The Early Settlers in North America
The North American frontier changed some of the characteristics of the pioneers of the 1750's and intensified others. They were, as a group, semiliterate, proud,and stubborn, as dogged in their insistence on their own way of life as
pine roots cracking granite to grow. Perhaps their greatest resource was
their capacity to endure. They outlasted recurrent plagues of smallpox and
malaria and a steady progression of natural accidents. They were
incredibly prolific. Squire Boone's family of eight children was small
by frontier standards. James Roberson, an eventual neighbor of Boone's
and the founder of Nashville, had eleven children. Twice married John
Sevier, the first governor of Tennessee, fathered eighteen; his longtime
enemy, John Tipton, also twice married, produced seventeen. The entire
assets of one of these huge families often amounted, in the beginning, to
little more than an axe, a hunting knife, an auger, a rifle, a horse or
two, some cattle and a few pigs, a sack of corn seed and another of salt,
perhaps a crosscut saw, and a loom. Those who moved first into a new region
lived for months at a time on wild meat, Indian maize, and native fruits in
season. Yet if they were poor at the beginning, they confidently expected
that soon they would be rich. In a way almost impossible to define to urban
dwellers, a slice of ground suitable for farming represented not just
dollars and cents, but dignity. The obsession brought shiploads of
yearners every week to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charles
Towne, and Savannah. It sent them streaming westward into the wilderness
after their predecessors to raise still more children who wanted still
more land.
北美早期殖民者北美的邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)改變了 18 世紀(jì) 50 年代拓荒者的一些特點(diǎn)，而強(qiáng)化了他
們的另一些特點(diǎn)。 作為一個(gè)整體，他們是半文盲，高傲并且頑固。 他們堅(jiān)持自己的生活方 式就象松樹(shù)根在花崗石中爆縫生長(zhǎng)。
也許，他們最大的資源是忍耐能力。 他們熬過(guò)了經(jīng)常 性的天花、瘧疾等瘟疫及一系列自然災(zāi)難。 他們出奇地多育。 依他們的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，斯夸爾布恩
有八個(gè)孩子是少的了。 最后成了布恩的鄰居并且是那士維的建造者的詹姆士·羅伯遜有 11 個(gè)孩子。
曾結(jié)過(guò)兩次婚的約翰·塞維爾--田納西州的第一位州長(zhǎng)，生了 18 個(gè)孩子，他長(zhǎng)期 的仇敵，約翰·提普敦也結(jié)過(guò)兩次婚并有 17 個(gè)孩子。
最初，在這些龐大的家庭中，全部的 財(cái)產(chǎn)合起來(lái)也不過(guò)是一把斧頭、一把獵刀和一根鉆子，一條步槍?zhuān)粌善ヱR，牛和豬，一袋
玉米種子和一袋鹽，或可能還有一把鋸子和一臺(tái)織布機(jī)。 那些新到一個(gè)地區(qū)的人們一連數(shù) 月靠野味、印第安玉米和季節(jié)性野果維持生活。
然而，即使最初很貧窮，他們自信很快就 會(huì)富起來(lái)。 一塊適合耕種的土地不僅僅代表著金錢(qián)，更意味著尊嚴(yán)。 這一點(diǎn)是無(wú)法向城市 居民解釋的。
這一固執(zhí)的想法每周都將整船整船的渴望者帶往波士頓、紐約、費(fèi)城、巴爾 的摩、查爾斯城和薩瓦那。 跟隨著他們的先行者，這些渴望的人們象潮水一般涌向荒野，
去生養(yǎng)更多的子女，而這些子女又將需求更多的土地。
The Early Settlers in North America
The North American frontier changed some of the characteristics of the pioneers of the 1750's and intensified others. They were, as a group, semiliterate, proud,and stubborn, as dogged in their insistence on their own way of life as
pine roots cracking granite to grow. Perhaps their greatest resource was
their capacity to endure. They outlasted recurrent plagues of smallpox and
malaria and a steady progression of natural accidents. They were
incredibly prolific. Squire Boone's family of eight children was small
by frontier standards. James Roberson, an eventual neighbor of Boone's
and the founder of Nashville, had eleven children. Twice married John
Sevier, the first governor of Tennessee, fathered eighteen; his longtime
enemy, John Tipton, also twice married, produced seventeen. The entire
assets of one of these huge families often amounted, in the beginning, to
little more than an axe, a hunting knife, an auger, a rifle, a horse or
two, some cattle and a few pigs, a sack of corn seed and another of salt,
perhaps a crosscut saw, and a loom. Those who moved first into a new region
lived for months at a time on wild meat, Indian maize, and native fruits in
season. Yet if they were poor at the beginning, they confidently expected
that soon they would be rich. In a way almost impossible to define to urban
dwellers, a slice of ground suitable for farming represented not just
dollars and cents, but dignity. The obsession brought shiploads of
yearners every week to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charles
Towne, and Savannah. It sent them streaming westward into the wilderness
after their predecessors to raise still more children who wanted still
more land.
