We followed this business till about January first, when the game began to get poor, when we hung up our guns for a while.

I had a little money left yet.

The only money in circulation was American silver and British sovereigns.

They would not sell lead ore for paper money nor on credit.

During the spring I used my traps successfully, so that I saved something over board and expenses.
In summer I worked in the mines with Edwin Buck of Bucksport, Maine, but only found lead ore enough to pay our expenses in getting it.