. The story of corn and the westward migration. followedthey became our first roads The first trail of importance led across the stateof New York by way of the Hudson and the Mohawkrivers. This was perhaps the most importantIndian trail on the American continent because itmade a short and easy connection between theGreat Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The MohawkValley, that connects the Great Lakes region withthe Hudson River, was owned and controlled bythe Iroquois Indians, however, and all travelerscrossing from the Hudson River to the Great Lakesalong this route had to pass through the heart
. The story of corn and the westward migration. followedthey became our first roads The first trail of importance led across the stateof New York by way of the Hudson and the Mohawkrivers. This was perhaps the most importantIndian trail on the American continent because itmade a short and easy connection between theGreat Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The MohawkValley, that connects the Great Lakes region withthe Hudson River, was owned and controlled bythe Iroquois Indians, however, and all travelerscrossing from the Hudson River to the Great Lakesalong this route had to pass through the heartof the territory of the most powerful Indians onthe continent. Hence this trail was not followedto any great extent by ttie English until after theRevolutionary War. Another trail ran from the Delaware River, atthe present location of Philadelphia, through westernPennsylvania, to what is now Pittsburgh. A veryimportant trail followed the Potomac River to whatis now Cumberland, Ma^ryland, and thence across the opening the Great Corn Country 95. Early highways to the West. These trails, first used by theIndianSy later were traveled by pioneer settlers mountains to the Ohio River to what is now Wheel-ing, West Virginia. It was along this trail that thefirst Virginia colonists traveled. The fourth greattrail led from northeast North Carolina, along theridge near the boundary of the state, across southwestVirginia, through Cumberland Gap into Tennesseeor northward into the blue-grass region of and trappers, if they were cautious, couldfollow these trails very well, but it was extremelydifficult to move families along them, since provisionsenough to support them had to be carried and at thesame time they had to be protected from the can see, therefore, some of the difficulties theEnglish had in taking the Ohio Valley, especially asthe French were already in actual possession of Disputed Territory. Examine the map aboveand trace the Potomac River to
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