Excerpt from Adventures in Reading Tall plumes surmount a painted mask of death. - Elinor Wylie. Deep in the subconscious Of most North Americans lurks a woman frightened Of Indians, a man watchful for Sliding Shapes as he tracks through the forest. Some Of us can even yet remember our elders' tales of Indian raids; a great many Of us inherit family leg ends Of tragedy and courage in pioneering which we cherish more fondly than Spode or mahogany. Long years Of border warfare left a. Somber red stain that soaked through all the layers Of our national memory. The Museum Of the American Indian in New York City has an inexhaustible fascination; there the imagination is released to wander at will in the forests Of early recollection, where Fenimore Cooper Indians slink through Shadowy trees. 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.