMMER HUNT X--HOW WE GOT INTO TROUBLE ONE NIGHT AND I SCARED XI--THE INDIANS VISIT US--THEIR STRANGE AND PECULIAR WAYS XII--THE INSIDE OF OUR HOUSE--A PICTURE FROM MEMORY XIII--METHEGLIN; OR, THE DETECTED DRINK XIV--OUR ROAD--HOW I WAS WOUNDED XV--PROSPECT OF WAR XVI--FISHING AND BOAT RIDING, XVII--HOW I GOT IN TROUBLE RIDING IN A CANOE XVIII--OUR CLEARING AND THE FIRST RAILROAD CARS XIX--TREES XX--DRAWING CORD-WOOD--HOW THE RAILROAD WAS BUILT--THE STEAM WHISTLE XXI--HOW I HUNTED AND WE PAID THE MORTGAGE XXII--BEAR HUNT XXIII--GRANDFATHER'S POWDER HORN--WAR WITH PIRATES XXIV--LIGHT BEGINS TO DAWN XXV--MAKING A BARGAIN XXVI--HOW I COMMENCED FOR MYSELF--FATHER'S OLD FARM XXVII--THOUGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH FATHER AND EARLY PIONEER LIFE XXVIII--FATHER'S NEW HOUSE AND ITS SITUATION--HIS CHILDREN VISIT HIM XXIX--MY WATCH LOST AND VISIT TO CANADA XXX--MOTHER'S VISIT TO THE EAST XXXI--LEAVING NEW YORK CITY FOR HOME