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	OF THE ALLEGHENIES.	11
el through it. And there is such a sameness about it that old hunters sometimes get lost and have trouble to find their way out. CHAPTER II. How the Children Were Lost.      Thirty-two years ago there lived in a little cabin, in Spruce Hollow, a family by the name of Cox. The family consisted of Samuel Cox, his wife, and two little sons. Mr. and Mrs. Cox commenced their early married life in Johnstown, Cambria county, Pa., and remained there until their two sons were born, when they moved to the State of Indiana, in 1851. But unfortunately for them, they settled in a part of the state where malaria fever prevailed, and soon their little family was prostrated with the disease, and for weeks and months, they lingered between life and death, until for the sake of life and health, they were compelled to move back to their native hills in Pennsylvania. Soon after returning they settled in this lonely spot in the wilds of the mountain as their future home.      It is evident that they had no desire to be

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