5 Chapter 3 Planting the First Seeds

Chapter 3 Planting the First Seeds When he was twenty-three years old, Johnny made his move. No one knows why he finally decided to head west. Maybe he'd heard that the Holland Land Company was selling land in Pennsylvania. Maybe he'd heard promises that treaties with the Native Americans had made travel safer.

第3章播下第一颗种子乔尼23岁时，他开始了自己的行动。 没人知道他为什么最终决定向西走。 也许他听说荷兰土地公司正在宾夕法尼亚州出售土地。 也许他听说过与印第安人签订的条约使旅行更加安全。

Whatever his reason, he began hiking west toward Pennsylvania in 1797. His supplies included a gun, an ax, and a bag of food. He walked barefoot and probably stuck to smaller trails, which he liked better than main roads. Several new towns were forming in the Pennsylvania wilderness. River transportation was easier than overland transportation in those days. So most early settlements began along rivers. Johnny headed for the town of Warren on the Allegheny River. The weather was good when he started out that November. But as he reached northwestern Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains, it began to

不管出于什么原因，他在1797年开始向西向宾夕法尼亚徒步旅行。 他的装备包括一把枪、一把斧头和一袋食物。 他光着脚走路，可能会坚持走小路，他更喜欢那些小路，而不是大路。 几个新城镇正在宾夕法尼亚的荒野上形成。 在那个时代，水路运输比陆路运输容易。 因此，大多数早期的定居点都是沿着河流开始的。 约翰尼前往阿勒格尼河畔的沃伦镇。 那年11月他出发时天气很好。 但当他到达宾夕法尼亚州西北部的阿勒格尼山脉时，情况开始恶化

snow. He tore cloth strips from his coat, wrapped them around his feet, and walked on. Soon the snow was three feet deep. It was dangerously cold and getting too hard to walk. Johnny pulled branches from nearby beech trees and wove them together. He couldn't stop for long or he'd freeze to death. Quickly, he made a pair of crude snowshoes. He strapped them to his feet and walked out of the snowstorm. When Johnny reached Warren, he discovered it wasn't much of a town. It turned out to be just one

雪。他从外衣上扯下几条布条，包在脚上，继续往前走。 很快雪就积到了三英尺深。 天气很冷，走不动了。 约翰尼从附近的山毛榉树上扯下树枝，把它们编织在一起。 他不能停太久，否则他会冻死的。 很快，他做了一双粗糙的雪鞋。 他把它们绑在脚上，走出了暴风雪。 当约翰尼到达沃伦时，他发现这不是一个很好的小镇。 结果只有一个

log cabin with a land salesman living inside. Still, he was probably glad to find shelter for a while. Johnny had already collected apple seeds from cider mills he passed in Pennsylvania. That winter, he explored the area around Warren in search of a good place to grow apple trees. He didn't aimlessly scatter his apple seeds everywhere, as some people think. He planned to plant small fruit farms called orchards. By the spring, he had chosen a good spot. He planted his first orchard along the Brokenstraw River, which branched off from the Allegheny River just west of Warren. There were rules for claiming land in Pennsylvania. You had to pay for it, for one thing. But that wasn't all. You also had to build a cabin and raise a crop on it. Johnny tried to establish

木屋里住着一个土地推销员。 尽管如此，他还是很高兴能暂时找到庇护。 约翰尼已经从他在宾夕法尼亚州经过的苹果酒厂里收集了苹果籽。 那年冬天，他在沃伦周围地区寻找种植苹果树的好地方。 他并没有像有些人认为的那样，把苹果籽撒得到处都是。 他计划种植被称为果园的小型水果农场。 到了春天，他选了一个好地方。 他沿着布罗肯斯特劳河种植了他的第一个果园，这条河是从沃伦以西的阿勒格尼河支流出来的。 在宾夕法尼亚州，要求土地所有权是有规定的。 首先，你必须为此付出代价。 但这还不是全部。你还必须建造一个小屋，并在上面种植庄稼。 约翰尼试图建立

land claims but found that doing so was hard. Land boundaries were unclear and laws were confusing. So like many other frontier settlers, Johnny became a squatter. That meant he didn't buy or lease land. He planted on land owned by others or on unclaimed government land. Some landowners lived far away and never knew he was using their land. He made deals with other landowners to trade part of his crop for use of their land. Unfortunately, the market for apples wasn't very good in Warren. Within a year, he planted another orchard. It was located fifty miles southwest on the Allegheny River, near the town of Franklin. Many settlers passed through Franklin on their way west. It was a better market for his apples, and he worked there several years. Except for visits from his half brother Nathaniel, Johnny's life was hard and lonely at this time. He slept in hollow trees or under blankets of leaves. One winter, he only had nuts to eat.

土地索赔，但发现这样做很难。 土地边界不明确，法律也令人困惑。 因此，像许多其他拓荒者一样，约翰尼成为了一个擅自占用者。 这意味着他没有购买或租赁土地。 他在别人拥有的土地或无人认领的政府土地上种植作物。 有些地主住得很远，根本不知道他在用他们的土地。 他与其他土地所有者达成协议，用自己的部分作物换取他们的土地。 不幸的是，沃伦的苹果市场不是很好。 不到一年，他又种了一个果园。 它位于阿勒格尼河西南50英里处，靠近富兰克林镇。 许多移民在向西的途中经过富兰克林。 对他的苹果来说，那里是一个更好的市场，他在那里工作了几年。 除了他同父异母的哥哥纳撒尼尔的来访，约翰尼的生活在这个时候是艰难和孤独的。 他睡在树洞里或树叶毯子下。 有一年冬天，他只有坚果吃。

DANIEL BOONE (1734–1820) DANIEL BOONE WAS BORN IN 1734, FORTY YEARS BEFORE JOHNNY APPLESEED. LIKE JOHNNY, HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS LIFE ROAMING THE WOODS OF THE FRONTIER. UNLIKE JOHNNY, DANIEL MADE HIS LIVING HUNTING AND TRAPPING BEAR, DEER, BEAVER, AND OTTERS.

丹尼尔·布恩(1734 - 1820)丹尼尔·布恩出生于1734年，比约翰尼·苹果籽早40年。 像约翰尼一样，他一生的大部分时间都在边境的森林里漫游。 与约翰尼不同的是，丹尼尔以捕猎和诱捕熊、鹿、海狸和水獭为生。