Indians settlers clearing 

 disappear misfortune 



Once there were no white people in America. 

 Only Indians lived here. 

 There were no cities and towns then. 

 The whole land was covered with forests. 

 The first thing that the white settlers did 

 was to cut down some trees. 



They called this making a " clearing." 



I Out of the trees they built their log-cabins. 

 At last the forest began to disappear. 

 This was a misfortune. 

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