Quotation by for the State of West Virginia

He is a poor man and has got behind-hand and when that's the case, there is no staying in the settlements; for those varmints, the sheriffs and constables, are worse than the Indians, because you can kill Indians and you dare not kill the sheriffs.
for the State of West Virginia
For the State of West Virginia, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943). Quoting Adam O'Brien, an early-19th-century pioneer. West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State (The WPA Guide to West Virginia), pp. 42-43, in "History," Oxford University Press (1941).

On the problems of the settler c.1800.
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