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On page 370, "as John as concluded" is a possible printer's error. On page 371, "I now collecting Letters" is a possible printer's error. On page 372, "as never reach d thee" is a possible printer's error. In footnote 23, "Formon" is the spelling used in the letter printed in this volume. This is the first volume of a two volume work. Linked cross-references to V olume II are designed to work when the book is read on line. Download V ol. I from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58983/58983-h/58983-h.htm Download V ol. II from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58984/58984-h/58984-h.htm AUDUBON THE NATURALIST John J. Audubon AFTER THE RARE ENGRA VING BY C. TURNER, A.R.A., OF THE MINIATURE PAINTED BY FREDERICK CRUIKS HANK, ABOUT 1831; PUBLIS HED FOR THE ENGRA VER BY ROBERT HA VELL, LONDON, 1835. AUDUBON THE NATURALIST A HISTORY OF HIS LIFE AND TIME BY FRANCIS HOBART HERRICK, Ph.D., Sc.D. PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY IN WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, AUTHOR OF "THE HOME LIFE OF WILD BIRDS," ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED VOLUME I D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1917 C OPYRIGHT , 1917, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America TO ELIZABETH M Y SISTER PREFACE The origin of the gifted ornithologist, animal painter, and writer, known to the world as John James Audubon, has remained a mystery up to the present time. In now lifting the veil which was cast over his early existence, I feel that I serve the cause of historical truth; at the same time it is possible to do fuller justice to all most intimately concerned with the story of his life and accomplishments. The present work is in reality the outcome of what was first undertaken as a holiday recreation in the summer of 1903. While engaged upon a research of quite a different character, I reread, with greater care, Audubon's Ornithological Biography , and after turning the leaves of his extraordinary illustrations, it seemed to me most strange that but little should be known of the making of so original and masterful a character. As I was in England at the time some investigations were undertaken in London, but, as might have been expected, with rather barren results. After my return to America in the following year the search was continued, but as it proved equally fruitless here, the subject was set aside. Not until 1913, when this investigation was resumed in France, did I meet with success. Every man, however poor or inconsequential he may appear or be, is supposed to possess an estate, and every man of affairs is almost certain to leave behind him domestic, professional, or commercial papers, which are, in some degree, a mark of his attainments and an indication of his character and tastes. In the summer of 1913 I went to France in search of the personal records of the naturalist's father, Lieutenant Jean Audubon, whose home had been at Nantes and in the little commune of Couëron, nine miles below that city, on the right bank of the Loire. The part which Lieutenant Audubon played in the French Revolution was fully revealed in his letters, his reports to the Central Committee, and numerous other documents which are preserved in the archives of the Préfecture at Nantes; while complete records of his naval career both in the merchant marine and governmental service ( service pour l'État ) were subsequently obtained at Paris; but at Nantes his name had all but vanished, and little could be learned of his immediate family, which had been nearly extinct in France for over thirty years. Again the quest seemed likely to prove futile until a letter, which I received through the kindness of Mr. Louis Goldschmidt, then American Consul at Nantes, to M. Giraud Gangie, conservateur of the public library in that city, brought a response, under date of December 29, 1913, informing me that two years before that time, he had met by chance in the streets of Couëron a retired notary who assured him that he held in possession numerous exact records of Jean Audubon and his family. The sage Henry Thoreau once remarked that you might search long and diligently for a rare bird, and then of a sudden surprise the whole family at dinner. So it happened in this case, and since these manuscript records, sought