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good naturedly told me to draw near the fire -- and having asked what we required for the venison --

Well now, she said, that's not much anyhow -- and we could afford to give you that for nothing only Silas is next word underlined: so fond of raising a good trade, he's hardly christian, but where are them poor Injuns I saw with you, they'd be glad of a warm and a drop of whiskey now I swear, call em in stranger, and Mercy will get you all some mush in no time -- Silas, she continued, calling to a pocket edition of the father, cut off a side of the hog hanging in the off house, and fill these fine people a bag of meal quick now. How many potatoes can you carry with you -- Come in now poor critters, come in, to my six Indians who were crowding up the room, you'll be for a drop of whiskey now I wager -- at the same time fitting out seven pannikins with good Ohio whiskey, and handing them to us --

Our kind hostess quickly spread before us a large kettle of boiled Indian corn in which was immersed a huge lump of pork, which had been boiled in the soup, and Silas and the other men coming in who were all his sons, we sat down together, and made the most luxurious meal we had tasted for many months.

After thanking our kind hospitable friends, for Silas to do him justice, except in the matter of next 3 words underlined: raising a bargain was a good fellow, and in addition to the buck presenting our hostess with a couple of dressed skins, we sallied out, and resumed our march through the settlement of Sampson.