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7 revisions | Angelique Fuentes at Apr 22, 2020 08:18 PM | |
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3Salutatory 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 the white man, the movement of the emigrant train, and the extension of our railways, together with the military power of the 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 wilderness, where the sternness of law is upheld at the pistol point, and the white savage and outlaw has become scarcely less dangerous than hid red-skinned predecessor. The story of our country, so far as it concerns life in the vast Rocky Mountain region and on the plains, has never been half told; and romance itself falls far short of the reality when it attempts to depict the career of the little vanguard of pioneers, trappers, and scouts, who, moving always in front, have paved the way, | 3 |