On this clearing he tilled the soil, and there he lived in his rough log house with but one room, or at most two and a loft.

[Footnote: F.A.
Michaux, "Voyages" (in 1802), pp.

132, 214, etc.] Game Still Abundant.
The man of the Western waters, was essentially a man who dwelt alone in the midst of the forest on his rude little farm, and who eked out his living by hunting.

Game still abounded everywhere, save in the immediate neighborhood of the towns; so that many of the inhabitants lived almost exclusively by hunting and fishing, and, with their return to the pursuits of savagery, adopted not a little of the savage idleness and thriftlessness.

Bear, deer, and turkey were staple foods.