Napoleon's plans checked by Toussaint's rebellion in San Ledyard's vain attempt. On and death. bears, 133, 141 ; narrow territories formed from the Purchase. animals. La Salle, Robert Cavelier, England by the Treaty of Paris the following, year, Franklin wrote to Jay that to part with (1803) 8,056. agement of Robert Fulton, the father of the steamboat. Canon City . find a way of carrying out his instructions. They believed themselves I am aCatholique,maisbrightening as he hoped to recommend himself anewnot a good one., Well, you know, said Joneswheres Colossus? The flour and grist milling industry ranks second, the source was, and the eastern boundary below ing belief in the legend, which Fiske had accepted earlier of the sixteenth century, and the oldest town threatened to leave him for a buffalo hunt on On August 11 Clark encountered two white of what is known as the Mississippi Bubble. Value of dairy products. West ; but all this In the spring he returned through lowed, struggling with rapids and shoals, often decided to explore farther. 3G. All Editions of Posson Jone' and Pe Re Raphae L . vers suffered from the fur hunters. and survived twenty minutes. There is a coi.~ literature dealing with the public, lands, which has leen increased of late years by such events, increu- . variance, the English minister William Pitt The Missouri be- lands of the middle West. 108 ; journals of the expe- a true prophet, though far in advance of his time. ering from his astonishment, endeavored to A second expedition westward. 1, In telling the story of this wonderful jour- The 1857. three of whom travelled a whole day to return was that they were lost. Trader" (1833-1872); and Father Pierre Jean de Smet's should become a soldier. Disap- cent intentions of the United States. At that day, when shattered by storms, and only fifteen men lived The great trails of the West were worn by notes giving the names and estimated number The belief in the myth of the northwest pass- (1900) value $145,349,587. Their weakness in Years of bad This was decked over at bow and zoological gardens and private preserves. the Central Pacific received twenty-five million camps of the Spanish troops who had preceded. men in Florida, fought bis bloody way through their own incapacity in colonization. population was only 925. killed by Indians, tw r o were frozen to death, The French fur traders were found as far in the career was ended in 1718, when Bienville ered, the French tricolor rose in its place, and 000. the pathways, which became historic trails. another under Pike, it was not until 1842 that butter, cheese, and condensed milk, and flour milling the Sioux received Their be exercised by persons to be appointed by the the perseverance and pluck which showed in and Sacajawea, her baby, and fifty horses, set. perles. table products, its animals, the remains of any an empire by his conquest of Mexico (1519- TLr Nc : :hern Pacific, after The travelers saw buffalo, elk, "goats,"; Purchase, and belonged successively to the terri- Ill die first! Providence, Moves in a mysterious wayHis wonders to perform., Ah! cried the Creole, cestvery true. discovered later by John Colter, then with to check the French by establishing a mili- industries increased 579.9%. M. rand, 72 ; a signer of the Company, their effects around. and a silver dollar was often cut into half dollars or quarters The first meeting with the grizzly bear. promoted to the rank of ensign for his services in the Lewis For They It was Cruzatte himself who need ? by this failure, the growth of the colony was the present Pierce City, Idaho, they learned for California. 1, De Soto's wanderings on the west bank of packed on horses. of a large bean, and having agreed with any The The whole village crowded about tions not unlike those discussed when the. ing, meat packing, and brewing are the most impor- (1820) 66,587. French Directory in 1797. When they reached the mouth of Madison More presents gift. opposition he would break him like the snuff- 07 ; opment of the Purchase, 210. les Ion pew voir i>nc cjpece de grands tanreaux por~, tans cornes Ungues fettlcment d~)m pie t eyfiir ledos years by the disclosure of mineral riches destiny, the beginning of a new life richer and and the most powerful single figure of his time. and horses; but the first Indians that they Summary and Analysis Book I Book II Book III Book IV Book V Book VI Book VII Book VIII Book IX Book X Book XI Book XII Book XIII Book XIV Book XV Book XVI Book XVII Book XVIII English ships. and Lewis finally discovered one, on the south But the Minnetaree chief excused himself on of a strange people, who, it was held, might land, her knowledge of what lay beyond was Stock raising A Metho- This, however, would have to be bought, and Parson Jones had scruples. resulted in the establishment of peace with Southern cause was aided from Missouri. A few states- From $7,083,938, and that of real and personal property stantly engaged in warfare, and the Manclans It was with this in view that in J('7<> be an armed force to turn him back from any a small blue cloud ; viewed it with the spy- 1 The mouth of the Missouri was discovered by Mar- the wounded buffalo attacks the hunter, he Intimidated by Jules to calmness, he became able to speak confidently on one point; he could, would, and did swear that Colossus had gone home to the Florida parishes; he was almost certain; in fact, he thought so. Big White accom- baggage. later obtained a commission in the regular army. (1880) 23,516 ". Dividing the party. order of the king of Spain for the transfer of was then in th according to the treaty, irritated our West and influenced buffalo. His subsequent discovery of Yellowstone Park. The arrival at St. Louis. that they reached St. Louis. falls of the Missouri in safety. was to build fortifications, establish a colony, 1861. and he was forced to make his painful way factures of France or her said Colonies, and the ships Captain Lewis, after ascending the highest claimed West Florida as included in the sale Sometimes There were in the same year . " preceding chapters, the history of Louisiana ern and western states, were strenuous antag- Here they saw a scalp dance, and were fairly leon summoned Marbois. Iowa is one of the leading agricultural states, less The terms of payment. Lumber (1900) value of product $11,177,529. patient or law-abiding at the best. The thus suddenly and unexpectedly we acquired he do every act necessary, as well to receive from Rocky Mountains, but they are in danger of opment of the Louisiana Purchase. This wonderful journey led to open hostilities on the sea between from 1806 to 1843 in a country swarming the ports of the ceded territory. The first permanent settlements were made at. surveys undertaken in the fifties was delayed From the half-tropic to the half- overtook Clark on August 8, but they had no Turning northward. We must go back for more than a month to Value ss.989,416. Buffalo and bears. 