北美早期殖民者北美的邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)改變了 18 世紀(jì) 50 年代拓荒者的一些特點(diǎn)，而強(qiáng)化了他
們的另一些特點(diǎn)。 作為一個(gè)整體，他們是半文盲，高傲并且頑固。 他們堅(jiān)持自己的生活方 式就象松樹(shù)根在花崗石中爆縫生長(zhǎng)。
也許，他們最大的資源是忍耐能力。 他們熬過(guò)了經(jīng)常 性的天花、瘧疾等瘟疫及一系列自然災(zāi)難。 他們出奇地多育。 依他們的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，斯夸爾布恩
有八個(gè)孩子是少的了。 最后成了布恩的鄰居并且是那士維的建造者的詹姆士·羅伯遜有 11 個(gè)孩子。
曾結(jié)過(guò)兩次婚的約翰·塞維爾--田納西州的第一位州長(zhǎng)，生了 18 個(gè)孩子，他長(zhǎng)期 的仇敵，約翰·提普敦也結(jié)過(guò)兩次婚并有 17 個(gè)孩子。
最初，在這些龐大的家庭中，全部的 財(cái)產(chǎn)合起來(lái)也不過(guò)是一把斧頭、一把獵刀和一根鉆子，一條步槍?zhuān)粌善ヱR，牛和豬，一袋
玉米種子和一袋鹽，或可能還有一把鋸子和一臺(tái)織布機(jī)。 那些新到一個(gè)地區(qū)的人們一連數(shù) 月靠野味、印第安玉米和季節(jié)性野果維持生活。
然而，即使最初很貧窮，他們自信很快就 會(huì)富起來(lái)。 一塊適合耕種的土地不僅僅代表著金錢(qián)，更意味著尊嚴(yán)。 這一點(diǎn)是無(wú)法向城市 居民解釋的。
這一固執(zhí)的想法每周都將整船整船的渴望者帶往波士頓、紐約、費(fèi)城、巴爾 的摩、查爾斯城和薩瓦那。 跟隨著他們的先行者，這些渴望的人們象潮水一般涌向荒野，
去生養(yǎng)更多的子女，而這些子女又將需求更多的土地。
The Early Settlers in North America
The North American frontier changed some of the characteristics of the pioneers of the 1750's and intensified others. They were, as a group, semiliterate, proud,and stubborn, as dogged in their insistence on their own way of life as
pine roots cracking granite to grow. Perhaps their greatest resource was
their capacity to endure. They outlasted recurrent plagues of smallpox and
malaria and a steady progression of natural accidents. They were
incredibly prolific. Squire Boone's family of eight children was small
by frontier standards. James Roberson, an eventual neighbor of Boone's
and the founder of Nashville, had eleven children. Twice married John
Sevier, the first governor of Tennessee, fathered eighteen; his longtime
enemy, John Tipton, also twice married, produced seventeen. The entire
assets of one of these huge families often amounted, in the beginning, to
little more than an axe, a hunting knife, an auger, a rifle, a horse or
two, some cattle and a few pigs, a sack of corn seed and another of salt,
perhaps a crosscut saw, and a loom. Those who moved first into a new region
lived for months at a time on wild meat, Indian maize, and native fruits in
season. Yet if they were poor at the beginning, they confidently expected
that soon they would be rich. In a way almost impossible to define to urban
dwellers, a slice of ground suitable for farming represented not just
dollars and cents, but dignity. The obsession brought shiploads of
yearners every week to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charles
Towne, and Savannah. It sent them streaming westward into the wilderness
after their predecessors to raise still more children who wanted still
more land.
