. The story of corn and the westward migration. tains they would,within a few decades, have become as conservativeand as aristocratic as England, since there wouldhave been little to stimulate and feed the instinctfor freedom with which every individual is , this free spirit, ever springing up on thefrontiers which no government could reach and noofficer molest, has been furnishing red blood for ourAmerican life for three hundred years, and fillingour nation with the democratic ideas of personalliberty and equality of opportunity. An endless stream of settlers kept continuallymovi
. The story of corn and the westward migration. tains they would,within a few decades, have become as conservativeand as aristocratic as England, since there wouldhave been little to stimulate and feed the instinctfor freedom with which every individual is , this free spirit, ever springing up on thefrontiers which no government could reach and noofficer molest, has been furnishing red blood for ourAmerican life for three hundred years, and fillingour nation with the democratic ideas of personalliberty and equality of opportunity. An endless stream of settlers kept continuallymoving westward into the wild, free lands of thefrontiers, and still the great primeval forestsstretched farther in that direction—how far, noneknew. But the dense and gloomy woodland inwhich roamed all manner of wild beasts and savageIndians was ever attractive to the hardy was always calling him on, always appealing tohis adventurous spirit, and always arousing hisdesire for conquest and his sense of freedom. It 90 The Story of Corn. Photograph by E. J. Hall Through the mountainous regions of Tennessee an endless streamof settlers moved toward the wild, free lands of the frontier was the same spirit that drove the wandering tribesacross Europe more than a thousand years , England, Spain, and Italy afforded similarattractions when the Northmen, Huns, Vandals,Goths, and others came out of the north and westand took possession of those countries. So inAmerica the western wilds were always beckoningto the white man, and he was constantly pushingthitherward into the unknown. The Land beyond the Mountains. By studyingthe map on page 6i you will see that the Englishcolonies were hemmed in on the north by the French,on the south by the Spaniards. On the west lay theAppalachian Mountains. Immigrants were comingin such numbers that expansion was absolutely The Lure of the Land gi necessary, but the settlements could not expand fartoward the north, for there were t
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