August 31.—Starts with Rozier for Louisville, where they open a pioneer store.
Their business suffers from the Embargo Act.
1808
June 12.—Married to Lucy Bakewell at "Fatland Ford," her father's farm near Philadelphia, and returns with his bride to Louisville.
1809
June 12.—Victor Gifford Audubon born at Gwathway's hotel, the "Indian Queen," in Louisville.
1810
March.—Alexander Wilson, pioneer ornithologist, visits Audubon at Louisville.
Moves down river with Rozier to Redbanks (Henderson), Kentucky.
December.—Moves with Rozier again, and is held up by ice at the mouth of the Ohio and at the Great Bend of the Mississippi, where they spend the winter.