A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel from Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad: the Influence of the Indians on the Free Movement and Territorial Unity of the White Race: the Part Played by Travel Methods in the Economic Conquest of the Continent: and Those Related Human Experiences, Changing Social Conditions and Governmental Attitudes which Accompanied the Growth of a National Travel System, Volume 1Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1915 - Frontier and pioneer life |
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Page vii
... of which grew a nation in the social and economic sense - rather than in a political sense - is the foundation history of the country . We have now reached a period sufficiently removed from the pioneer constructive era to see it in its ...
... of which grew a nation in the social and economic sense - rather than in a political sense - is the foundation history of the country . We have now reached a period sufficiently removed from the pioneer constructive era to see it in its ...
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... REACHED THE PROMISED LAND THE FOOD QUESTION SOME EFFECTS OF THE WILDERNESS ROAD ON THE FORTUNES OF THE REVOLTING COLONIES .. ..136 CHAPTER X THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FROM 1775 TO 1800 xii CONTENTS BY CHAPTERS.
... REACHED THE PROMISED LAND THE FOOD QUESTION SOME EFFECTS OF THE WILDERNESS ROAD ON THE FORTUNES OF THE REVOLTING COLONIES .. ..136 CHAPTER X THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FROM 1775 TO 1800 xii CONTENTS BY CHAPTERS.
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... REACHING THE INTERIOR CITIES BY THE PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL - - — ITS EVOLUTION FROM WASHINGTON'S " POTOMAC COMPANY " - JEALOUSIES OF THE STATES INTERESTED IN THE - - PROJECT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECOMES A ...
... REACHING THE INTERIOR CITIES BY THE PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL - - — ITS EVOLUTION FROM WASHINGTON'S " POTOMAC COMPANY " - JEALOUSIES OF THE STATES INTERESTED IN THE - - PROJECT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECOMES A ...
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... REACHED BY IRON TRACKS THE CELEBRA- TIONS OF 1857 . - - - THE ..1062 CHAPTER XLVIII - - GENERAL VIEW OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI JUST BEFORE THE GREAT OVERLAND RUSH TO THE FAR WEST A CON- FUSING AND CHAOTIC HODGE ...
... REACHED BY IRON TRACKS THE CELEBRA- TIONS OF 1857 . - - - THE ..1062 CHAPTER XLVIII - - GENERAL VIEW OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI JUST BEFORE THE GREAT OVERLAND RUSH TO THE FAR WEST A CON- FUSING AND CHAOTIC HODGE ...
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... reached a hundred and fifty feet into the air . Not until a tree was some six or eight feet in diameter was it considered a large one and those that attracted the attention of travellers , and were meas- ured , were ten , twelve and ...
... reached a hundred and fifty feet into the air . Not until a tree was some six or eight feet in diameter was it considered a large one and those that attracted the attention of travellers , and were meas- ured , were ten , twelve and ...
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Page 82 - No State shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such State, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the United States in Congress assembled can be consulted...
Page 141 - My advice to you, sir, is to come or send as soon as possible. Your company is desired greatly, for the people are very uneasy, but are willing to stay and venture their lives with you...
Page 82 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 63 - ... we spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on: We demand nothing in return. But if I go into a white man's house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, where is your money; and if I have none they say, get out, you Indian Dog.
Page 63 - If a white man, in travelling through our country, enters one of our cabins, we all treat him as I do you ; we dry him if he is wet, we warm him if he is cold, and give him meat and drink, that he may allay his...
Page 23 - Thus the Birch Canoe was builded In the valley, by the river, In the bosom of the forest ; And the forest's life was in it, All its mystery and its magic, All the lightness of the birch-tree, All the toughness of the cedar, All the larch's supple sinews; And it floated on the river ; Like a yellow leaf in Autumn, Like a yellow water-lily.
Page 314 - I was alone, three hundred miles from home, without bread, meat, or food of any kind; fire and fishing tackle were my only means of subsistence. I caught trout in the brook and roasted them on the ashes.
Page 256 - THE STEAM-BOAT Is now ready to take Passengers, and is intended to set off from Arch street Ferry in Philadelphia every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for Burlington, Bristol, Bordentown...
Page 312 - Prompted by these actual observations, I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States, from maps and the information of others ; and could not but be struck with the immense extent and importance of it, and with the goodness of that Providence, which has dealt its favors to us with so profuse a hand. Would to God we may have wisdom enough to improve them.