Few Jewels Tucked away in the Mountainous Backwoods and Raw Wood
Even Dr. Benjamin Rush, a lesser-known signatory to the Declaration of Independence who also served as the Continental Army's surgeon general in 1787, was scathing, saying that the first squatter is "usually a man who has outlived his credit or wealth in the cultivated parts..." His initial objective is to construct a modest cabbin out of raw wood for himself and his family.” He is restless and anti-social despite his apparent domesticity, openly opposing civilization and order: "He cannot bear to give up a single natural right for all the advantages of government, and so he abandons his little settlement and finds refuge in the woods" as new neighbours begin to settle nearby. It has been observed that the departure of these type of people is frequently exacerbated by the preaching of the gospel, according to the Reverend Benjamin Rush, who described them as having habits "almost akin to the Indians." They were so uncivilised, according to Rus...