by many in vain on this side of the Atlantic, are so important for this history, the reader is entitled to an account of them. Upon corresponding with the gentleman in question, M. L. Lavigne, I was informed that the documents in his possession were of the most varied description, comprising letters, wills, deeds, certificates of births, baptisms, adoptions, marriages and deaths, to the number, it is believed, of several hundred pieces. This unique and extraordinary collection of Audubonian records had been slumbering in a house in the commune of Couëron called "Les Tourterelles" ("The Turtle Doves") for nearly a hundred years, or since the death of the naturalist's stepmother in 1821. Since I was unable to judge of the authenticity of the documents or to visit France at that time, my friend, Professor Gustav G. Laubscher, who happened to be in Paris, engaged in investigating Romance literary subjects, kindly consented to go to Couëron for the purpose of inspecting them. Monsieur Lavigne had already prepared for me, and still held, a number of photographs of the most important manuscripts, which are now for the first time reproduced, and, with the aid of a stenographer, in the course of two or three days they were able to transcribe the most essential and interesting parts of this voluminous material. But at that very moment sinister clouds were blackening the skies of Europe, and my friend was obliged to leave his task unfinished and hasten to Paris; when he arrived in that city, on the memorable Saturday of August 1, 1914, orders for the mobilization of troops had been posted; it was some time before copies of the manuscripts were received from Couëron, and he left the French capital to return to America. These documents came into the hands of Monsieur Lavigne through his wife, who was a daughter and legatee of Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau, the second, son of Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau, the son-in-law of Lieutenant and Mme. Jean Audubon. Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau, the second, who died at Couëron in 1892, is thought to have destroyed all letters of the naturalist which had been in possession of the family and which were written previous to 1820, when his relations with the elder Du Puigaudeau were broken off; not a line in the handwriting of John James Audubon has been preserved at Couëron. In June and July, 1914, Dr. Laubscher had repeatedly applied to the French Foreign Office, through the American Embassy at Paris, for permission to examine the dossier of Jean Audubon in the archives of the Department of the Marine, in order to verify certain dates in his naval career and to obtain the personal reports which he submitted upon his numerous battles at sea, but at that period of strain it was impossible to gain further access to the papers sought. Having told the story of the way in which these unique and important records came into my possession, I wish to express my gratitude to Professor Laubscher for his able cooperation in securing transcriptions and photographs, and to Monsieur Lavigne for his kind permission to use them, as well as for his careful response to numerous questions which arose in the course of the investigation. In dealing with letters and documents, of whatever kind, in manuscript, I have made it my invariable rule to reproduce the form and substance of the record as it exists as exactly as possible; in translations, however, no attempt has been made to preserve any minor idiosyncrasies of the writer. The source of all scientific, literary or historical material previously published is indicated in footnotes, and the reader will find copious references to hitherto unpublished documents, which in their complete and original form, with or without translations, together with an annotated Bibliography, have been gathered in Appendices at the end of V olume II. For convenience of reference each chapter has been treated as a unit so far as the footnotes are concerned, and the quoted author's name, with the title of his work in addition to the bibliographic number, has been given in nearly every instance. Besides the many coadjutors whose friendly aid has been gladly acknowledged in the body of this work, I now wish to offer my sincere thanks, in particular, to the Misses Maria R. and Florence Audubon, granddaughters of the naturalist, who