北美早期殖民者北美的邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)改變了 18 世紀(jì) 50 年代拓荒者的一些特點(diǎn)，而強(qiáng)化了他
們的另一些特點(diǎn)。 作為一個(gè)整體，他們是半文盲，高傲并且頑固。 他們堅(jiān)持自己的生活方 式就象松樹(shù)根在花崗石中爆縫生長(zhǎng)。
也許，他們最大的資源是忍耐能力。 他們熬過(guò)了經(jīng)常 性的天花、瘧疾等瘟疫及一系列自然災(zāi)難。 他們出奇地多育。 依他們的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，斯夸爾布恩
有八個(gè)孩子是少的了。 最后成了布恩的鄰居并且是那士維的建造者的詹姆士·羅伯遜有 11 個(gè)孩子。
曾結(jié)過(guò)兩次婚的約翰·塞維爾--田納西州的第一位州長(zhǎng)，生了 18 個(gè)孩子，他長(zhǎng)期 的仇敵，約翰·提普敦也結(jié)過(guò)兩次婚并有 17 個(gè)孩子。
最初，在這些龐大的家庭中，全部的 財(cái)產(chǎn)合起來(lái)也不過(guò)是一把斧頭、一把獵刀和一根鉆子，一條步槍?zhuān)粌善ヱR，牛和豬，一袋
玉米種子和一袋鹽，或可能還有一把鋸子和一臺(tái)織布機(jī)。 那些新到一個(gè)地區(qū)的人們一連數(shù) 月靠野味、印第安玉米和季節(jié)性野果維持生活。
然而，即使最初很貧窮，他們自信很快就 會(huì)富起來(lái)。 一塊適合耕種的土地不僅僅代表著金錢(qián)，更意味著尊嚴(yán)。 這一點(diǎn)是無(wú)法向城市 居民解釋的。
這一固執(zhí)的想法每周都將整船整船的渴望者帶往波士頓、紐約、費(fèi)城、巴爾 的摩、查爾斯城和薩瓦那。 跟隨著他們的先行者，這些渴望的人們象潮水一般涌向荒野，
去生養(yǎng)更多的子女，而這些子女又將需求更多的土地。
The Early Settlers in North America
The North American frontier changed some of the characteristics of the pioneers of the 1750's and intensified others. They were, as a group, semiliterate, proud,and stubborn, as dogged in their insistence on their own way of life as
pine roots cracking granite to grow. Perhaps their greatest resource was
their capacity to endure. They outlasted recurrent plagues of smallpox and
malaria and a steady progression of natural accidents. They were
incredibly prolific. Squire Boone's family of eight children was small
by frontier standards. James Roberson, an eventual neighbor of Boone's
and the founder of Nashville, had eleven children. Twice married John
Sevier, the first governor of Tennessee, fathered eighteen; his longtime
enemy, John Tipton, also twice married, produced seventeen. The entire
assets of one of these huge families often amounted, in the beginning, to
little more than an axe, a hunting knife, an auger, a rifle, a horse or
two, some cattle and a few pigs, a sack of corn seed and another of salt,
perhaps a crosscut saw, and a loom. Those who moved first into a new region
lived for months at a time on wild meat, Indian maize, and native fruits in
season. Yet if they were poor at the beginning, they confidently expected
that soon they would be rich. In a way almost impossible to define to urban
dwellers, a slice of ground suitable for farming represented not just
dollars and cents, but dignity. The obsession brought shiploads of
yearners every week to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charles
Towne, and Savannah. It sent them streaming westward into the wilderness
after their predecessors to raise still more children who wanted still
more land.
北美早期殖民者
北美的邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)改變了 18 世紀(jì) 50 年代拓荒者的一些特點(diǎn)，而強(qiáng)化了他
們的另一些特點(diǎn)。 作為一個(gè)整體，他們是半文盲，高傲并且頑固。 他們堅(jiān)持自己的生活方 式就象松樹(shù)根在花崗石中爆縫生長(zhǎng)。
也許，他們最大的資源是忍耐能力。 他們熬過(guò)了經(jīng)常 性的天花、瘧疾等瘟疫及一系列自然災(zāi)難。 他們出奇地多育。 依他們的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，斯夸爾布恩
有八個(gè)孩子是少的了。 最后成了布恩的鄰居并且是那士維的建造者的詹姆士·羅伯遜有 11 個(gè)孩子。
曾結(jié)過(guò)兩次婚的約翰·塞維爾--田納西州的第一位州長(zhǎng)，生了 18 個(gè)孩子，他長(zhǎng)期 的仇敵，約翰·提普敦也結(jié)過(guò)兩次婚并有 17 個(gè)孩子。
最初，在這些龐大的家庭中，全部的 財(cái)產(chǎn)合起來(lái)也不過(guò)是一把斧頭、一把獵刀和一根鉆子，一條步槍?zhuān)粌善ヱR，牛和豬，一袋
玉米種子和一袋鹽，或可能還有一把鋸子和一臺(tái)織布機(jī)。 那些新到一個(gè)地區(qū)的人們一連數(shù) 月靠野味、印第安玉米和季節(jié)性野果維持生活。
然而，即使最初很貧窮，他們自信很快就 會(huì)富起來(lái)。 一塊適合耕種的土地不僅僅代表著金錢(qián)，更意味著尊嚴(yán)。 這一點(diǎn)是無(wú)法向城市 居民解釋的。
這一固執(zhí)的想法每周都將整船整船的渴望者帶往波士頓、紐約、費(fèi)城、巴爾 的摩、查爾斯城和薩瓦那。 跟隨著他們的先行者，這些渴望的人們象潮水一般涌向荒野，
去生養(yǎng)更多的子女，而這些子女又將需求更多的土地。
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