A Wilderness Journey with Family and Wolves
A narrator recalls the 1803 westward trek from Lake Champlain to the St Lawrence valley. He describes his father a skilled hunter, Dri the storyteller, sheep, 40 wolves hunted for bounty, a painter cat, and a perilous river crossing. Grandmother dies near Chateauguay, a rough camp prayer by Dri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Montreal
Vermont
Ethan Allen
Valley of the St. Lawrence
D’ri
Timber-Land
Dri
D'ri
D'rn
York State
Father
Rover
Holt
Trav
Chateaugay
D’r
The 1810 River Raft Disaster and D'ri's Rescue
A young narrator and D'ri endure the June 3, 1810 Great Windfall on a timber raft bound for Montreal. As the raft rips apart near the Sault, they cling together through a monstrous storm, survive amid wreckage, and crawl from the shattered log house to swim to daylight.
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Madrid
D’ri
Malone
Canton
Grasse
Montreal
D'ri
Darius Olin
Rose Merriman
College de
Sault
Dri
Green
Jay
Judas Priest
D’rl
Jerushy Jane Pepper
Lawson’s Broadside Exposes Bribery Ties in Finance Scandal
The New York American reports Lawson’s inflammatory serial accusing Bay State Gas, H. H. Rogers, and Addicks of bribe schemes and political manipulation. Lawson recounts meetings at the Hoffman House, a failed receiver move, and a dramatic confrontation with Addicks, plus broader notes on senate graft and the sugar trust inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York American
H. H. Rogers
American Press Association
Lawson
Bostonian
Wall Street
Son
Bay State
Bryan
Rogers
Hazard
Republican
Delaware
Addicks
National Committee
Hoffman House
New York
Boston
Hoffman
Perker Chandler
Fred
Fred Keller
Tom
Parker Chandler
Dwight Bramman
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Tye
Washington
United States
Bugar Trust
United States Senate
Feer
Moore & Schley
John Moore
Senate
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Irving Bacheller
Lothrop Publishing Company
Lake Champlain
Jerushy Jane
C’rl
Grandmother
D'r
Holf
D'ril
Europe
Canada
Dell
Bramman
Sugar Trust
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