Pelts and Palisades: The Story of Fur and the Rivalry for Pelts in Early America by Nathaniel C. Hale - HTML preview

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PELTS and PALISADES

Friend, once ’twas Fame that led thee forth
 To brave the Tropic Heat, the Frozen North;
 Late it was Gold, then Beauty was the Spur;
 But now our gallants venture but for Fur.

JOHN DRYDEN, 1672.