New geographies . ok to forhelp. Then, like Crusoe, hewas forced to rely upon him-self. In spite of the trips tothe cities, most of the thingsthat a family used had tobe obtained by the familyitself, and each member hadmany kinds of work to some parts of the world,where there are few settlers,people still live in this man-ner. Our country was settled so rapidlythat each family soon had neighbors. A 8. Dependence number of people wouldlater build their houses neartogether, so as to form a little village, and one of them would start a generalstore. Then the families living somedistance awa
New geographies . ok to forhelp. Then, like Crusoe, hewas forced to rely upon him-self. In spite of the trips tothe cities, most of the thingsthat a family used had tobe obtained by the familyitself, and each member hadmany kinds of work to some parts of the world,where there are few settlers,people still live in this man-ner. Our country was settled so rapidlythat each family soon had neighbors. A 8. Dependence number of people wouldlater build their houses neartogether, so as to form a little village, and one of them would start a generalstore. Then the families living somedistance away would come to this centerto trade, bringing their farm productsand the skins of animals, and takingback other articles. As the number of people in such aplace grew larger, each man did fewerkinds of work. Perhaps one of thembuilt a sawmill, and sawed lumber forthe others when they needed it. An-other spent part of his time at carpentrywork for his neighbors. A third builta gristmill, and ground grain into From lnman6 The Old Santa Fe Trail, by courtesy of the publishers, Crane & 78. — A pioneer and his pony. A fourth made shoes a part of the time,or served as a doctor, or taught school,along with other work. A few of the men might spend alltheir time at one kind of work. For 62 HOME GEOGRAPHY example, the blacksmith, might be keptbusy shoeing horses, and repairingwagons, while the storekeeper did noth-ing but buy and sell goods. Now andthen the storekeeper would make tripsto the nearest city, to buy such suppliesas he thought his neighbors would re-quire, like matches, boots, shovels, axes,calico, and drugs. These he would keepin his store for sale. Sometimes hereceived money for them, but more oftenhe took eggs, meat, wool, and grain forhis pay. These he would send to thenearest large city for sale. In this way it was no longer necessaryfor each farmer himself to go to a dis-tant town or city, for he could usuallyget what he wanted from the store. Heco
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