What to see in America . a neighboring village. He knew the danger,yet duty called and he took the risk, and now he is one of theBlack Hills saints. The other statue is of a still more popularhero — Wild Bill. He served as a scout in the Civil War,and later in the same capacity on the plains. There wasno fear in his make-up, but he well knew that he had enemies,and he took the precaution, whenever he sat down indoors, toplace himself with his back to the wall. This did not savehim from a violent end, for while on a visit to the region hewas shot dead as he was playing in a gambling place. Hiss
What to see in America . a neighboring village. He knew the danger,yet duty called and he took the risk, and now he is one of theBlack Hills saints. The other statue is of a still more popularhero — Wild Bill. He served as a scout in the Civil War,and later in the same capacity on the plains. There wasno fear in his make-up, but he well knew that he had enemies,and he took the precaution, whenever he sat down indoors, toplace himself with his back to the wall. This did not savehim from a violent end, for while on a visit to the region hewas shot dead as he was playing in a gambling place. Hisstatue represents a bareheaded, long-haired plainsman,holding a pistol in one hand and about to draw another fromhis cartridge belt. The pupils of his eyes are painted blue. The Black Hills country has been characterized as therichest hundred miles square on earth. But its onlyreally notable mine is the great Homestake near Dead-wood. A few miles to the north, at Spearfish, is a canyonwhich rivals those of the ^f Village Cows Starting for Pasture, James River Valley XXXIX North Dakota The first settlement in the Great Cereal State, as NorthDakota is called, was made about 1780 in the extremenortheast corner at Pembina by Canadians. Thirty yearslater a fort was built there by the British, who thought thespot was in their own territory. The Red River of the Northforms the states entire eastern boundary. Few regions inthe world are more fertile than this, and the rich black soilwhich extends in almost unbroken regularity across thevalley is under a high state of cultivation. Ages ago thegreat glacier that overspread the northern part of thecontinent dammed the valley so that the river could notflow in its natural channel to the Arctic Ocean. A lake wasformed which was larger than all the present Great Lakesput together. After the ice had melted entirely from thevalley, the river flowed again northward, and the lake dis-appeared. The soil of the wheat region is the sedi
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