CHAPTER I.Birth, Parentage .-- Early Life in Vermont .-- Sucking Cider.
through a Straw.
CHAPTER II.

The Western Fever .-- On the Road to Ohio .-- The Outfit .-- The Erie Canal .-- In the Maumee Swamp.
CHAPTER III.

At Detroit and Westward .-- Government Land .-- Killing Deer.--"Fever 'N Agur." CHAPTER IV.

The Lost Filley Boy .-- Never Was Found.
CHAPTER V.Sickness .-- Rather Catch Chipmonks in the Rocky Mountains than Live in Michigan .-- Building the Michigan Central R.R .-- Building a Boat .-- Floating down Grand River .-- Black Bear .-- Indians Catching Mullet .-- Across the Lake to Southport .-- Lead Mining at Mineral Point .-- Decides to go Farther West .-- Return to Michigan.
CHAPTER VI.

Wisconsin .-- Indian Physic .-- Dressed for a Winter Hunting Campaign .-- Hunting and Trapping in the Woods .-- Catching Otter and Marten.
CHAPTER VII.