have shown me many courtesies, and to the Hon. Myron T. Herrick, late American Ambassador to France, for his kindly assistance in obtaining documentary transcripts from the Department of the Marine at Paris. I am under special obligations also to the librarians of the British Museum and Oxford University, the Linnæan and Zoölogical Societies of London, the Jardin des Plantes at Paris, the Public Libraries of Boston and New York, and the libraries of the Historical Societies of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Louisiana, as well as to the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy of Harvard University, and to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, for photographs of paintings and other objects, for permission to read or copy manuscripts, and for favors of various sorts. Furthermore, I am indebted to the good offices of Mr. Ferdinand Lathrop Mayer, Secretary of Legation, Port-au-Prince, and of M. Fontaine, American Consular Agent at Les Cayes, Haiti, for a series of photographs made expressly to represent Les Cayes as it appears today. I would also acknowledge the courtesy of the Corporation of Trinity Parish, New York, through Mr. Pendleton Dudley, for an excellent photograph of the Audubon Monument. I cannot express too fully my appreciation of the hearty response which the publishers of these volumes have given to every question concerned with their presentation in an adequate and attractive form, and particularly to Mr. Francis G. Wickware, of D. Appleton and Company, to whose knowledge, skill, and unabated interest the reader, like myself, is indebted in manifold ways. My friend, Mr. Ruthven Deane, well known for his investigations in Auduboniana and American ornithological literature, has not only read the proofs of the text, but has generously placed at my disposal many valuable notes, references, pictures, letters and other documents, drawn from his own researches and valuable personal collections. I wish to express in the most particular manner also my appreciation of the generous spirit in which Mr. Joseph Y. Jeanes has opened the treasures in his possession, embracing not only large numbers of hitherto unpublished letters, but an unrivaled collection of early unpublished Audubonian drawings, for the enrichment and embellishment of these pages. For the loan or transcription of other original manuscript material, or for supplying much needed data of every description, I am further most indebted to Mr. Welton H. Rozier, of St. Louis; Mr. Tom J. Rozier, of Ste. Geneviève; Mr. C. A. Rozier, of St. Louis; the Secretary of the Linnæan Society of London, through my friend, Mr. George E. Bullen, of St. Albans; Mr. Henry R. Rowland of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, of Buffalo; Mr. William Beer, of the Howard Memorial Library, of New Orleans; and Mr. W. H. Wetherill, of Philadelphia. For the use of new photographic and other illustrative material, I am further indebted to Mr. Stanley Clisby Arthur, of the Conservation Commission of Louisiana, and to Cassinia , the medium of publication of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. Through the kindness of Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons I have been permitted to draw rather freely from Audubon and His Journals , by Miss Maria R. Audubon and Elliott Coues, and to reproduce three portraits therefrom; original photographs of two of these have been kindly supplied by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt. I also owe to the courtesy of the Girard Trust Company, of Philadelphia, the privilege of quoting certain letters contained in William Healey Dall's Spencer Fullerton Baird To my esteemed colleague, Professor Benjamin P. Bourland, I am under particular obligations for his invaluable aid in revising translations from the French and in the transliteration of manuscripts, as well as for his kindly assistance in correspondence on related subjects. I have derived much benefit also from my sister, Miss Elizabeth A. Herrick, who has made many valuable suggestions. To all others who have aided me by will or deed in the course of this work I wish to express my cordial thanks. F RANCIS H. H ERRICK Western Reserve University, Cleveland. July 2, 1917. