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Excerpt from Dans les Montagnes Rocheuses
Ce sont les trappeurs et les missionnaires français du Canada qui, les premiers parmi les Européens, parcoururent ces plaines qui couvrent près de deux cent mille lieues carrées. Ils leur donnèrent le nom de Prairie, que lui ont conservé les Américains; du reste, le vocabulaire topographique usuel est resté presque exclusivement français. Une colline est une butte, une cascade un saut, un af¿uent une four che, etc.
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