It being true that now after fiue yeeres intestine warre with the reuengefull implacable Indians, a firme peace (not againe easily to be broken) hath bin lately concluded […].

We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains.

In transcribing them, I have inserted one or two apostrophes, for the poet always complained that though he could spell like sixty, he never could mind his stops.

“With three marriages an' a drinkin' problem, I've had all the go-between I can choke down,” said Buck.