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The Passing Of The French Peril.
The great pile of the Appalachian peaks was not the only barrier which held back the settler with his plough and his rifle from following the trader's tinkling caravans into the valleys beyond.

Over the hills the French were lords of the land.

The frontiersman had already felt their enmity through the torch and tomahawk of their savage allies.

By his own strength alone he could not cope with the power entrenched beyond the hills; so he halted.