A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . black-smiths shop he hammered out some new weapon. Youngas he was, he was in two or three skirmishes. In one ofthese, Andrew and his brother were taken prisoners. A British officer ordered Andrewto clean the mud off his Jackson refused, and got asword cut on his head for it. Hisbrother was treated in the sameway. The two wounded boyswere then confined in a for-lorn prison pen, where theytook the smallpox. Theirmother managed to get themexchanged, and brought thesick boys home. When
A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . black-smiths shop he hammered out some new weapon. Youngas he was, he was in two or three skirmishes. In one ofthese, Andrew and his brother were taken prisoners. A British officer ordered Andrewto clean the mud off his Jackson refused, and got asword cut on his head for it. Hisbrother was treated in the sameway. The two wounded boyswere then confined in a for-lorn prison pen, where theytook the smallpox. Theirmother managed to get themexchanged, and brought thesick boys home. When Andrew Jackson. was eighteen years old hewent to the village ofSalisbury to study law. Atthis time many settlers werecrossing the mountains into therich lands to the westward, andyoung Jackson moved to the newly settled country ofTennessee. Here, in the fierce disputes of a new coun-try, it took a great deal of courage to practice law. Jackson was not only brave; he was also a quick-tem-pered man, who got into many quarrels during his life, andsometimes fought duels. The rough people among whom. ANDREW JACKSON. I55 he lived were afraid of him. One day he was eating at along table which the keeper of the tavern had set out ofdoors for the crowd that had come to see a horse fight was going on at the other end of the table; butfights were so common in this new country that Jacksondid not stop eating to find out what it was about. Pres-ently he heard that a friend of his, one Patten Anderson,was likely to be killed. Jackson could not easily get tohis friend for the crowd, but he jumped up on the tableand ran along on it, putting his hand into his pocket asthough to draw a pistol. He cried out at the same time,Im coming, Patten! and he opened and shut the to-bacco box in his pocket with a sound like the cocking ofa pistol. The crowd was so afraid of him that they scat-tered at once, crying, Dont fire! Jackson was an able man, and an honest one in his was once a judge,
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