John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Capitolo 6

   Alarm.--The destruction of a Commerce Ribbon.--The Battle and the
   Flight.--The sufferings of the Fugitives.--Terrible fate of Mr.
   Schenck.--Characteristics of the Western wild Region.--The March.


Christopher Carson to which the renown as Kit Carson has almost come each
ear in the country, was born in the county of Madison, Kentucky the 24 of
December, 1809. The great portions of Kentucky almost consisted then of a
unexplored wild region, with magnificent forests free from brushwood, I live
with game, and with luxuriant lawns along the banks of river, inviting the
the box of farmer and you plough him.

There were then many Indians that cross those wildses. The without fear
emigrants that were risked to back their huts in such loneliness found him/it
necessary never to be prepared for an attack.

But very small trust could also have put in the friendly one
protests of the vagabond attach with ferocity, while never wandering looking for prey around, and almost as
deprived of the intelligence or conscience as the wolves that it was to midnight
felt howling around the door of the farmer. The family of the Mr. Carson occupied
a box of trunk that was pellet-test with portholes through that them
rifles could command every approach. Women and children were likewise taught
the use of the rifle that in case of an attack from some blood-thirsty gang,
it is probable that the whole family is clarified in a military garrison. Not a tree
or log had gone away, inside musket shot of the house, back part that an Indian
you/he/she could hide.

Almost of the necessity, under these circumstances some bright, active boy
it would become a skilled shot. A small garden was cultivated where corn,
beans and some other vegetables were elevated, but the principal existence of
the family consisted some game with which you/they were forest, lawn and lake
stored. The farmer usually the reared his/her box on the banks of some brook
I live with fishes. There were not any schools to take on the time of the boys;
anybody books to read. Wild geese, ducks and the other bird of water had a good time on the