. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. the brief time allowed me, done mybest, and that the faults are not of the heart;and so, leaning heavily on those who have donethe better parts of this work, I write THE END. 448 6 1. 1483468INTRODUCTION. /p^ENEEOUSLY emplojeJ to write the history of Montana, if I have failed to make it of in-II J( terest and profit to all concerned, the fault is entirely my own; for never had man such^^ material at hand. As a rule, the history of a great land is a history of wars,
. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. the brief time allowed me, done mybest, and that the faults are not of the heart;and so, leaning heavily on those who have donethe better parts of this work, I write THE END. 448 6 1. 1483468INTRODUCTION. /p^ENEEOUSLY emplojeJ to write the history of Montana, if I have failed to make it of in-II J( terest and profit to all concerned, the fault is entirely my own; for never had man such^^ material at hand. As a rule, the history of a great land is a history of wars, schemes,marclies and counter-marches, miseries, victories, defeats, and all the petty deeds of selfish , great men in the glorious pursuits of peace laid the foundation stones without cement ofblood, and reared a great State out of material fresh from the hand of God. I may have failed,but, humbly, I have done my Ijest. To have done less had been treason. For all I am, or hopeto be, is due entirely to the mountains, here and elsewhere, and I could have undertakennothing of this sort nearly so well as this work here before me. jSTor could I have been inducedto undertake the story of any other land or State than Montana, whose very name signifies myhome, as boy and man, for nearly half a century. 2
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