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65 cut word people left their comfortable farms among the Appenine mountains and crossed the broad Atlantic ocean in hopes of finding a happier home in a land where views of political and religious liberty were enlarged, and where they could enjoy the use and blessings of the Bible, without the interference of the Pope of Rome.

  The snow already covered the ground when the ship in which they had embarked landed them in Quebeck. Here, for the first time, they learned that in order to reach the place of their destination they would be obliged to travel a distance of over a thousand miles through an almost trackless wilderness, where the snow in many places could not be less than five feet deep, cross rapid streams, and toil over mountains, and all through a country inhabited by a race of warlike and vengeful savages.
  The hearts of all quailed at the thoughts of the perils of such a journey in the heart of winter The women wept at the remembrance of the quiet homes and dear relatives they had left behind in Switzerland, while the men, throwing aside all selfish considerations, looked upon their wives and children with sorrowful affection, fearful that before the end of their journey was attained some one beloved object of their hearts would be forever buried from their sight. many of them, unwilling to subject their families to these hardships, relinquished all claim to the land which they had purchased from Lord Selkirk, declined going any farther, and settled in the vicinity of Que- Cut word