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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

"The Prairie"

The distinguished and resolute forester who
first penetrated the wilds of the latter state, was of the number.
This adventurous and venerable patriarch was now seen making his last
remove; placing the "endless river" between him and the multitude his
own success had drawn around him, and seeking for the renewal of
enjoyments which were rendered worthless in his eyes, when trammelled
by the forms of human institutions.[+]
[*] All the states admitted to the American Union, since the
revolution, are called New States, with the exception of Vermont:
that had claims before the war; which were not, however, admitted
until a later day.
[+] Colonel Boon, the patriarch of Kentucky. This venerable and hardy
pioneer of civilisation emigrated to an estate three hundred miles
west of the Mississippi, in his ninety-second year, because he
found a population of ten to the square mile, inconveniently
crowded!
In the pursuit of adventures such as these, men are ordinarily
governed by their habits or deluded by their wishes.


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