THE BEAVERS OF BEAVER 

 CREEK 



JUST below the foot-hills of the " Rockies" 

 lived a plainsman with his Indian wife 

 " Bright-Eyes " and their children. Near 

 their home ran a stream of clear water. Along 

 its banks grew many cottonwood trees, willows, 

 alders and plum bushes. Around the trees 

 gracefully twined wild cucumber, hop and grape 

 vines with their long tendrils reaching from the 

 branches of one tree to another, forming a beau- 

 tiful bower among which both birds and beasts 

 of the plains found welcome retreat. The 

 creek, and the trees surrounding it, were the 

 only ones to be seen for many miles on the un- 

 dulating prairie, broken here and there with a 

 deep canon and its banks, during the summer 

 months, covered with beds of beautiful wild 

 roses. 



