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America Was Still A Land Of Wonder. The Ancient Spell Still Hung Unbroken Over The Wild, Vast World Of Mystery Beyond The Sea,-a Land Of Romance, Adventure, And Gold.

We Were In All Four Men With Eight Animals; For Besides The Spare Horses Led By Shaw And Myself, An Additional Mule Was Driven Along With Us As A Reserve In Case Of Accident.

Spanish Civilization Crushed The Indian. English Civilization Scorned And Neglected Him. French Civilization Embraced And Cherished Him.

We Were Now Arrived At The Close Of Our Solitary Journeyings Along The St. Joseph's Trail.

Faithfulness To The Truth Of History Involves Far More Than A Research, However Patient And Scrupulous, Into Special Facts. Such Facts May Be Detailed With The Most Minute Exactness, And Yet The Narrative, Taken As A Whole, May Be Unmeaning Or Untrue. The Narrator Must Seek To Imbue Himself With The Life And Spirit Of The Time. He Must Study Events In Their Bearings Near And Remote; In The Character, Habits, And Manners Of Those Who Took Part In Them. He Must Himself Be, As It Were, A Sharer Or A Spectator Of The Action He Describes.