What to see in America . chief of the fight continued until dusk, when the Indians midnight the moon rose, and the English began aretreat. Only nine were uninjured. Some of them died on Maine 5 the way to the settlements, and those who finally reachedhome arrived half starved. Nearly all of northern Maine is woodland, and in thiswoodland both Connecticut and Rhode Island might beplaced and lost to the world and to each other. From thesummit of Mt. Katahdin, the states loftiest height, whichrises 5200 feet above the level of the sea, only trees are insight as far as the
What to see in America . chief of the fight continued until dusk, when the Indians midnight the moon rose, and the English began aretreat. Only nine were uninjured. Some of them died on Maine 5 the way to the settlements, and those who finally reachedhome arrived half starved. Nearly all of northern Maine is woodland, and in thiswoodland both Connecticut and Rhode Island might beplaced and lost to the world and to each other. From thesummit of Mt. Katahdin, the states loftiest height, whichrises 5200 feet above the level of the sea, only trees are insight as far as the eye can reach. The most numerous ofthe valuable forest trees now are spruce. An immenseamount of timber comes from the Maine wilderness everyyear. Spruce is very largely used for paper as well as forlumber. The first wood pulp mill began operations in1870. The popular nickname of the people of the state isFoxes, because of the abundance of these creatures, andbecause so manv of the inhabitants live or work in the Mt. Katahdin from the We^t Branch of the Penobscot Of all the forest trees none was put to more uses by theIndians and pioneer settlers than the paper birch. The 6 What to See in America woodsman with his ax could obtain from it tent, canoe, cups,plates, tablecloths, paper to write on, torches, and kindlingsand other fuel. A piece of bark two feet square could bemade into a vessel for catching maple sap by folding itinto a straight-sided pan, and bending the corners aroundand fastening them in place with wooden pins. There are man} mills along the little streams that comefrom the wooded uplands in various parts of the mills convert both hard and soft wood into sucharticles as furniture, sleds, tool handles, toys, clothespins,and toothpicks. Much fine white birch wood grows in somesections, and thousands of cords of it are used yearly forspools. The Maine woods suffer seriously during the dry summerweather from fires. There may be many fires burning
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