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Identifier: youngfolkslibrar09aldr (find matches)
Title: Young folks library
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: Boston, CT : Hall and Locke
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Joliet himself, with whom I had oftentravelld upon the River St. Laurence, I askd himwhether he had been as far as the Akansas? ThatGentleman answerd me. That the Outtaouats had oftenspoke to him of those Monsters; but that he had nevergone farther than the Hurons and Outtaouats, withwhom he had remaind to exchange our European Com-modities with their Furrs. He added, That the Savageshad told him, that it was not safe to go down theRiver, because of the Spaniards. But notwithstandingthis Report, I have found no-where upon that Riverany Mark, as Crosses, and the like, that could per-suade me that the Spaniards had been there; and theSavages inhabiting the Meschasipi would not haveexpressd such Admiration as they did when theysaw us, if they had seen any Europeans before. Illexamine this Question more at large in my SecondVolume. . . . From thirty Leagues below Maroa, down to the Sea,the Banks of the Meschasipi are full of Reeds or Canes;but we observd about forty places, where one may
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«<1 Got into the Canow, and W^i.m^ v.\ W \ 11 r to theVillage of the Akansas. Niagara and the Mississippi 265 Land with great Facility. The River overflows itsBanks now and then; but the Inundation is not veryconsiderable, because of the Uttle Hills which stop itsWaters. The Country beyond those Hills is the finestthat ever I saw, it being a Plain, whose Bounds I dontknow, adornd now and then with some Hills andEminences coverd with fine Trees, making the rarestProspect in the World. The Banks of the small Riversflowing thro the Plain, are planted with Trees, whichseem to have been disposed into that curious Order bythe Art of Men; and they are plentifully stockd withFish, as well as the Meschasipi. The Crocodiles arevery dangerous upon this great River, as I have alreadyobservd; and they devour a Man if they can surprizehim; but tis easie to avoid them, for they dont swimafter Men, nor follow them a-shoar. The Country affords all sorts of Game, as Turkey-Cocks, Turtle-Doves, and

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