In the fall, cut, roll, andburn again, and so on, till the land is cleared ; and soonit is ready for grain, and to be laid down. Let those talkof poverty and hard times who will in the towns andcities ; cannot the emigrant who can pay his fare toNew York or Boston pay five dollars more to get here
This to me emphasizes the INTO THE WILD theme. Being from a big city and venturing to a place such as this there is no shortage of things to live off of.
As if a child born into the Maine woods, amongthe pine cones and cedar berries, could not do withoutsuch a sugar-man or skipping-jack as the young Roth-schild has .
A sad theme for a seemingly cheerful shop. Seems to have everything anyone could want except the people to want them.
Isuspect that, if you should go to the end of the world,you would find somebody there going farther,
This is a very cool saying that resonates, meaning no matter how far you think you've gone some have gone further.
searched there carefully forrelics, though the men at the bar-room had never heardof such things ; but we found only some flakes of arrow-head stone, some points of arrowheads, one small leadenbullet, and some colored beads, the last to be referred,perhaps, to early fur-trader days.
I would definitely search for "relics" myself if I was on this journey.
We had dinner, -where, by the way, and even at breakfast, as well assupper, at the public-houses on this road, the front rankis composed of various kinds of "sweet cakes," in a con-tinuous line from one end of the table to the other . Ithink I may safely say that there was a row of ten or adozen plates of this kind set before us two here.
No shortage of food? No need to ration?
a stalwart,but dull and greasy-looking fellow, who told us, in hissluggish way, in answer to our questions, as if it werethe first serious business he had to do that day, that therewere Indians going " up river "
I understand for the time discrimination was not seen as a huge issue as it is today but the description of this individual is not unlike one you would read about in a group of white supremacists.
We stop for you, you stopfor us. We pay you for your trouble ." "Ye'," repliedLouis, " may be you carry some provision for all, -some pork, - some bread, - and so pay." He said,"Me sure get some moose ;
Interestingly, they are relying on each other for the journey. Not unlike we do today, even with our updated tech and gadgets in the end we are only as strong as those around us. Each member must pull their weight.
the same, as I remem-bered, who had accompanied Jackson to the mountainin '37.
Interestingly, they are getting the same guide to take Jackson up on his endeavor.
Caucuses they Have had,it scciii-,, acid caucuses they are to have aga
Important to note Thoreau's demeanor towards politicians. In my opinion, he sees the as a dog chasing their tale.
It would be a good speculation,as well as a favor conferred on the settlers, for a Massa-chusetts boy to go down there with a trunk full of choicescions, and his grafting apparatus, in the spring .
The fact that he mentions that locals do not take note to what they have yet to a non-local the site is enticing.
The river seemed shallow and rocky, and interrupted byrapids, rippling and gleaming in the sun
Great use of imagery, one of my personal favorite sites to see and he made it easy to picture.
with a dance of powwows, anda prisoner tortured at the stake, would be more respect-able than this.
Comparing two opposites to each other to emphasize how downtrodden this village seems.
In 1837 there were three hundred andsixty-two souls left of this tribe.
Thoreau makes the readers aware of how few members of the tribe remain alive. Using the word souls has a deeper feeling in my eyes almost as if they are no longer recognized as regular people but simply a dying species.
The church is theonly trim-looking building, but that is not Abenaki,that was Rome's doings. Good Canadian it may be,but it is poor Indian
The only decent-looking structure in this Indian village in Thoreau's eyes is the one that was not built by the Indians.
the woebegoneKTAADN 7look of the girl that cried for spilt milk
With such an odd description it paints a perfect image in the reader's brain.
here was something refreshing and wildly musical tomy cars in the very name of the white man's canoe, re-minding me of Charlevoix and Canadian Voyageurs.The batteau is a sort of mongrel between the. canoe andthe boil, a fur-trader's boat.
It is interesting to me that he would spend so much time discussing this boat hybrid, and was interesting that he brought it back to a personal feeling.
and theysawed two hundred millions of feet of boards annually .
Again emphasizing deforestation.
Mr, Sawyer marks off those spaceswhich decide the destiny of so many prostrate forests .
The first I have seen of this article showing the negativity of deforestation.
Tuesday, September 1,
The true expedition began. Which is crazy to think about because he is leaving at the start of cold season.
Professor J. W. Bailey of West Pointin 1836 ; by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, the State Geolo-gist, in 1837 ; and by two young men from Boston in1845 .
Before Thoreau's journey only 3 people/groups (recorded) made it up Mt. Ktaadn.
Ktaadn, whose name is an Indian word signifyinghighest land, was first ascended by white men in 1804.
Interesting to take note that Thoreau emphasized the Indian name while mentioning the first exploration by "white men."
1st of August, 1846,
Date Thoreau left home
Mount Ktaadn, the second highestmountain in New England, a
Why mention this? Why not set off for the tallest?