Excerpt from The Mohawk Trail: Its History and Course With Map and Illustrations The building of the new State Highway across Hoosac mountain was an event which turned a great volume of travel through a region which had been little appreciated, and seen by necessarily few tourists. With this great volume. Of travel over a splendid highway, bearing a name which implies a history of its own, there was awakened a desire to learn what that history is. Many travelers have asked what justification there is for supposing that there ever was an Indian trail across the moun tain, and many more who knew that a trail did exist, were eager to know at what places they traversed the ancient path. In an endeavor to satisfy these inquirers, this story of the Trail has been written. 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.