CHAPTER I 



INDIANS GATHERING WILD RICE, N. MINNESOTA 



I HE home of primeval man was 

 by the waterside. The springs 

 quenched his thirst. The bays 

 afforded his most dependable 

 supply of animal food. Stream- 

 haunting, furbearing animals 

 furnished his clothing. The 

 rivers were his highways. Water 



sports were a large part of his recreation; and the 

 glorious beauty of mirroring surfaces and green flower- 

 decked shores were the manna of his simple soul. 



The circumstances of modern life have largely 

 removed mankind from the waterside, and common 

 needs have found other sources of supply; but the 



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