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I PAGE P REFACE vii C HRONOLOGY xxv CHAPTER I I NTRODUCTION Audubon's growing fame—Experience in Paris in 1828—Cuvier's patronage—Audubon's publications—His critics—His talents and accomplishments—His Americanism and honesty of purpose—His foibles and faults—Appreciations and monuments—The Audubon Societies—Biographies and autobiography—Robert Buchanan and the true history of his Life of Audubon 1 CHAPTER II J EAN A UDUBON AND H IS F AMILY Extraordinary career of the naturalist's father—Wounded at fourteen and prisoner of war for five years in England—Service in the French merchant marine and navy—V oyages to Newfoundland and Santo Domingo—His marriage in France—His sea fights, capture and imprisonment in New York—His command at the Battle of Yorktown— Service in America and encounters with British privateers 24 CHAPTER III J EAN A UDUBON AS S ANTO D OMINGO P LANTER AND M ERCHANT Captain Audubon at Les Cayes—As planter, sugar refiner, general merchant and slave dealer, amasses a fortune—His return to France with his children—History of the Santo Domingo revolt—Baron de Wimpffen's experience—Revolution of the whites— Opposition of the abolitionists—Effect of the Declaration of Rights on the mulattoes— The General Assembly drafts a new constitution—First blood drawn between revolutionists and loyalists at Port-au-Prince—Ogé's futile attempt to liberate the mulattoes—Les Cayes first touched by revolution in 1790, four years after the death of Audubon's mother—Emancipation of the mulattoes—Resistance of the whites— General revolt of blacks against whites and the ruin of the colony 36 CHAPTER IV A UDUBON ' S B IRTH , N ATIONALITY , AND P ARENTAGE Les Cayes—Audubon's French Creole mother—His early names—Discovery of the Sanson bill with the only record of his birth—Medical practice of an early day—Birth of Muguet, Audubon's sister—Fougère and Muguet taken to France—Audubon's adoption and baptism—His assumed name—Dual personality in legal documents— Source of published errors—Autobiographic records—Rise of enigma and tradition— The Marigny myth 52 CHAPTER V L IEUTENANT A UDUBON AS R EVOLUTIONIST Background of Audubon's youth—Nantes in Revolution—Revolt in La Vendée—Siege of Nantes—Reign of terror under Carrier—Plague robbing the guillotine—Flight of the population—Execution of Charette—The Chouan raid—Citizen Audubon's service— He reenters the navy and takes a prize from the English—His subsequent naval career —His losses in Santo Domingo—His service and rank—Retires on a pension—His death—His character and appearance 73 CHAPTER VI S CHOOL D AYS IN F RANCE Molding of Audubon's character—Factor of environment—Turning failure into success— An indulgent step-mother—The truant—His love of nature—Early drawings and discipline—Experience at Rochefort—Baptized in the Roman Catholic Church 90 CHAPTER VII F IRST V ISIT TO THE U NITED S TATES , AND L IFE AT "M ILL G ROVE " Audubon is sent to the United States to learn English and enter trade—Taken ill— Befriended by the Quakers—Settles at "Mill Grove" farm—Its history and attractions —Studies of American birds begun—Engagement to Lucy Bakewell—Sports and festivities 98 CHAPTER VIII D ACOSTA AND THE "M ILL G ROVE " M INE Advent of a new agent at "Mill Grove"—Dacosta becomes guardian to young Audubon and exploits a neglected lead mine on the farm—Correspondence of Lieutenant Audubon and Dacosta—Quarrel with Dacosta—Audubon's return to France 113 CHAPTER IX A UDUBON ' S L AST V ISIT TO HIS H OME IN F RANCE Life at Couëron—Friendship of D'Orbigny—Drawings of French birds—D'Orbigny's troubles—Marriage of Rosa Audubon—The Du Puigaudeaus—Partnership with Ferdinand Rozier—Their Articles of Association—They sail from Nantes, are overhauled by British privateers, but land safely at New York—Settle at "Mill Grove" 127 CHAPTER X "L A G ERBETIÈRE " OF Y ESTERDAY AND T ODAY Home of Audubon's youth at Couëron—Its situation on the Loire—History of the villa and commune—Changes of a century 136 CHAPTER XI F IRST V ENTURES IN B USINESS AT N EW Y ORK , AND S EQUEL TO THE "M ILL G ROVE " M INE Audubon and Rosier at "Mill Grove"—Their partnership rules—Attempts to form a mining company lead to disappointment—Decision to sell their remaining interests in "Mill Grove" to Dacosta—Division of the property and legal entanglements—Audubon as a clerk in New York—Business correspondence and letters to his father—Later history of the lead mine and Dacosta—Audubon continues his drawings in New York and