Heaven Must Be A Kentucky Kind Of

We Were Then In A Dangerous, Helpless Situation, Exposed Daily To Perils And Death Amongst Savages And Wild Beasts, Not A White Man In The Country But Ourselves.

The Religion I Have To Love And Fear God, Believe In Jesus Christ, Do All The Good To My Neighbor, And Myself That I Can, Do As Little Harm As I Can Help, And Trust On God's Mercy For The Rest.

Soon After, I Returned Home To My Family, With A Determination To Bring Them As Soon As Possible To Live In Kentucky, Which I Esteemed A Second Paradise, At The Risk Of My Life And Fortune.

All You Need For Happiness Is A Good Gun, A Good Horse, And A Good Wife.

Thus We Behold Kentucky, Lately An Howling Wilderness, The Habitation Of Savages And Wild Beasts, Become A Fruitful Field; This Region, So Favourably Distinguished By Nature, Now Become The Habitation Of Civilization, At A Period Unparalleled In History, In The Midst Of A Raging War, And Under All The Disadvantages Of Emigration To A Country So Remote From The Inhabited Parts Of The Continent.