Then came a new command to move 400 miles across the wilderness to settle a desert patch in Arizona.
The Sami and their reindeer live far to the north of the Inuit of North America, and have for hundreds of years been pushed further into the wilderness by settled farmers encroaching from the south.
The An-2 would have to operate from rough airfields – not just unpaved, grass airstrips, but dirt roads and forest clearings in the middle of Russia's sparsely settled wilderness.
Lee, the illiterate daughter of a Manchester blacksmith, joined the sect in 1758, became one of its leaders, and in 1774 immigrated to the colonies with eight followers, settling in the wilderness near Albany.
And if last year saw the prodigal son return from the wilderness, 2015 saw him settle into the throne, with Shutdown the triumphant first decree.
When people settle in wilderness, they break up the habitat, either by cutting forests and plowing fields or by planting trees as windbreaks in grasslands.
Kids can enjoy running around in this magical wilderness, playing Poohsticks in the river, looking at the horses and splashing about in the stream before settling down to toast marshmallows over the campfire.
Less wilderness-savvy visitors can settle for crossing the stunning Navajo Bridge, which links the North and South Rims of the Grand Canyon, east of Grand Canyon national park.
Empires rise and fall, continents are discovered, wildernesses are explored and settled, and man makes progress through new inventions.
St.-Jérôme is home to a statue of the Rev. Antoine Labelle, a Catholic priest and explorer who helped settle the Laurentian wilderness in the 19th century.
