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BARTRAM TRIAL HSST STATKW3 OR CjL' POKJ OROUND 3HKLTBiS
IKSIANS LODODn, never transported their lodges) whereas they moved with their families they traveled Indian trails. An Indian trail is discovered with the marks aT the lodqe-poles upon it, it has certainly not been nade by a wur-narty but if the track do no show the trace of lodge poles it will be equally certain that a war or hunting party has passed that way, and if it is not desired to come In conflict with then their direction nay be avoided. It is not difficult matter to distinguish the tracks of American horses from tftoe of Indian horses, as the lat'er are never shod, moreover, they are much sraaller.
If rest stations were constructed to look similar to the lodge poles of the Indians and the travelers tho traveled on these tirails it would lend a gr*at deal of atmosphere to the natural uses of the area*