A history of travel in America : showing the development of travel and transportation from the crude methods of the canoe and the dog-sled to the highly organized railway systems of the present, together with a narrative of the human experiences and changing social conditions that accompanied this economic conquest of the continent (1915)
A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA designated paths; and still others to which access could be rightfully and safely gained only by passport. From the establishment of constitutional government the Republic conceded that the various nations and tribes of red natives were separate peoples vested with… … 129.— Indian traders and others who were confronted by the necessity of winter travel sometimes used sleds drawn by dogs while getting about the country now embraced in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Unless they employed dogs they had to go on snow-shoes. The “North West” meant by the engraver was the…
Transportation -- United States -- History · Frontier and pioneer life -- United States
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