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Not only was the chopping down of the forests the first preliminary to cultivation ,
but it was also the surest means of subduing the Indians , to whom the unending
stretches of choked woodland were an impenetrable cover behind which to ...
Not only was the chopping down of the forests the first preliminary to cultivation ,
but it was also the surest means of subduing the Indians , to whom the unending
stretches of choked woodland were an impenetrable cover behind which to ...
Page 8
The families only lived in the fort when there was war with the Indians , and even
then not in the winter . At other times they all separated out to their own farms ,
universally called clearings , as they were always made by first cutting off the ...
The families only lived in the fort when there was war with the Indians , and even
then not in the winter . At other times they all separated out to their own farms ,
universally called clearings , as they were always made by first cutting off the ...
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... and the cooper work was well done . Chaff beds were thrown on the floor of the
loft , if the house - owner was well off . Each cabin had a hand - mill and a hominy
block ; the last was borrowed from the Indians , THE BACKGROUND 11.
... and the cooper work was well done . Chaff beds were thrown on the floor of the
loft , if the house - owner was well off . Each cabin had a hand - mill and a hominy
block ; the last was borrowed from the Indians , THE BACKGROUND 11.
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block ; the last was borrowed from the Indians , and was only a large block of
wood , with a hole burned in the top , as a mortar , where the pestle was worked .
If there were any sugar maples accessible , they were tapped every year . The life
...
block ; the last was borrowed from the Indians , and was only a large block of
wood , with a hole burned in the top , as a mortar , where the pestle was worked .
If there were any sugar maples accessible , they were tapped every year . The life
...
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Such training stood the frontier folk in good stead when they were pitted against
the Indians ; without it they could not even have held their own , and the white
advance would have been absolutely checked . Our frontiers were pushed ...
Such training stood the frontier folk in good stead when they were pitted against
the Indians ; without it they could not even have held their own , and the white
advance would have been absolutely checked . Our frontiers were pushed ...
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| Title | The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches Volume 3 of Publications of the Roosevelt Memorial Association Volume 272 of Riverside literature series Issue 3 of Roosevelt memorial association |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Editor | John Ashby Lester |
| Compiled by | Hermann Hagedorn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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