The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-09-08
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Alr5NEAroLIs, MISN,,
Aurust 26.h, 1868.

MIA of telling everything know, and
having-since ! wrote you Iast-''seen
sights never saw before" you will par
don my loyish fancy, il | tell you all
about them. The woods, the great
woods Of Minnesota, have associated with
them tsometlling OF melancholy interest,
not to say Of horror Here for centuries
has been the home Of the red man. Be
meath their shadows has hn planned his
expeditions Of murder and revenge aud
out Of their dark recesscs has he sailed
upon his errands of boui. Some Of liza
race are still lelt, unfortunate and friend
lcss strapglors before the light Of ihat
civilization which they can neither ap-
preciate nor understand, and which is
destined to confound and annihilAtc them
all. These great forests are only fracs
ton oi that unbrokeu wilderness which
once extended across the entire continent
aud upon whose eastern margin was first
heard the VOICE Of freedom, whose glad
echoes have kept pace with The westward
march Of the empire There stand oaks
yhose proud ieaiy tops with their millions
Of mouths, have drunk the air uf forests
for centuries, whose black Drawn; roots
ataud out like the arms OF giants. which
haye supported their huge trunks, and
braced them in their place Tor ayes -
Could they but speak they woni tell
more Of thrilling adventure AMI Romance
then Cooper ever dreamed ot la tho
Intervals cg the forest, too, are Lakes. the
most beautifui in AmuscH. E.-iues %
was >nid there 'Yas plenty W gams ,uol
"a lcer, beor, duck. partridge, pigeons
anl s1uirtcI'. hnd heard o' All 'hcsa
things. and how and then caught aliu.p,c5
@! them, nnd rs 'Gl nppor UNITY "r- at
haul fir ne iu Gcu. e" my drcuir, ut iur.
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uip 70 Char Lake. situated abaat ven.
ry mj,snlt,i Of thi- pace. In the com
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your readers, among whom were Nr Nv
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