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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
ith three companions, set off on foot for Fort Frontenac, to trudge through thickets and for- 1680 Mar. ests, to wade through marshes and melting snows, having for his pathway the ridge of highlands which divide the basin of the Ohio from that of the lakes,— without drink, except water from the brooks,—without food, except supplies from the gun. Of his thoughts, on that long journey, no record exists. During the absence of La Salle, Louis Hennepin, bearing the calumet, and accompanied by Du Gay and Michael d'accault, as oarsmen, followed the Illinois to its junction with the Mississippi; and, invoking the guidance of St. Anthony of Padua, ascended the mighty stream far beyond the mouth of the Wisconsin—as he falsely held forth, far enough to discover its source. The great falls in the river, which he describes with reasonable accuracy, were named from the chosen patron of the expedition. On a tree near the cataract, the Franciscan engraved the cross, and the arms of France; and, <
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXIII (search)
es were made by herdsmen, who pastured beeves upon canes and natural grasses; and the cattle, hardly kept from running wild, were now and then rallied at central Cowpens. Thus, unheeded of the savage, herdsmen were the pioneers of colonization in the wilderness of Carolina. Philanthropy opened the way beyond the Savannah. The growth of the colonies excited astonishment in England; and a British poet pointed with admiration across the Atlantic:— Lo! swarming southward on rejoicing suns, Gay colonies extend,—the calm retreat Of undeserved distress, the better home Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands. Not built on rapine, servitude, and woe, But bound by social freedom, firm they wise. While the Palatinate poured forth its sons from their devastated fields; while the Scotch, who had made a sojourn in Ireland, abandoned the culture of lands where they were but tenants, and, crowding to America, established themselves as freeholders in almost every part of the United S