. A history of travel in America, being an outline of the development in modes of travel from archaic vehicles of colonial times to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad: the influence of the Indians on the free movement and territorial unity of the white race: the part played by travel methods in the economic conquest of the continent: and those related human experiences, changing social conditions and governmental attitudes which accompanied the growth of a national travel system . ourse) and a hatchet with which tochop ofif a chunk of it when any of thetravellers might feelt
. A history of travel in America, being an outline of the development in modes of travel from archaic vehicles of colonial times to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad: the influence of the Indians on the free movement and territorial unity of the white race: the part played by travel methods in the economic conquest of the continent: and those related human experiences, changing social conditions and governmental attitudes which accompanied the growth of a national travel system . ourse) and a hatchet with which tochop ofif a chunk of it when any of thetravellers might feelthe need of nourishment. No doubt this curious commissary department of anearly New England sleigh throws a certain light on thatfamous old nursery rhyme that runs: Bean porridge hot; bean porridge cold;Bean porridge in the pot, nine days old. Preliminary to every such trip, and a few days beforeit, the housewife would cook a big pot of porridge andthen, setting it out-of-doors in the kettle, would allow itto ripen and freeze while awaiting the time for the jour-ney to begin. There is no present way of finding outwhether the epicures of that period considered nine days SO A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA as the most appetizing age for winter bean porridge, butof one tiling we may be sure; it was very, very cold. For short winter trips, or whenever the snow was too^soft or deep for horses, snow-shoes were used, and thetraveller carried a staff at the bottom of which was fixed a ITmr-ed f^ &n^Jt Sn/W in 1717 j 1.—Winter travel in the northern colonies was performed on foot, or in sledsdrawn by dogs or horses. The New England winter pedestrian, in additionto his snow-shoes, was equipped with a pole having a large wooden disc atits bottom for extra support. wide, fiat piece of wood, usually round or oval in shape,as an additional support. Still another means of travelduring the winter season was the dog-sled. This method)of conveyance was copied from a similar usage of theIn
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