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Then the change came with a rush. Our settlers reached the head waters of the Ohio, and flatboats and keel boats began to go down to the mouth of the Mississippi, and the Indians and the game they followed began their last great march to the west. THEN THE CHANGE CAME WITH A RUSH OUR SETTLERS REACHED THE HEADWATERS OF THE OHIO AND FLATBOATS AND KEEL BOATS BEGAN TO GO DOWN TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE INDIANS IN THE GAME THEY FOLLOWED BEGAN THEIR LAST GREAT MARCH TO THE WEST
try, 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. 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. Then three centuries ago began the work of change. For a century its effects were not perceptible. Just nothing but an occasional French fleet or wild half savage French-Canadian explorer passing up or down the river or one of its branches in an Indian canoe; then the first faint changes, the building of one or two little French fur traders' hamlets, the passing of one or two British officers' boats, and the very rare appearance of the uncouth American backwoodsman. Y 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 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 THEN THREE CENTURIES AGO BEGAN THE WORK OF CHANGE FOR A CENTURY ITS EFFECTS WERE NOT PERCEPTIBLE JUST NOTHING BUT AN OCCASIONAL FRENCH FLEET OR A WILD HALF SAVAGE FRENCH CANADIAN EXPLORER PASSING UP OR DOWN THE RIVER OR ONE OF ITS BRANCHES IN AN INDIAN CANOE THEN THE FIRST FAINT CHANGES THE BUILDING OF ONE OR TWO LITTLE FRENCH FUR TRADERS HAMLETS THE PASSING OF ONE OR TWO BRITISH OFFICERS BOATS AND THE VERY RARE APPEARANCE OF THE UNCOUTH AMERICAN BACKWOODSMAN
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