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Of course Nature would at once commence to 

 repair and would again upbuild upon the found- 

 ations left by the fire; such, however, were the 

 climatic and geological conditions that improv- 

 ing changes would come but slowly. In a cen- 

 tury only a good beginning could be made. For 

 years the greater portion of the burn would be 

 uninhabitable by bird or beast; those driven 

 forth by this fire would seek home and food in 

 the neighboring territory, where this influx of 

 population would compel interesting readjust- 

 ments and create bitter strife between the old 

 wild-folk population and the new. 



This fire originated from a camp-fire which a 

 hunting-party had left burning; it lived three 

 weeks and extended eastward from the starting- 

 place. Along most of its course it burned to the 

 timber-line on the left, while rocky ridges, gla- 

 cier meadows, and rock fields stopped its ex- 

 tension and determined the side line on the 

 right; it ran out of the forest and stopped in 

 the grassy Grand River Valley. Across its course 

 were a number of rocky ridges and grassy 

 gorges where the fire could have been easily 



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