A Bed in Bath, and Beyond

Abstract

In this chapter, Huler reflects on Lawson’s adventures with the Indians, the danger of canoeing, and Lawson’s book. First, Huler comes across the Tar River where Lawson had spent a night with the Tuscaroras and noted that the people were starving. As Huler continues on his adventure, he takes his two son to canoe on the Pamlico River. Huler compares the dangers of canoeing with his sons to Lawson’s misadventures while canoeing in Charleston. Huler then recounts that Lawson left for London to publish his book after cofounding and surveying the North Carolina town known as Bath. Lawson then comes back to the Carolinas as a surveyor general and ends his journey as the first casualty of the Tuscarora War.