Francis Parkman

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.

We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie.

Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity.

I went to college because I didn't have anywhere else to go and it was a fabulous hang. And while I was there I was exposed to this world that I didn't know was possible.

Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism.

The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages.