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So saying, Hans Vanderbum strode away through the forest in the direction of the Shawnee village. "He joys to scour the prairies wide, Upon the bison's trail; To pierce his dark and shaggy hide With darts that never fail. "His is the lion's strength in war, In peace, the lion's rest; And the eagle hath not flown so far As his fame throughout the West."
This band belonged to the chiefs, and composed the whole, or a principal part of the force which he knew they must have outlying somewhere on the prairies, or in the openings. He had sufficiently understood the hints of Pigeonswing to be prepared for such a meeting, and at no time, of late, had he approached a cover, without remembering the possibility of its containing Indians.
In spite of the fact that it abounded in rich bottom-lands and fertile prairies and was destined to become one of the most bountiful orchards of the world, it was reported by early prospectors to be swampy and unfit for cultivation. Though Governor Cass did his best to overcome this prejudice, for years settlers preferred to gather mainly about Detroit, leaving the rich interior to fur-traders.
We knew they would not allow us to approach them for we had seen several bands of them while crossing the prairies, and these would not allow our hunters to get within less than a mile of them.
"You'd like to live in Topeka where the big Kaw river is, and the big trees along its banks, and so much green grass, wouldn't you, Thaine?" "No!" The child's face was quaintly contemptuous. "It's too too choky." The little hand clutched at the fat brown throat. "And the grass is so mussy green, and you can't see to anywhere for the bumpy hills and things. I like our old brown prairies best.
He told them, when we chanced to sit around their fires of an evening, most remarkable stories of field and forest of caribou and seals killed in the North; of vast herds of bison on far Western prairies; of ice-bound winters spent in the Hudson Bay Company's preserves beyond the Lakes; of houses built of oyster-shells and cement on the Carolina coast.
He also decided to accompany them that far in their journey, and see that everything was secured necessary for their long trip across the prairies to St. Paul. As the weather had now become very pleasant for canoeing, several very delightful outings were arranged by Mr and Mrs Ross for the young folks.
Which leads to a suspicion that the Kid's fences needed repairing, and that the adjutant-general's sarcasm had fallen upon unproductive soil. In his camp by the water hole Lieutenant Sandridge announced and reiterated his intention of either causing the Cisco Kid to nibble the black loam of the Frio country prairies or of haling him before a judge and jury. That sounded business-like.
And her mother for once does not scold, for she remembers how she used to love to wander on the prairies, when her heart was as light and happy as her child's. When Wanska was told that the Deer-killer loved Wenona, no one heard her sighs, and for tears, she was too proud to shed any. Wenona's fault had met with ridicule and contempt; there was neither sympathy nor excuse found for her.
In the winter of 1776 Henry, who, together with his party, had received welcome hospitality from the Hudson's Bay Company's station at Cumberland House, resolved to reach the western region known as the Great Plains, or Prairies that immense tract of country through which flow the Athabaska, the Saskatchewan, the Red River, and the Missouri.
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