. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . tions, itwould seem almost a part of the romance of the place if now an Indian should sud-denly break the reigning silence with a warwhoop, and its dying echoes be answeredby the rifle-shot of a pioneer. In short, it is an old, old region, covered with the rimeof centuries, and but slightly changed by the progress of events. Of residents in the gap, there are but few. One of these
. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . tions, itwould seem almost a part of the romance of the place if now an Indian should sud-denly break the reigning silence with a warwhoop, and its dying echoes be answeredby the rifle-shot of a pioneer. In short, it is an old, old region, covered with the rimeof centuries, and but slightly changed by the progress of events. Of residents in the gap, there are but few. One of these has been enterprisingenough to establish, near an old bridge, which is shown in the picture, a grocery-store,and obtains his livelihood by trading in a small way with the teamsters of the passingtrains, and exchanging whiskey, clothing, etc., for the produce of his neighbors. Similarestablishments will be found at intervals of five, ten, or fifteen miles; sometimes theyare half hidden from view in the coves, or pockets, of the mountains. But they ab-sorb much of the small truck that finds its way to market from this section. Thecommodities thus purchased and shipped in the mountain-wagons through the gap, en. CUMBERLAND GAP, FROM EAGLE GUFF. CUMBERLAND GAP. 237 route to Baltimore and elsewhere, consist of dried apples, peaches, chestnuts, butter, lard,flaxseed, bacon, etc. Horse and mule trading is likewise carried on to a considerableextent; and sharp-witted, indeed, must be that man who can buy or sell more shrewdlythan these self-same mountaineers, whose lives have been hammered out on the anvil inNatures own workshop. As a class, they are a large-bodied, large-hearted, large-handed people, rude in speech,brave in act, and honest in their friendships. They may know nothing of the conven-tionalities of society, but they will exhibit the small, sweet courtesies of life—as theyunderstand them—with a readiness of generosity that makes one feel at home. Theymay have but a si
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