Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 94
ed theBlackHills. Be-yond these rise the stern barriers of the Rocky Mountains, thelimits, as it were, of the Atlantic world. The ruggeddefiles and deep valleys of this vast chain form shelter-ing places for restless and ferocious bands of savages,many of them the remnants of tribes, once… … 66 A Book of Famous Travels far west; which apparently defies cultivation, and thehabitation of civilized life. Some portions of it alongthe rivers may partially be subdued by agriculture,others may form vast pastoral tracts, like those of theeast; but it is to be feared that a great part of it…
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