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Show THE MOUNTAIN MEN. ltorr riaaeera Who IlUplaraJ slat. Klad ar Hni-jad Anarleanlsan. Uncle John Smith, Uncle Dick Wooton, Kit Carson, and many other played their lives aa they itaked their dollart, and It waa their pride not to flluch when tho game went against their.. The chief chnracterlitlo of tho trapper wit the Iron nerv that nevtr failed, (he pretenco of mind that nver deserted him. Such a he wat, he wa tlwayt tqutl to htmtslf, and wt at hi s "' In momintt ot Imminent perlL kv him hit tuporlorlty ovtr tho Indian wa hit iwlft determination la extreme difficulties, which teemed. Indeed, In-deed, to ihirpen hla faculties to th utmott, Absolutely Indifferent to partlyxlng superstitions, be doubled tbe Indlin sa- giclty and craft, with Infinitely greater dssh and daring. II wai prompt to telle opportunities which th rod brave let llp. limbodylng tba hardihood hardi-hood and dauntleit perseverance ot tbo American chancier, thete trappsre constituted theniselrei Into a faculty of stit surveyors, and wero the veritable veri-table makers ot th empire of th watt. The latt ot thtm bad gone tomt thirty yean ago, having pioneered th way for th gold teekert and th rinchtn. |