. Kentucky log . n-structions . The Captain after some trouble obtained twoproper horses for the trip,negotiations beingsomewhat complicated by the universal desireto get the last cent from the Government, andthe unequalled generosity always shown toindividuals. As Uncle Sam paid for the Cap-tain, while I was going on my own hook, wehad to choose between paying double as agovernment expedition, or claiming unmeritedand embarassing hospitality as private citi-zens . The Captain compromised by hiring horsesand borrowing what we lacked of equipment, ofwhich my saddle was the greatest prohlem. Hed
. Kentucky log . n-structions . The Captain after some trouble obtained twoproper horses for the trip,negotiations beingsomewhat complicated by the universal desireto get the last cent from the Government, andthe unequalled generosity always shown toindividuals. As Uncle Sam paid for the Cap-tain, while I was going on my own hook, wehad to choose between paying double as agovernment expedition, or claiming unmeritedand embarassing hospitality as private citi-zens . The Captain compromised by hiring horsesand borrowing what we lacked of equipment, ofwhich my saddle was the greatest prohlem. Hedeclared his own army saddle perfection, hutit was a type so rare in that country as toprovoke continual comment. The unvaryingchoice of the natives was the Kentuckyspring saddle, a cumbrous affair waddedbelow and quilted ahove with springs between,so formless that it will neither keep itsplace on the horse nor hold the rider,chafingand exhausting both. But the Colonel, aGentleman of endless interests, possessions. PREPARATIONS. 16 and activities, was sufficiently eccentric tokeep and occasionally use his old army sad-dle, which he placed most cordially at mydisposal. All manner of condolences were offered forthe terrible trip we were to take. It wasrelated how one man when ordered to the moun-tains had actually wept. But let me add thatI afterward learned that this was because hehad to leave his best girl to the mercies ofa rival suitor: a drummer from Ashland. Thedmnmer won; but was drowned a few monthslater while floating down the river fromPikeville. The inexpressible wildness of thecountry and the people was dilated on by en-gineers and Louisans alike,the latter feelingas far removed from the mountaineers as theformer. The Captain was considered a mildlunatic, or a sadly misinformed man for thecomplacency with which he looked forward totwo weeks of corn pone and sorghum, and asfor me,politeness forbade expressing opinionsof one who started for three hundred miles inthe sadd
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