. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . in-formation. I also met with many curiousadventures, of which I may tell you at someother time. Having spent some time at NewOrleans, I set my face northward; and pro-ceeding along the banks of the Mississippi,one day, as I was approaching the town ofNatchez, in descending a steep bank, Istumbled and fell, and mv box was thrown v violently to the foot of the hill. The glass atthe top of the box was broken, and my tra-velling companions slid out of their confine-ment, and brandishing their tongues, andrattling thei
. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . in-formation. I also met with many curiousadventures, of which I may tell you at someother time. Having spent some time at NewOrleans, I set my face northward; and pro-ceeding along the banks of the Mississippi,one day, as I was approaching the town ofNatchez, in descending a steep bank, Istumbled and fell, and mv box was thrown v violently to the foot of the hill. The glass atthe top of the box was broken, and my tra-velling companions slid out of their confine-ment, and brandishing their tongues, andrattling their tails, glided away into a neigh-bouring thicket. Thus suddenly I took leaveof them for ever. It might seem that a 156 WIT BOUGHT. couple of serpents were not the objects uponwhich the heart is likely to fix its affection—yet I felt a sort of desolation when they weregone, and calling to mind the friend who hadbestowed them upon me, together with myhelpless condition, now that they were de-parted, I sat down by the road-side, and in-dulged myself in a hearty fit of TRADING. 157 CHAPTER XIV. THE INDIAN CHIEF MY RETURN TO SALEM CONCLUSION. IN a short time, however, I recovered myspirits, and entered the town of Natchez. Ihere took passage on board a small sloop.,and in five weeks reached St. Louis—avoyage which is now made, in steamboats, infour or five clays. Here I found myselfnearly out of money—and seeing that it wasnecessary to do something, I purchased asmall stock of beads and other trinkets, andset off on foot to trade with the Indians, ofwhich there were several tribes in thatregion. My business was to exchange thegoods I carried, for furs. In the first trip, Isucceeded so well as to try it again, andfinally I became a regular fur dealer, andcarried on a considerable trade. 14 158 WIT BOUGHT. In my excursions I met with many inci-dents that might be worth telling; but I canonly stop to relate one of them. On a certainoccasion, I had penetrated into the Ind
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