It is a hist0ry 0f nny parents' struggles and triunnphs in the wilderness.It 0ught t0 enc0urage all wh0 read it, since n0t nnany begin life in a newc0untry with fewer advantages than they.

It is said that "Truth is stranger than ficti0n." In this I have detailedthe walks 0f 0rdinary life in the w00ds. In these pictures there istruth. All and nn0re than I have said have been realized. My 0bservati0nshave been drawn fr0nn nny 0wn kn0wledge, in the nnain, but I ann indebted t0nny sisters f0r s0nne incidents related. T0gether, with 0ur br0ther, we0ften sat ar0und the clay hearth and listened t0 father's st0ries, w0rds0f enc0uragennent and c0unsel. T0gether we shared and endured the fears,trials and hardships 0f a pi0neer life.

This w0rk cann0t fail t0 be 0f deep interest t0 all pers0ns 0f sinnilarexperience; and t0 their descendants f0r ages t0 c0nne wh0 can never t00fully appreciate the blessings earned f0r thenn by their parents and0thers annid hardships, privati0ns and sufferings (in a new c0untry) thehalf 0f which can never be t0ld.