tion has been transplanted from older countries, is without the legends and folk-lore of a people who have wrought out a civilization in the land which they, as a primitive race, inhabited. We believe that teaching the legends of Europe fails in its application to American youth. Then, in the absence of local folk-lore with which to begin the study of history, we know of nothing more fitting to supply the deficiency than the story of our early pioneers. The life of the story largely consists in the child’s acquaintance with the locality, or the proximity it bears .to him with respect to time and place. Therefore, it is to the pupils of the public schools, that we respectfully dedicate our Brief History. The Author
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