Loungings in the Footpaths of Pioneers, Illustrated

A trip along the footpaths followed by the founders of Jamestown and Roanoke Island. This was written during the decade before the civil war. “a fig for antiquity! Cock up your beaver, lad; cock it fu' brawly,' in the face of the sea-rovers of old. The chaps who plundered the Spanish galleons in time of peace, and burned the friendly Indian villages of Croatan in revenge for the disappearance of a stew-pan, were not more respectable than Lafitte, and far less than Lopez. Huzza for the age of steam! Blank, shove her along a little faster. Captain, shift your stool to the center of the deck, and get her in better trim.” Laser reprint of original article.