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The immense herds of the buffalo and the elk wandered along them season after season, and the Indian hunters on foot or in canoes trudged along the banks or skimmed the water. Probably a thousand years saw no change that would have been noticeable to our eyes. THE IMMENSE HERDS OF THE BUFFALO AND THE ELK WANDERED ALONG THEM SEASON AFTER SEASON AND THE INDIAN HUNTERS ON FOOT OR IN CANOES TRUDGED ALONG THE BANKS OR SKIMMED THE WATER PROBABLY A THOUSAND YEARS SAW NO CHANGE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICEABLE TO OUR EYES
ests and sometimes great rich cornfields, with here and there a house, here and there villages, and now and then a little town. At every such place all the people of the neighborhood have gathered to greet me. The water-front of the towns would be filled with a dense packed mass of men, women, and children, waving flags. The little villages have not only their own population, but also the farmers who have driven in in their wagons with their wives and children from a dozen miles back--just such farmers as came to see you and the cavalry on your march through Iowa last summer. It is my first trip on the Mississippi, and I am greatly interested in it. How wonderful in its rapidity of movement has been the history of our country, compared with the history of the old world. For untold ages this river had been flowing through the lonely continent, not very greatly changed since the close of the Pleistocene. During all these myriads of years the prairie and the forest came down to its banks. METIMES OVERGROWN WITH FORESTS AND SOMETIMES GREAT RICH CORNFIELDS WITH HERE AND THERE A HOUSE HERE AND THERE VILLAGES AND NOW AND THEN A LITTLE TOWN IN EVERY SUCH PLACE ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE GATHERED TO GREET ME THE WATER FRONT OF THE TOWNS WOULD BE FILLED WITH A DENSE PACKED MASS OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WAVING FLAGS THE LITTLE VILLAGES HAVE NOT ONLY THEIR OWN POPULATION BUT ALSO THE FARMERS WHO HAVE DRIVEN IN THEIR WAGONS WITH THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN FROM A DOZEN MILES BACK JUST SUCH FARMERS AS CAME TO SEE YOU IN THE CAVALRY ON YOUR MARCH THROUGH IOWA LAST SUMMER IT IS MY FIRST TRIP ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND I AM GREATLY INTERESTED IN IT HOW WONDERFUL INSRPIDITY OF MOVEMENT HAS BEEN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY COMPARED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE OLD WORLD FOR UNTOLD AGES THIS RIVER HAD BEEN FLOWING THROUGH THE LONELY CONTINENT NOT VERY GREATLY CHANGED SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE PLEISTO SCENE DURING ALL THESE MYRIADS OF YEARS THE PRAIRIE AND THE FOREST CAME DOWN TO ITS BANKS
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