. Down the eastern and up the Black . Welsh and Scotch Irish alike had comehither to question and to work. For both, life had meaningand problems. To the solution of these problems they broughtkeen insight and devout hearts. One marvels at results so quickly achieved by their energyand practicality. Scarcely was the clay dry on their rude loghuts, till timbers were hewn for school houses, and stones col-lected for a church. Almost the first complaint that we hearfrom Nantmel comes from some laborers compelled to put a roadin order that led to a meeting house. Too have been called
. Down the eastern and up the Black . Welsh and Scotch Irish alike had comehither to question and to work. For both, life had meaningand problems. To the solution of these problems they broughtkeen insight and devout hearts. One marvels at results so quickly achieved by their energyand practicality. Scarcely was the clay dry on their rude loghuts, till timbers were hewn for school houses, and stones col-lected for a church. Almost the first complaint that we hearfrom Nantmel comes from some laborers compelled to put a roadin order that led to a meeting house. Too have been called this day upon the said road by ourSupervisor, where too have labored in mudd and watter to theendangering of our health a Bridging said Swamps and Yet aRoad unoccupied by Carts or Wagons and but few TravellersYea ye Voteries for Said Road within our Town was only threeor four persons yt- wanted a Road to ye Meeting House andthese said persons seem to be against ye Town threatening uswith presenting and fineing from Time to Time and thus they [30. X Insult, without we shall now in such Extreim Cold, (the petitionis marked November 29) Labor from Day to Day SuccisivelyBridging said Swamps which is not for a public but only for yeaccommodation of these persons to Ride to ye Meeting. Hard as the conditions were in these upper settlements, itwas not all labor. Night came to them as it comes to us. Whenthe long days work was done, the Welshman threw down hisaxe, took his pipe in hand, and gathering his children abouthim, beguiled the evening hours with stories of the knew his countrys history—knew it well. From the SevernSea to the Sands o Dee he could picture her fields of dyingand her corners of shouting. With honest pride he wouldrecount (it was a part of his creed) how the Normans, who sub-dued England in seven years, were unable to conquer Wales intwo hundred. There are few more interesting figures thanthat of the Welshman complacently contemplating his fruitfulg
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