works for Dr. Mitchell's Museum—Forsakes the counting-room for the fields— Personal sketch 146 CHAPTER XII E ARLY D RAWINGS IN F RANCE AND A MERICA Child and man—His ideals, perseverance and progress—Study under David at Paris— David's pupils and studios—David at Nantes arouses the enthusiasm of its citizens— His part in the Revolution—His art and influence over Audubon—Audubon's drawings of French birds—Story of the Edward Harris collection— The Birds of America in the bud—Audubon's originality, style, methods, and mastery of materials and technique— His problem and how he solved it—His artistic defects 173 CHAPTER XIII A UDUBON ' S M ARRIAGE AND S ETTLEMENT IN THE W EST Audubon and Rozier decide to start a pioneer store at Louisville, Kentucky—Their purchase of goods in New York—"Westward Ho" with Rozier—Rozier's diary of the journey—An unfortunate investment in indigo—Effect of the Embargo Act—Marriage to Lucy Bakewell—Return to Louisville—Life on the Ohio—Depression of trade— William Bakewell's assistance—Audubon's eldest son born at the "Indian Queen"— The Bakewells—Life at Louisville 186 CHAPTER XIV A M EETING OF R IVALS , AND S KETCH OF A NOTHER P IONEER Alexander Wilson and his American Ornithology —His canvassing tour of 1810—His retort to a Solomon of the bench—Descriptions of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Louisville —Meeting with Audubon—Journey to New Orleans—Youth in Scotland—Weaver, itinerant peddler, poet and socialist—Sent to jail for libel—Emigrates to the United States—Finally settles as a school teacher near Philadelphia—His friendships with Bartram and Lawson—Disappointments in love—Early studies of American birds— His drawings, thrift, talents and genius—Publication of his Ornithology —His travels, discouragements and success—His premature death—Conflicting accounts of the visit to Audubon given by the two naturalists—Rivalry between the friends of Wilson, dead, and those of Audubon, living—The controversy which followed—An evasive "Flycatcher"—Singular history of the Mississippi Kite plate 202 CHAPTER XV E XPERIMENTS IN T RADE ON THE F RONTIER The Ohio a hundred years ago—Hardships of the pioneer trader—Audubon's long journeys by overland trail or river to buy goods—The "ark" and keelboat—Chief pleasures of the naturalist at Louisville—The partners move their goods by flatboat to Henderson, Kentucky, and then to Ste. Geneviève (Missouri)—Held up by the ice— Adventures with the Indians—Mississippi in flood—Camp at the Great Bend— Abundance of game—Breaking up of the ice—Settle at Ste. Geneviève—The partnership dissolved—Audubon's return to Henderson—Rozier's successful career— His old store at Ste. Geneviève 233 CHAPTER XVI A UDUBON ' S M ILL AND F INAL R EVERSES IN B USINESS Dr. Rankin's "Meadow Brook Farm"—Birth of John Woodhouse Audubon—The Audubon-Bakewell partnership—Meeting with Nolte—Failure of the commission business—Visit to Rozier—Storekeeping at Henderson—Purchases of land—Habits of frontier tradesmen—Steamboats on the Ohio—Popular pastimes—Audubon-Bakewell- Pears partnership—Their famous steam mill—Mechanical and financial troubles— Business reorganization—Bankruptcy general—Failure of the mill—Personal encounter—Audubon goes to jail for debt 247 CHAPTER XVII T HE E NIGMA OF A UDUBON ' S L IFE AND THE H ISTORY OF H IS F AMILY IN F RANCE Death of Lieutenant Audubon—Contest over his will—Disposition of his estate—The fictitious $17,000—Unsettled claims of Formon and Ross—Illusions of biographers— Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau—Audubon's relations with the family in France broken —Death of the naturalist's stepmother—The Du Puigaudeaus—Sources of "enigma." 262 CHAPTER XVIII E ARLY E PISODES OF W ESTERN L IFE Methods of composition—"A Wild Horse"—Henderson to Philadelphia in 1811— Records of Audubon and Nolte, fellow travelers, compared—The great earthquakes— The hurricane—The outlaw—Characterization of Daniel Boone—Desperate plight on the prairie—Regulator law in action—Frontier necessities—The ax married to the grindstone 273 CHAPTER XIX A UDUBON AND R AFINESQUE The "Eccentric Naturalist" at Henderson—Bats and new species—The demolished violin —"M. de T.": Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (Schmaltz)—His precocity, linguistic acquirements and peripatetic habits—First visit to America and botanical studies— Residence in Sicily, and fortune