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Buffalo, NY is on the St. Lawrence? I have a lot to learn about this river apparently

~“I heard full details of that affair, and the way in which he and his friend Jack Merrill acquitted themselves, showed that they were made of no ordinary stuff."

Me: 🥺I miss Jack

~ “The same Ralph Stetson that was mixed up in that affair of the arms and ammunition, smuggled across the Mexican border by the underground river?”

Me: this ranger is the hype guy

Oh clever. They transferred a ranger from the southwest to the north just so that he can talk about Ralph

~ “Stop using profanity,” advised Ralph; “it never did anybody any good and never will. Besides, we don’t care to hear it. Good night.”

Me: this. This is the kind of wholesome content we’re sorely missing in our society.

Oh! Btw, I'm going to be using this for the NATO prompt in ATY 2021, because it has Quebec in it.

~ Somebody told us that it got its name from Cartier exclaiming, as he saw the three-hundred-foot rock that rises from the river, ‘Que bec!’ That means ‘What a beak!’ And so that is how Quebec got its name, and, if you’d ever seen it, you would think it was a good one.

Cartier named a section of land Mont Royale, which would later become Montreal

~ Jacques Cartier is generally given the credit of the discovery of the St. Lawrence, although some historians mention other candidates for the honor.

Me: ok I know nothing about this river

No, Ralph, don’t think the best of your boatman! Listen to Harry!

Pre-read: now we come to the end of this series. Surprisingly, I enjoyed each installment more as we went. The beginning was rather weak, but it got better. And I love the noble virtues it tries to instill in us