. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. barsso large that there was Httle danger the Indians couldbreak it down, no matter how many might make anattack. In addition to the knives carried by Israel and Billy,Mrs. Boone had two and mother one, but we had onlytwo kettles,—one for each family, — and when hotwater was needed, there remained only the single dishfor cooking food. Billy found two of the nicest flat stones I ever saw,on which to bake journey cakes, and Jemima and Iwhittled out enough laurelwood spoons to supply eacho
. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. barsso large that there was Httle danger the Indians couldbreak it down, no matter how many might make anattack. In addition to the knives carried by Israel and Billy,Mrs. Boone had two and mother one, but we had onlytwo kettles,—one for each family, — and when hotwater was needed, there remained only the single dishfor cooking food. Billy found two of the nicest flat stones I ever saw,on which to bake journey cakes, and Jemima and Iwhittled out enough laurelwood spoons to supply eachof us with one, and to leave a few to replace those thatwere likely to split when the food or water was toohot. The man who built the cabin of which we had takenpossession had made a long pen seven feet wide, run-ning the entire length of the house, by placing cleft 36 HANNAH OF KENTUCKY logs in a row; the space between them and the side ofthe building served as a bed for all in the house. Thiswe filled with fresh boughs, and we considered ourselvesvery fortunate in having a grove of pine trees within. half a mile of the cabin. Mother says that the personwho can make his bed of pine boughs has no right tocomplain. HOUSEHOLD DUTIES It is not to be supposed that we were idle after cur-ing the deer meat and making ready the skins for tan-ning. We had three cows, twelve sheep, two horses,and three dogs, all of which it was necessary to care forand prevent from straying. The best that could be done was to pasture the live HOUSEHOLD DUTIES 37 stock in the woods near by, where they found plenty ofgreen food. Each cow wore a bell; therefore, as longas the herd kept together there was little difficulty infinding them at night, but we had a task when any ofthem strayed. Soon after our fathers went away Israel and Billymade a rail fence inclosing a small bit of land in therear of the cabin, where the animals could be kept to-gether during the night; it was the duty of JemimaBoone and m
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