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Preface 11
Introduction 12
Cares 13
Occupations 14
Eighty Years Ago 15
Sixty Years Ago 17
Traveling in Illinois 20
Names of the Early Settlers 21
Going Back 22
The Drill 24
No Divorce 26
Billy and the Wolves 28
Disadvantages 29
The Bear Chase 31
The Wolf Chase 33
The Coon 36
The Beauties of Nature 38
Men’s or Women’s Work 40
Pioneers Making Lumber 41
Hunting Day 42
Peter Huffman 44
Deer Driving 46
Pioneer Boy 47
The Third Boy 48
Where Pana Stands 49
The Snake 50
The Wild Cats 51
The Winters 52
How the Pioneers Made Meal 53
Our Native State 54
Pioneer Work 55
Morals 57
The Changes 58
The School in the Cabin 60
Shelbyville in Early Days 62
Wild Animals 63
The Muley Steer 64
Chimney Construction 66
Where Things Grow 67
Hospitality 68
Religion 69
Making Hay 70
The Deer on the Ice 71
Ben Overton 73
The Spelling Match 74

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