> The horses became so weak from starvation [that?] they were not fit for
> traveling so Mr. Lane would walk 15 miles to what they called the "Dutch
> Settlement" and now known as Swanton, pay $2.00 per bushel for corn and
> carry a sack full on his shoulder making a thirty mile.round trip for one
> sack.
Thank you for giving us a baseline to which we
can compare "modern problems" ....