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Before the great lines of railway were constructed, which now stretch across the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, there was a constant stream of emigration from the East to the West. Large waggons carried the women and children, and the stores of necessary articles, which must be conveyed at all cost, for they could not be obtained in the localities to which the pioneers bent their steps. BEFORE THE GREAT LINES OF RAILWAY WERE CONSTRUCTED WHICH NOW STRETCH ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC THERE WAS A CONSTANT STREAM OF EMIGRATION FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST LARGE WAGONS CARRIED THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THE STORES OF NECESSARY ARTICLES WHICH MUST BE CONVEYED AT ALL COSTS FOR THEY COULD NOT BE OBTAINED IN THE LOCALITIES TO WHICH THE PIONEERS BENT THEIR STEPS
the cracks in the walls, and the howling of wolves made night hideous around them. The children were taught in log schoolhouses, and the people worshipped in log churches. Savage Indians kept the settlers in a state of continual fear. Sometimes they would suddenly surround a solitary house, kill all the inmates, and set fire to the dwelling. Again and again have the children been aroused from their sleep by the fearful Indian war-whoop, which was more dreaded than the howling of the wolves. Even women learned to use guns and other weapons, that they might be able to defend their homes from these savage assaults. The log house villages grew into populous places, and the descendants of the "Pilgrims" were not always satisfied to remain in the cities founded by their forefathers. Wonderful stories were told in the towns of the amazing fruitfulness of the forest and prairie land out West, which induced large numbers to sell their property and set out on the tedious and adventurous journey.  ROOM THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THE WALLS AND THE HOWLING OF WOLVES MADE NIGHT HIDEOUS AROUND THEM THE CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT IN LOG SCHOOLHOUSES AND THE PEOPLE WORSHIPPED IN LOG CHURCHES SAVAGE INDIANS KEPT THE SETTLERS IN A STATE OF CONTINUAL FEAR SOMETIMES THEY WOULD SUDDENLY SURROUND A SOLITARY HOUSE KILL ALL THE INMATES AND SET FIRE TO THE DWELLING AGAIN AND AGAIN HAVE THE CHILDREN BEEN AROUSED FROM THEIR SLEEP BY THE FEARFUL INDIAN WAR WHOOP WHICH WAS MORE DREADED THAN THE HOWLING OF THE WOLVES EVEN WOMEN LEARNED TO USE GUNS AND OTHER WEAPONS THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DEFEND THEIR HOMES FROM THESE SAVAGE ASSAULTS THE LOG HOUSE VILLAGES GREW INTO POPULOUS PLACES AND THE DESCENDANTS OF THE PILGRIMS WERE NOT ALWAYS SATISFIED TO REMAIN IN THE CITIES FOUNDED BY THEIR FOREFATHERS WONDERFUL STORIES WERE TOLD IN THE TOWNS OF THE AMAZING FRUITFULNESS OF THE FOREST AND THE PRAIRIE LAND OUT WEST WHICH INDUCED LARGE NUMBERS TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY AND SET OUT ON THE TEDIOUS AND ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY
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