Excerpt from The Death Shot, Vol. 3 of 3: A Romance of Forest and Prairie On each side of the crossing the channel was reached by a road, or rather an Open avenue in the timber, which appeared to have been felled. Doubtless it had been by the former proprietors of the mission; or it may be, the military who served its garrison. Since, the path had been kept clear of obstructing forest growth, by the' passage of wild animals, - herds of horses and cattle, - as also by raiding parties of red men who rode occasionally along it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.