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Slowly the emigrant trains made their way through roadless regions. They had to ford rivers, wade through swamps, and cut paths through thick forests. Weeks, and even months, were spent on journeys which are now accomplished in less than twenty four hours. SLOWLY THE EMIGRANT TRAINS MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH ROADLESS REGIONS THEY HAD TO FORD RIVERS WADE THROUGH SWAMPS AND CUT PATHS THROUGH THICK FORESTS WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS WERE SPENT ON JOURNEYS WHICH ARE NOW ACCOMPLISHED IN LESS THAN TWENTY FOUR HOURS
rful 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. 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. EP 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 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
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