The Portage

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Cle Che Ai Tahn

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Place the Stamp One Cent for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Two Cents for THE PORTAGE. Where streams become too swift to make headway against the cur- rent in the canoes, portaging is resorted to. Canoes and their cargo are packed on the heads and shoulders of the crew to the head of the rapids. Many Indians carry a surprising weight for miles. " PRIMITIVE TRANSPORTATION IN THE WEST “TROILENE