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Haunted Courage And The Way To Rainy Mountain
The texts, “Undaunted Courage” and “The Way To Rainy Mountain” depict the land as a spiritual entity that’s worth being worshipped and respected as shown by man’s praise of it. The way man, rather than exploit it for profit, respects the land through animism shows their gratitude for it. From the detailed descriptions that give the reader an illustration of what man has seen, it is clear to say that man had this religious relationship again, but was also in tune with the lay of the land. In “Undaunted Courage” it tells the tales and findings of Lewis and Clark when it came to the surveying of the land during the Western Expansion for President Andrew Jackson. During this survey they came in contact with many Native American tribes for example

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