American - Historian | September 16, 1823 - November 8, 1893
Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.
Francis Parkman
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It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.
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Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity.
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We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie.
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A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.
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A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.
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America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.
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Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.
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Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
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Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
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Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.
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Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house.
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