. The story of Lincoln. Statue of Lincoln, Lincoln Park, Chicago. The Story of BOUT the time that the colo-nies in America had thrownoff the British yoke and gainedtheir freedom, a great tide ofimmigration set in toward theAVest. The people who hadbeen w^est of the Alleghanies returned withwonderful tales of the beautiful country whichthey had seen. Although the way was besetby many dangers, and cruel savages waited towaylay and kill the new settlers, many werewilling and anxious to risk all to find a homein this new land of Kentucky. Among others that traveled along the wilder-ness
. The story of Lincoln. Statue of Lincoln, Lincoln Park, Chicago. The Story of BOUT the time that the colo-nies in America had thrownoff the British yoke and gainedtheir freedom, a great tide ofimmigration set in toward theAVest. The people who hadbeen w^est of the Alleghanies returned withwonderful tales of the beautiful country whichthey had seen. Although the way was besetby many dangers, and cruel savages waited towaylay and kill the new settlers, many werewilling and anxious to risk all to find a homein this new land of Kentucky. Among others that traveled along the wilder-ness road leading into Kentucky, was a familyby the name of Lincoln. When they reachedtheir journeys end, Mr. Lincoln obtained alarge tract of land. The lurking savages werestill dangerous, so the new settlers had to livein or near the forts. 4 THE STORY OF LINCOLN Mr. Lincoln at once be^an to clear the timberfrom his land. This was a very dangerous taskbecause of the Indians. About two years wentby when one day as Mr. Lincoln was in hisclearing w^th little Tom, only six years old, anIndistoryoflincoln4887reit
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