The Winter Lodge, or Vow Fulfilled

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Excerpt from The Winter Lodge, or Vow Fulfilled: An Historical Novel, The Sequel to Simon KentonOnce beyond the Salt Lakes, the Rocky Mountains, and on the shores of the Pacific, we shake hands then with the children of the East, our journey towards the setting sun is ended, and to us there is no longer a Far West.Far South? Ayl who knows how soon this may be the hurrying cry of the Saxon emigrant.Our destiny is beyond the ken of mortal, and it is aweary journey by land to Cape Horn but let the sturdy pioneer, with his ri¿e and dog, once turn his face southward, and to your query of Where going answer Far South, and how long will it be before the wreckers from our east, ern shores will be plying at their old calling on the storm-beaten capes of Patagonia?Five years ago, it was considered a long and perilous, and almost lifetime journey to the Pacific, but at the cry of gold for the gathering, it became a holiday jaunt even for women and children, and since that period, the jour ney has been made singly, in families, and in companies.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.