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Excerpt from Pictorial Abingdon: A Souvenir History of Abingdon, Illinois; Containing a History of the City, Churches, Schools, Colleges Factories, Business Houses and Residences; Together With a Memoir of Dr. Madison Reece, M. D
Indian was friendly and showed him the haunts of the beaver and deer. Taught him how to trap the wily fox. And learned him all the mysterious art of woodcraft. vinter finally yielded to the gentle persuasion of the South winds, and at the magic breath of Spring, the creeks unlaxed their icy firm ness, the green again ap peared on the hill side and soon the meadow was all one glorious ?ower garden. Gorgeous in its red and white. Other white wagons prairie schooners, they called them - came to this para dise and stopped. Soon a settlement was estab lished. The Red man was pushed farther and was finally lost to sight behind the W''estern hills. The land was all rapidly cleared and from the meadow and trackless forest, a farming tract was made that is not surpassed in all the world.
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Indian was friendly and showed him the haunts of the beaver and deer. Taught him how to trap the wily fox. And learned him all the mysterious art of woodcraft. vinter finally yielded to the gentle persuasion of the South winds, and at the magic breath of Spring, the creeks unlaxed their icy firm ness, the green again ap peared on the hill side and soon the meadow was all one glorious ?ower garden. Gorgeous in its red and white. Other white wagons prairie schooners, they called them - came to this para dise and stopped. Soon a settlement was estab lished. The Red man was pushed farther and was finally lost to sight behind the W''estern hills. The land was all rapidly cleared and from the meadow and trackless forest, a farming tract was made that is not surpassed in all the world.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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