From the imintiny by Gary 

 Wat chin,!/ the Fire Canoe. — We are outgrowing tlie possibility of being greatly surprised at any 

 mechanical marvel, since the past half century of progress in invention, and it is impossible for us to ap- 

 preciate fully the stupefaction of the Indians at their fir.st sight of a steamboat. It was to them a great 

 boat on fire, which moved without being paddled, and so was alive 



From the jHiiutinn by Cary 

 (rii.ssin!/ the Plains in J,<>. — Triivel on tlie plains in the days of our grandparents and great- 

 grandparents was not without its threats of peril. There was the excitement of hunting the buflfalo, an- 

 telope, and grizzly bear on the way ; and especially to be considered was the danger from encounters 

 with Indians 



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