...the Cumberland river. There was but one mode of traversing the wilderness. "A poor man," says Ramsey, "with seldom more than a single pack-horse, on which the wife and infant were canned, with a few clothes and bed-quilts, a skillet and a small sack of meal, was often seen wending...

...the Cumberland river. There was but one mode of traversing the wilderness. "A poor man," says Ramsey, "with seldom more than a single pack-horse, on which...meal, was often seen wending his way along the narrow %nountain trace, with a rifle on his shoulder, the elder sons carrying an ax, a hoe, sometimes an auger...

...The following quotation from Ramsey shows the character 'Ramsey, pp. 177, 181. of the pioneers : ' ' The facility of taking up the choice lands of the...wife and infant were carried, with a few clothes and bed quilts, a skillet and a small sack of meal, was often seen wending his way along the narrow mountain...

...Nashville, and called it the Cumberland Settlement. Other immigrants followed of whom Ramsey says, "The facility of taking up the choice lands of the...frontier. A poor man with seldom more than a single pack hotse on which the wife and infant were carried, with a few clothes and bed quilts, a skillet...