THE

LIFE OF JOSEPH BISHOP,

THE

CELEBRATED OLD PIONEER IN THE FIRST SETTLE-
MENTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, EMBRACING

HIS WONDERFUL ADVENTURES AND NAR-
ROW ESCAPES WITH THE INDIANS, HIS
ANIMATING AND REMARKABLE
HUNTING EXCURSIONS.

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HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

PEP 1 1916

CHARLES ELLIOT PERKINS
MEMORIAL COLLECTION

Entered, according to Act of Congress, March 11, 1858, by
JOHN W. GRAY,

in the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of
Tennessee.

PRINTED BY A. A. STITT.

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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION..

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CHAPTER I.-Evening's conversation with the author..................

CHAPTER II.-Parents and birth-Born with a caul over his face-Why

his father thought he would be hung-Acting the wild deer-Sham

battles.......

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CHAPTER III.-His father and brother join the army-Left alone at

home-The mad calf-Thinks of a permanent occupation-Regrets

not being educated-Moves with his father to Edgecomb county, N. C.

-Cobb pulling the horses across Buck Horn Creek by a grape-vine-

Canine concert..

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CHAPTER IV.-On road to Cumberland-Ila Douglass-Jones-Poe-

Battle with ruffians-Lady revenged-Provisions fail-Eamon Jen-

nings' camp-Arrival in Cage's Bend.
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CHAPTER V.-Viewing the wild scenery-Spying-Indians troublesome

-Hunt with Lewis Crane-Got lost-Wolf Camp on Great Walnut-

D. B. Claiborn an old constituent of Washington-Story of a pot mer-

chant-Haughty preacher and the pipe-Doublehead-Dilliard falls

on the ice....

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CHAPTER VI.-Winter passes away-Siglar's Station-Old Ruins-Buch-

anan's Station-Mrs. B. carrying bullets in her apron.................. 56

CHAPTER VII.-Goes below Nashville, on a peroque, after lead-Mouth

of Stone's River-Indians-Training a haughty young man-Brilliant

scene-How he made a lazy fellow work..

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CHAPTER VIII-Goes with Douglass to Kaskaskia-Oldest document in

Illinois-Indians trading with the French and Spaniards-Indians

getting drunk-Chief slain-Mourners-Shooting match with an In-

dian-Great hunt with Anderson-Race for life-Narrow escape-Sepa-

rated from Anderson-Morpheus and Aurora in the wilderness-Faint-

ing on the Grand Prairie-Joyful meeting with Anderson-An Indian

splits Curry's foot with a tomahawk-Reaches Kaskaskia..................................
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