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There rose through the clear air a confused clattering and rumbling from this great mass of humanity, with the creaking of wheels and the neighing of horses. Loud as it was, it was not sufficient to rouse the two tired wayfarers above them. THERE ROSE THROUGH THE CLEAR AIR A CONFUSED CLATTERING AND RUMBLING FROM THIS GREAT MASS OF HUMANITY WITH THE CREAKING OF WHEELS AND THE NEIGHING OF HORSES LOUD AS IT WAS IT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ROUSE THE TWO TIRED WAYFARERS ABOVE THEM
clusion that one of those great herds of bisons which graze upon the prairie land was approaching him. This was obviously impossible in these arid wilds. As the whirl of dust drew nearer to the solitary bluff upon which the two castaways were reposing, the canvas-covered tilts of waggons and the figures of armed horsemen began to show up through the haze, and the apparition revealed itself as being a great caravan upon its journey for the West. But what a caravan! When the head of it had reached the base of the mountains, the rear was not yet visible on the horizon. Right across the enormous plain stretched the straggling array, waggons and carts, men on horseback, and men on foot. Innumerable women who staggered along under burdens, and children who toddled beside the waggons or peeped out from under the white coverings. This was evidently no ordinary party of immigrants, but rather some nomad people who had been compelled from stress of circumstances to seek themselves a new country. VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT ONE OF THOSE GREAT HERDS OF BISONS WHICH GRAZE UPON THE PRAIRIE LAND WAS APPROACHING HIM THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE ARID WILDS AS THE WHIRL OF DUST DREW NEARER TO THE SOLITARY BLUFF UPON WHICH THE TWO CASTAWAYS WERE REPOSING THE CANVAS COVERED TILTS OF WAGONS AND THE FIGURES OF ARMED HORSEMEN BEGAN TO SHOW UP THROUGH THE HAZE AND THE APPARITION REVEALED ITSELF AS BEING A GREAT CARAVAN UPON ITS JOURNEY FOR THE WEST BUT WHAT A CARAVAN WHEN THE HEAD OF IT HAD REACHED THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAINS THE REAR WAS NOT YET VISIBLE ON THE HORIZON RIGHT ACROSS THE ENORMOUS PLAINS STRETCHED THE STRAGGLING ARRAY WAGONS AND CARTS MEN ON HORSEBACK AND MEN ON FOOT INNUMERABLE WOMEN WHO STAGGERED ALONG UNDER BURDENS AND CHILDREN WHO TODDLED BESIDE THE WAGONS OR PEEPED OUT FROM UNDER THE WHITE COVERINGS THIS WAS EVIDENTLY NO ORDINARY PARTY OF IMMIGRANTS BUT RATHER SOME NOMAD PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN COMPELLED FROM STRESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES TO SEEK THEMSELVES A NEW COUNTRY
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