Cika wannan jumla:
An ba shi izinin zama tare da iyalinsa a Indian Key a cikin Florida Keys a ƙarshen 1838. Yayin da yake zaune a Indian Key, Perrine ya fara shuka shuka a kan Lower Matecumbe Key. Ya kuma ziyarci mazaunin a Key Vaca don kula da Bahamians da ke zaune a can, kuma don ƙoƙarin shawo kansu su yi girma wasu tsire-tsire masu tsire-tsire da yake ƙoƙarin kafawa a Florida. A watan Afrilu, 1840, Perrine ya shafe kwanaki da yawa a kusa da Cape Sable da shuka tsaba duk da kasancewar Seminoles a yankin (ƙungiyarsa ta iya ganin hasken wuta a wani dare yayin da suke zango a kan Cape).