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Before the early immigrantbraved the dangers of the wilderness, there thrived a type of frontiersman met with infrequently on the banks of hitherto unknown streams and rivers, in the depths of the forest, or the rocky recesses of the mountains. This was the trapper of the early days, memories of whose courage, skill and cunning are recalled in the stories of the pioneers of the forest and plain, of Fenimore Cooper, the earliest and most vivid historian. Alone, independent, with undaunted hearts, lithe limbs and broad shoulders, tireless and fearless, they were imbued with the courage of the lion and the cunning of the fox, yet, withal, of most genial natures and ever hospitable and good companions.
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