made in the drug trade—Association with Swainson— Marriage and embitterment—His second journey to America ends in shipwreck— Befriended—Descends Ohio in a flat-boat—Visit with Audubon, who gives him many strange "new species"—Cost to zoölogy—His unique work on Ohio fishes— Professorship in Transylvania University—Quarrel with its president and trustees— Return to Philadelphia—His ardent love of nature; his writings, and fatal versatility— His singular will—His sad end and the ruthless disposition of his estate 285 CHAPTER XX A UDUBON ' S Æ NEID , 1819-1824: W ANDERINGS T HROUGH THE W EST AND S OUTH Pivotal period in Audubon's career—His spur and balance wheel—Resort to portraiture —Taxidermist in the Western Museum—Settles in Cincinnati—History of his relations with Dr. Drake—Decides to make his avocation his business—Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi with Mason and Cummings—Experiences of travel without a cent of capital—Life in New Orleans—Vanderlyn's recommendation—Original drawings— Chance meeting with Mrs. Pirrie and engagement as tutor at "Oakley"—Enchantments of West Feliciana—"My lovely Miss Pirrie"—The jealous doctor—Famous drawing of the rattlesnake—Leaves St. Francisville and is adrift again in New Orleans—Obtains pupils in drawing and is joined by his family—Impoverished, moves to Natchez, and Mrs. Audubon becomes a governess—Injuries to his drawings—The labors of years destroyed by rats—Teaching in Tennessee—Parting with Mason—First lessons in oils —Mrs. Audubon's school at "Beechwoods"—Painting tour fails—Stricken at Natchez —At the Percys' plantation—Walk to Louisville—Settles at Shippingport 301 CHAPTER XXI D ÉBUT AS A N ATURALIST Makes his bow at Philadelphia—Is greeted with plaudits and cold water—Friendship of Harlan, Sully, Bonaparte and Harris—Hostility of Ord, Lawson and other friends of Alexander Wilson—A meeting of academicians—Visit to "Mill Grove"—Exhibits drawings in New York and becomes a member of the Lyceum—At the Falls of Niagara —In a gale on Lake Erie—Episode at Meadville—Walk to Pittsburgh—Tour of Lakes Ontario and Champlain—Decides to take his drawings to Europe—Descends the Ohio in a skiff—Stranded at Cincinnati—Teaching at St. Francisville 327 CHAPTER XXII T O E UROPE AND S UCCESS Audubon sails from New Orleans—Life at sea—Liverpool—The Rathbones—Exhibition of drawings an immediate success—Personal appearance—Painting habits resumed— His pictures and methods—Manchester visited—Plans for publication— The Birds of America —Welcome at Edinburgh—Lizars engraves the Turkey Cock—In the rôle of society's lion—His exhibition described by a French critic—Honors of science and the arts—Contributions to journals excite criticism—Aristocratic patrons—Visit to Scott —The Wild Pigeon and the rattlesnake—Letter to his wife—Prospectus—Journey to London 347 CHAPTER XXIII A UDUBON IN L ONDON Impressions of the metropolis—A trunk full of letters—Friendship of Children—Sir Thomas Lawrence—Lizars stops work—A family of artists—Robert Havell, Junior — The Birds of America fly to London—The Zoölogical Gallery—Crisis in the naturalist's affairs—Royal patronage—Interview with Gallatin—Interesting the Queen —Desertion of patrons—Painting to independence—Personal habits and tastes— Enters the Linnæan Society—The white-headed Eagle—Visit to the great universities —Declines to write for magazines—Audubon-Swainson correspondence—"Highfield Hall" near Tyttenhanger—In Paris with Swainson—Glimpses of Cuvier—His report on The Birds of America —Patronage of the French Government and the Duke of Orleans —Bonaparte the naturalist 377 CHAPTER XXIV F IRST V ISIT TO A MERICA IN S EARCH OF N EW B IRDS Settles for a time in Camden—Paints in a fisherman's cottage by the sea—With the lumbermen in the Great Pine Woods—Work done—Visits his sons—Joins his wife at St. Francisville—Record of journey south—Life at "Beechgrove"—Mrs. Audubon retires from teaching—Their plans to return to England—Meeting with President Jackson and Edward Everett 420 CHAPTER XXV A UDUBON ' S L ETTERPRESS AND I TS R IVALS Settlement in London—Starts on canvassing tour with his wife—Change of plans—In Edinburgh—Discovery of MacGillivray—His hand in the Ornithological Biography —Rival editions of Wilson and Bonaparte—Brown's extraordinary Atlas —Reception of the Biography —Joseph Bartholomew Kidd and the Ornithological Gallery—In London again 437