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5SALUTATORY. There is probably no field in modern American history more fascinating in the intensity of its interest than that which is presented on our rapidly extending frontier. The pressure of teh white man, the movement of the emigrant train, and the extension of our railways, together with the military power of teh General Government have in a measure broken down the barriers behind which the Indian fought and defied the advance of civilization; but the West, in many places, is still a scene of wildness where the sternnes of law is upheld at the pistol point and the white savage and outlaw has become scarcely less dangerous than his red-skinned predecessor. The story of our country, so far as it concerns like in the vast Rocky Mountains region and on | 5SALUTATORY. There is probably no field in modern American history more fascinating in the intensity of its interest than that which is presented on our rapidly extending frontier. The pressure of teh white man, the movement of the emigrant train, and the extension of our railways, together with the military power of teh General Government have in a measure broken down the barriers behind which the Indian fought and defied the advance of civilization; but the West, in many places, is still a scene of wildness where the sternnes of law is upheld at the pistol point and the white savage and outlaw has become scarcely less dangerous than his red-skinned predecessor. The story of our country, so far as it concerns like in the vast Rocky Mountains region and on |