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To: Crocodile who wrote (1133)	12/5/2004 10:46:59 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 1293

>>The nice thing is that quite a lot of it is online now<< Yup, I was just looking for a book reference to cite for you and found out that the whole damn thing is online. It's a classic of obscure women's history... Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden As Recounted by Maxi'diwiac (Buffalo Bird Woman) (ca.1839-1932)of the Hidatsa Indian Tribe digital.library.upenn.edu >>One thing that stands out when you read many pioneer accounts is how much people used to move around, either to work, marry, travel, look for new land -- especially when you consider the difficulties of travel at that time.<< That's for sure! >>I particularly like to read travel accounts of women and some of these are quite amazing.<< I know of several online histories by women that cover long-distance travel on the Fox, Wisconsin, and Mississippi rivers in the 1800s. I'll post some links later. Imagine a canoe trip in which you stop to have a baby, and then push on again the next day. The Mary Kingsley story sounds like a good one. I've not read much about Africa, but there's a lot of history there. And creepy-crawly critters of the sort you enjoy... but I woudn't. <g>

To: Crocodile who wrote (1133)	12/5/2004 10:20:54 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1293

Croc, this entire 175-page book is online at the URL below. It can be viewed either as a scan of the original, or as plain text. The author is the baby who was born at the mouth of the Wisconsin (Ouisconsin) River around 1819, while her parents were traveling on a military expedition through the wilderness from the east coast to what would become Minnesota. I was wrong about pushing on the next day, they rested for a few weeks after she was born. Three Score Years and Ten: Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and other parts of the West, by Charlotte Ouisconsin van Cleve, 1888. memory.loc.gov@field(DOCID+@lit(lhbum22937div0))%2322937001&linkText=1 -Snow