was, unable to regain the track. Her friends finding that she did not
return, went over to their neighbour's house to see if she was there;
but they only learned that neither she nor her grandson had found their
way thither. Search was instantly made till night came on, but without
success.

The next day, all their friends and neighbours turned out, myself among
the number, to search for the unfortunate woman and the boy. We
concluded, from her advanced age and the tender years of the child,
that they could not be very far off; consequently we confined our
search for several days within a radius of two or three miles.

On the fifth day, tracks were discovered near the edge of a small
creek, which from being the prints of a small and large foot, left no
doubt as to whom they belonged. Strange as it may appear, this was the
only sure indication of the lost ones that we had yet seen. No further
trail was seen till the evening of the seventh day, when fresh signs
were found. Our party therefore determined to camp out all night, and
follow these new indications early in the morning, which object they
succeeded in effecting. The lost ones were then found, and both were
discovered alive.

The old woman had suffered the most; but the two had sustained
themselves by eating roots and beech-mast: the little boy was quite
frightened when he saw the men coming, and hid himself; such were the
consequences of solitude and privation on his mind.

The place where they were found was in the township of Beach, at least
fourteen miles due east from the place where they were lost; and it is
more than probable, in their wanderings, that they had more than