. The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. CHAPTER XXXV ROADS, POST ROADS AND POST OFFICES. CHAPTER , POST ROADS AND POST OFFICES. A high road or highway is a path or road shghtly elevated abovethe land on its sides. In early Rhode Island, before the advent of horses,oxen, carts and carriages, the people travelled along the trails made bythe Indians. These trails, now converted in many instances into publicroads, are the oldest and most permanent of the memorials left by thenatives. The sagacity and good judgment of the Indians as road engi-neers are manif
. The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. CHAPTER XXXV ROADS, POST ROADS AND POST OFFICES. CHAPTER , POST ROADS AND POST OFFICES. A high road or highway is a path or road shghtly elevated abovethe land on its sides. In early Rhode Island, before the advent of horses,oxen, carts and carriages, the people travelled along the trails made bythe Indians. These trails, now converted in many instances into publicroads, are the oldest and most permanent of the memorials left by thenatives. The sagacity and good judgment of the Indians as road engi-neers are manifest in the location of the long and short trails. The In-dian trail was made on strictly business principles—direct in its lines,on hard, dry ground, avoidance of wet lands and streams that could notbe forded, around rather than over the tops of hills, and through old for-ests rather than on open and cultivated lands. Where wide streams layacross the trails, canoes, logs, or swimming, accomplished the crossing,the Indians being experts in water navigation. These trails were sowell known and well used that an Ind
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