70 Trails to Woods and Waters 



round and round, but I finally escaped, all 

 white and foaming with anger. 



" Sometimes the passage leading to the 

 tunnel was shut, but much of the time it was 

 open. 



" When I rushed into this queer box and 

 sent it spinning round and round, it turned 

 other round things, and there was a great 

 humming and roaring in the house above. 



" Finally I understood what an important 

 work I was doing in this mill, which ground 

 the grist for many miles around, then I was 

 glad that I could help. Some days I was 

 obliged to turn the wheels all day long, but it 

 made many people glad. 



" This was the first of a dozen dams that 

 were built upon my course and finally I was 

 made to do many kinds of work. I not only 

 ground corn and wheat, but sawed logs and 

 turned the loom that made cloth to keep men 

 and women warm. Mine has been a useful 

 life, ever since the rock was cleft and I 

 spouted forth into the light of day. 



" After the white man came, the red man. 



