ILLUSTRATIONS

Big Tom Wilson, the bear hunter _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Map of Appalachia 8

A family of pioneers in the twentieth century 16

"The very cliffs are sheathed with trees and shrubs" 24

At the Post-Office 32

The author in camp in the Big Smokies 40

"Bob" 48

"There are few jutting crags" 56

The bears' home--laurel and rhododendron 64

The old copper mine 72

"What soldiers these fellows would make under
leadership of some backwoods Napoleon" 80

"By and by up they came, carrying the bear on
the trimmed sapling" 88

Skinning a frozen bear 96

"... Powerful steep and laurely...." 104

Mountain still-house hidden in the laurel 112

Moonshine still, side view 120

Moonshine still in full operation 128

Corn mill and blacksmith forge 136

A tub-mill 152

Cabin on the Little Fork of Sugar Fork of Hazel
Creek in which the author lived alone for three years 160

A mountain home 176

Many of the homes have but one window 192

The schoolhouse 208

"At thirty a mountain woman is apt to have a
worn and faded look" 216

The misty veil of falling water 232

An average mountain cabin 240

A bee-gum 248

Let the women do the work 264

"Till the sky-line blends with the sky itself" 288

Whitewater Falls 312

The road follows the creek--there may be a dozen
fords in a mile 320

"Dense forest and luxuriant undergrowth" 336

[Illustration: APPALACHIA

The wavy black line shows the outer boundaries of Southern Appalachian
Region. The shaded portion shows the chief areas cov