Identifier: crockettalmanacc1842croc (find matches)
Title: The Crockett almanac : containing sprees and scrapes in the West; life and manners in the backwoods, and exploits and adventures on the praries
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836
Subjects: Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836 Almanacs, American American wit and humor
Publisher: Boston : J. Fisher
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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lent interference of Messhawa.* A captive whom they had taken a few days before. Young Men. Most young men consider it a great misfortune to be poor, or not to havecapital enough to establish themselves at the outset in good business. This is a mistakennotion. So far from poverty being a misfortune to him, if we may judge from what we everyday behold, it is really a blessing : the chance is more than ten to one against him who startswith plenty of money. Let any one look back twenty years, and see who commenced busi-ness at that time with abundant means, and trace them down to the present day : how manyof these can now boast of wealth and standing ? On the contrary, how many have becomepoor, lose their places in society, and are passed by their old boon companions, with a lookwhich painfully says,« We know you not! Those who make candles, will find it a great improvement to steep the wicks in limewater and saltpetre, and dry them. The flame will be clear, and the tallow will not run.
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28 Adventure of Col. Crawiord and Dr. Knight. During the whole of the Revolutionary war, the Indians had been extremely troublesometo the back counties of Pennsylvania and Virginia, particularly to those of Washington,Youghogany and Westmoreland. In the early part of the year 1782, however, these irregularexcursions became so galling, that an expedition was concerted against the Wyandott village,lying upon the waters of the Sandusky. Great exertions were made to procure volunteers.Every man who should equip himself with a horse and rifle, was to be exempted from twotours of militia duty , and any loss, either of arms or horses, was to be repaired out of theplunder of the Indian towns. The volunteers were to rendezvous on the 20th of May, at anold Mingo village, on the western shore of the Ohio, about forty miles above fort Pitt, and theunfortunate Col. William Crawford was unanimously selected as the leader of the expedi-tion. On the appointed day, four hundred and fifty mounted volun

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