. Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions. ments of the chase—to the latter especially. When age had enfeebledthe energies of his once athletic frame, he would wander twice a year into theremotest wilderness he could reach, employing a companion whom he bound bya written contract to take care of him, and bring him home alive or dead. InIBIG, he made such an excursion to Fort Osage, one hundred miles distant fromthe place of his residence. Three years thereafter, says Gov. Morebead, apa
. Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions. ments of the chase—to the latter especially. When age had enfeebledthe energies of his once athletic frame, he would wander twice a year into theremotest wilderness he could reach, employing a companion whom he bound bya written contract to take care of him, and bring him home alive or dead. InIBIG, he made such an excursion to Fort Osage, one hundred miles distant fromthe place of his residence. Three years thereafter, says Gov. Morebead, apatriotic solicitude to preserve his portrait, prompted a distinguished Americanartist to visit him at his dwelling near the Missouri river, and from him I havereceived the following particulars: He found him in a small, rude cabin, indis-posed, and reclining on his bed. A slice from the loin of a buck, twisted roundthe rammei of his rifle, within reach of him as he lay, was roasting before thefire. Several other cabins, arranged in the form of a |)arallelogram, marked theBpot of a dilapidated station. They were occupied by the descendants of the. r
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