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He partook of some, and pronounced them quite palatable; but, if I had been one of the party, I would much rather have taken her word than proved it by my own experience. In the morning they hired an Indian to guide them to Abbott's tavern, which place was well known to them, it being a sort of trading post, where they frequently carried their furs, deer-skins, venison, cranberries, maple sugar, etc., to swap for flour, bread, and not infrequently, a stronger article, which was prohibited being, sold them by government, but for which they had an insatiable appetite.
o'Our heroic bear hunters had passed the night somewhere in the vicinity of Duck lake, and arrived at Abbott's the evening of the following day, hungry, weary, and most of them fully satisfied that they had not enough of the Crockett in them to make successful hunters. Especially was this the case with my husband, and, if my memory serves me right, this was his first and last attempt at hunting. Spring was now 1 drawing near, and in the meantime letters had been dispatched to our eastern friends, setting forth in glowing colors the natural advantages of this land of our adoption, and using our best arguments to induce them to join us. We were successful; for letters arrived informing us that dear sisters, friends and neighbors were already making preparations, and might be expected on the first opening of navigation, to which period we now looked forward with no small degree of pleasure.
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