The Conquest of the Missouri
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But when they saw only green cottonwood corded up, they would pass it by. The dusky woodsmen soon learned that cedar was what the boats wanted, and when they had only cottonwood to offer they undertook a simple deception to aid in disposing of it. Stacking the timber with the freshly-hewn ends toward the landing they would smear these ends with vermilion face-paint to make 119 The Conquest of the Missouri it resemble cedar, trusting that when a boat had actually stopped at the bank, she would t...ake it away, rather than waste more time.
Another trick devised by these wily savages in the in- terest of trade owed its origin to the changeable nature of the Missouri's channel, which would sometimes shift across the river from the base of the bluffs where their wood- piles lay, leaving these inaccessible to boats. Not com- prehending that the boatmen could have any means of knowing exactly where the channel lay, the Indians when they saw a steamer approaching would wade out through the shallow water in front of their wood-piles and there sit down.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But when they saw only green cottonwood corded up, they would pass it by. The dusky woodsmen soon learned that cedar was what the boats wanted, and when they had only cottonwood to offer they undertook a simple deception to aid in disposing of it. Stacking the timber with the freshly-hewn ends toward the landing they would smear these ends with vermilion face-paint to make 119 The Conquest of the Missouri it resemble cedar, trusting that when a boat had actually stopped at the bank, she would t...ake it away, rather than waste more time.
Another trick devised by these wily savages in the in- terest of trade owed its origin to the changeable nature of the Missouri's channel, which would sometimes shift across the river from the base of the bluffs where their wood- piles lay, leaving these inaccessible to boats. Not com- prehending that the boatmen could have any means of knowing exactly where the channel lay, the Indians when they saw a steamer approaching would wade out through the shallow water in front of their wood-piles and there sit down.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Joseph Mills Hanson to read onlineMoreLess
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