There were no luxuries to be had for any money, and even such common necessaries as corn and salt were scarce and dear.

Half a peck of salt cost a little less than eight pounds, and a bushel of corn the same.

The surveying party, when not in the woods, stayed at the cabins of the more prominent settlers, and had to pay well for board and lodging, and for washing too.
Kentucky during the Revolution.
Fleming was much struck by the misery of the settlers.

At the Falls they were sickly, suffering with fever and ague; many of the children were dying.

Boonsboro and Harrodsburg were very dirty, the inhabitants were sickly, and the offal and dead beasts lay about, poisoning the air and the water.