The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-16

years, but he has not confined himself
10 this one subject by any means. and
has spent much time in travelling about
the country and in taking observations
of people and places. Mr.. Edward At
kinson has written of economics, Mai
J. W. Powell Of the Indians. Judge
Thomas NJ. Cooley of transportation
and matters affecting interstate com
merce, Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner Of
our literature, President Gilman of
science. and a number of other experts
equally distinguished in their depart
ments have contributed special chap
tiers.
In his Introductory chapter Prof.
iShaler combats with considera Die vigor
the long-accepted theory that south
ern New England was settled by Morse
men. The weight of evidence is TO the
effect that even the boldest of these
valiant seafarers Of the Mortimer peo-
pie failed 10 attain the hospitable pOr-
ton of the continent, and that it's real
ly fertile lands were. on account OF
the perils of a northern voyage, shut
OFF from the people who for six hun
bred years before the time of Columbus
dwelt along it's northern shores.
For like reason-viz.. the severity
of the climate-the Northern Pacific
lands also fail to provide an easy way
for the people of Asia to enter the new
world. In fact the scanty fOod-carry-
ing power of the ancient ships. whether
OF Europe or Asia, made it impossible
for an expedition TO pass from the old
world 70 the new by coasting along the
Arctic shores, and thus to attain the
fertile land of America ia a condition
TO meet the dangers which newcomers
have to face in an unknown land
The evidence goes to show that for
thousands Of years before Column bus
came TO America there had been no
exchange Of population between the
old world and the new"
Somewhat further on Prof. Smaller
draws an interesting picture OF the
Shenandoah valley as the gateway Of
the original pioneers 10 the valley %
the Mississippi; Although the Ale
gheny mountains stretched as an al
most ontinuOus barrier across the
western border Of Virginia, a geo
graphical accident had provided = way
more passsble TO the frontiersman than
any other path across the AlIeghanies
by which they might gain access TO the
valley Of the Mississippi. The Wild
and beautiful valley Of the sheuan-
doah. which lies between the foot Of Z
the Blue ridge and the North noun /
tain, haa already been occupied by the I
Nirginian settlement. Following this .
VALLEY TO the southwest 20 he head F.
waters Of the Roanoke, II was possible I
70 pass over a country q gentle slope
acrOss the principal ridges q the Al .
leghoniss and thence into the valley % .
the New river, or upper Kanaw ha. 4
Following up this stream fer short /
distance, the travellers entered the .
broad vale % the upper Tennessee. +
which u was prsctics Die % .
make path 20 the breach ~ the Cum
herland range known as Cum
berlsBd gap. Traversizg that pass
access - the open forests % central
kentucky was easily ontsfD@d Al
the Indians hid threaded their way
The difficult wilderness q the
into the valley q the
Ohio, the frst exploring parties which
entered Kentucky with Wow 81 St
tlenent made their way "a foot along
the above-dcscribed route Ar1O-g ne
many advantages which this trail pre-
sented We must include tie immunity
for contact wf-h hostile Indians which
il afforded As tie reEal. o. lonE-coB-
tizued intsrtri bal ~zxs. a. the potion
u the continent between the Shsasa-
ioak TIE upper TsaDsze-e zzd Tie
Ohio rivers was without ary pey1s-
nszt Indian settleEcnss. = va oclT
trzveT.s-d b. hunting pr
les coming from the north q the Gas
- from the region -outh q fns pre-
mt b0u1dsry 4 Eentuciv Thus. 81
eEs.ng aloDv this trail I@sarnT
hro1Zh useriAnd zap TIE o-st 49,
lers 81 The Ohio valley wsTe Early
rel -rote=sed from 10 rissS e uS~st-