CHAPTER VII.. The Justice of Peace and the Legislator.

The Justice of Peace and the Legislator.

Vagabondage.--Measures of Protection.--Measures of Government.--Crockett's Confession.--A Candidate for Military Honors.--Curious Display of Moral Courage.--The Squirrel Hunt.--A Candidate for the Legislature.--Characteristic Electioneering.--Specimens of his Eloquence.--Great Pecuniary Calamity.--Expedition to the Far West.--Wild Adventures.--The Midnight Carouse.--A Cabin Reared. . . . 183