. The new eclectic history of the United States . factures and commerce; (2) the great central valley ~ . for farming; (3) the plains east of the Rocky Mountains for grazing; and (4) the Cordilleras for mining The Bison, or Buffalo. 20. Three Eegions.—Before menlearned to cultivate the soil, fish and wild roots were their chieffood; and there were only three regions in North America thatcould sustain any great number of people at that grade of sav-agery. First and chief was the valley of the Columbia. Itsrivers swarmed with salmon, its forests with game; and, be-sides the shell-fish on the coa
. The new eclectic history of the United States . factures and commerce; (2) the great central valley ~ . for farming; (3) the plains east of the Rocky Mountains for grazing; and (4) the Cordilleras for mining The Bison, or Buffalo. 20. Three Eegions.—Before menlearned to cultivate the soil, fish and wild roots were their chieffood; and there were only three regions in North America thatcould sustain any great number of people at that grade of sav-agery. First and chief was the valley of the Columbia. Itsrivers swarmed with salmon, its forests with game; and, be-sides the shell-fish on the coast, there were a kind of bread-root, and an abundance of berries on the prairies. Fromthis land of plenty, successive bands of emigrants may havemoved out to occupy various regions of North and SouthAmerica. The second center of population was the lake-region.
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