{264} Movers _for People in the act of removing from one place to another._ Fresh --_Flood in a river._ Bos --_Master._ Hired Girl --_Servant Girl._ Hired Man --_Servant Man._ Reach --_A part of a river that continues for a considerable distance nearly in a straight line._ Raised --_Bred or reared, the participle passive of to breed, (frequently applied to the human species.)_ Tot --_Carry. This is said to be of negro origin._ Carry the horse to water --_To take or lead the horse to the water._ Chores --_Probably derived from chars; little, odd, detached or miscellaneous pieces of business._ Rowdy --_Blackguard._ Truck --_Culinary vegetables; sometimes applied to baggage._ A Machinery --_A Machine._ Floy --_Dirty or foul._ Clever --_Honest, or of good disposition._ Creature --_Horse._ Rooster, or he-bird --_Cock, the male of the hen._ FOOTNOTES: [134] Charlestown, first settled in 1808, is near the centre of Clark County, twelve miles north of Jeffersonville, and has always been the county seat.--ED. [135] This was Benjamin Parke, a leading man in Indiana under both territorial and state governments. Emigrating from his native state, New Jersey, in 1797, he came first to Lexington, where he studied law, then removed to Vincennes in 1801. He was chosen the first territorial delegate to Congress, but resigned (1808) to become a territorial judge. Upon the admission of Indiana to the Union, he was appointed by President Madison United States district judge with circuit court powers, a position held until his death in 1835. He took part in the battle of Tippecanoe, and was for several years an Indian agent.--ED. [136] The capital of Indiana Territory was moved from Vincennes to Corydon in 1813, and remained there until 1825 (see _ante_, note 100). Corydon is near the center of Harrison County, twenty-five miles west of Louisville.--ED.