Cooken

"I was a-thinken, Sary, I’d hev to go to town an’ git a pile uv things—cups an’ sassers, an’ a broom, an’ a washbasin, an’ an ile lamp an’ some ile, an’ some cooken doens, an’ shirten, an’ a stone jug to carry water up to the clearen when I’m to work thar, an’ some hoss powders, an’ gardenen seeds, an’ a nice big stove with tin fixens, and cooken tricks; […]"

"Mr. Scott says Dr. Ayers treated them very nicely; he exhibited his fish, showed them how he fed them, caught a couple of fine ones and had them cooken for their dinner, and altogether entertained them in a very hospitable and courteous manner."