The Shadow of Victory a Romance of Fort Dearborn (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Shadow of Victory a Romance of Fort Dearborn T rains of pack-horses from Rock River and the Illinois. Canoes and a bateau from Mil waukee, in charge of Canadian engages. Then the vessel from Fort Mackinac with goods for the trade, and Indians from all over creation. The busy season begins in the Spring. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.