The eastern range is steep, mostly barren, and abounds with
caverns, clefts, ravines, and forests. The western is not nearly
so wild, and is mostly cultivated.
The meaning of the Indian word for Wyoming is "Large Plains," which,
like most of the Indian names, fits very well indeed.
The first white man who visited Wyoming was a good Moravian missionary,
Count Zinzendorf--in 1742. He toiled among the Delaware Indians
who lived there, and those of his faith who followed him were the
means of the conversion of a great many red men.
The fierce warriors became humble Christians, who set the best
example to wild brethren, and often to the wicked white men.
More than twenty years before the Revolution settlers began making
their way into the Wyoming Valley. You would think their only
trouble would be with the Indians, who always look with anger upon
intruders of that kind, but really their chief difficulty was with
white people.
Most of these pioneers came from Connecticut. The successors of
William Penn, who had bought Pennsylvania from his king, and then
again from the Indians, did not fancy having settlers from other
colonies take possession of one of the garden spots of his grant.
I cannot tell you about the quarrels between the settlers from
Connecticut and those that were already living in Pennsylvania.
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