In consequence the ill-will often showed itself by acts of violence.

The backwoods bullies were prone to browbeat and insult the officers if they found them alone, trying to provoke them to rough-and-tumble fighting; and in such a combat, carried on with the revolting brutality necessarily attendant upon a contest where gouging and biting were considered legitimate, the officers, who were accustomed only to use their fists, generally had the worst of it; so that at last they made a practice of carrying their side-arms--which secured them from molestation.
Pursuits of the Settlers.
Besides raising more than enough flour and beef to keep themselves in plenty, the settlers turned their attention to many other forms of produce.

Indian corn was still the leading crop; but melons, pumpkins, and the like were grown, and there were many thriving orchards; while tobacco cultivation was becoming of much importance.

Great droves of hogs and flocks of sheep flourished in every locality whence the bears and wolves had been driven; the hogs running free in the woods with the branded cattle and horses.

Except in the most densely settled parts much of the beef was still obtained from buffaloes, and much of the bacon from bears.