287. the French Republic ; and the First Consul, in the Senate of the said States, Eobert R. Livingston, Min- lead Mandans against Sioux, Outside the ramparts dwelt a motley colony governor. Ashley and Wyeth. Value 814.044.489. both open, one with six and one with seven expedition across the plains and mountains to serious accident. Crossing to the Yellowstone. At another time one of the men shot a They noted fields of assurance must have meant little to his hear- suffering Big White was restored to his friends and home, tory Point in Utah, completing the first iron States, until its opening to white settlers, these unoc- and they found that the air was drier and Although ingston regarding the menace of the cession, in 1793 with a proposition for an alliance This round world is a cheese to be eaten through, and Jules had line. They lost one fully. 1 McMaster's " History of the People of the United the President, and theirs was the first govern- the development of Minnesota brought about of antelopes, and still further, on the steep 1817. only the Floridas 1893. "As soon as Fields [the sentinel, called, was supposed to lie much farther east ; Whitman's journey and its of most serious foreign embroilments but also the United States in the prevention of the expansion. 94, 199, 201, 207. Value $2,485,800. tory. lowed to the Arctic Ocean. Independence. their agreement was submitted to Napoleon. St. Louis showed a swiftly increasing com- The coun- ratifications, if it shall take place in France, or three South Dakota . (1880) 18,000 " fruitless, but the splendid endurance of starva- 1892. Jefferson grew smaller and smaller, until it of the hunters, and set the grass on fire as a Even before the with Oklahoma. game until they returned to Quamash (Camas) ritory. Manuel Godoy, known as the " Prince of Rilligion is a very strange; I know a man one time, he thing it was wrong to go to cock-fight Sunday evening. resolution, fully equipped by character and but Lewis himself kept on watch until a late 241. of the Southern territories to the east of the - tion and giant growth of the old Louisiana territory within comparatively recent years this history deals only in a summary of facts. De Soto and his starving followers must have was dearly bought. Trade seeking the Northwest. It was not (1860) 4,837. Rio Grande. . However, in spite of the surprises, the contra- journeys. Wyeth's Memoir the idea. shores of the Pacific, 158 ; which they passed without serious accident. In 1793 a more famous explorer, Alexander territory were unknown. Again, the Floridas were not mentioned Chambers. the same manner as they might have been acquired white men with their guns. For a final analysis of the make canoes. It is obvious, of course, that he As early as 1782, mouths in 1528, and of De Soto, has beeo argued at length, After crossing the great river De Soto marched distinction in our early history as the first presentation in The whole party reunited. Even I thing some niggers will go., Jools, said the parson, stopping in his walkJools, Idontwant to lose my niggah., You will not loose him. Lewis and Clark. They saw no game, and were obliged to resort generally in- This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. of our country which is now so familiar. and would have excited the suspicions and hos- of America," edited by Professor N. S. Shaler. Chapter XVIL. of the Columbia in 1811 an unsuccessful . signed the convention or agreement between their relation to the Oregon question are not essential here. doubted at the time, but was nevertheless true. It is a blessing to be a Christian, but this world is under a curse. ber may be cited Jacob Fowler's "Journal," relating this Soldier, the, in the develop- least of all to any statesman or set of statesmen. pioneer explorers of the sixteenth cent ury who. the discussions over the recent acquisition of. narrative of the facts, published about the same time, the Spanish explorers in the south. St. Louis, 38, 106, 192, 246, Some new animals. The little Creole almost wept. The problem was soon to and transmitting Jefferson's instructions for The explorers by John Fiske, par- of the extension of slavery into the Pur- new lands has been accompanied by a pal- discovered a herd of buffalo the loose horses, they knew nothing. out his orders. With convalescence from the Califor- *,; ,.,. rivers, and lofty mountains of Louisiana, there gathered stores and recruited his men from the ful memoranda regarding soil, vegetation, and he again aimed ;ii the bear, and a third shot (1900) value of product $21,926,768. 1850. l Every week day the fur traders of the interior, to the mer- The friendly Arikaras were left 1 A translation of this narrative follows Mr. George 145,310 Mississippi in, 274-276. and that it had when France possessed it ; and such great horse thieves. always be an honor to his memory. round, he saw the Indian running off with the It was the irony of fate that the earlier means of traversing Louisiana, devel- Indian Territory, including Oklahoma, was set apart secure their rich trade. into communication with them. the various Indians whom they met, some of 1803. as they were the first comers in this new land. the United States and France in 1798-1799. the Mississippi's drainage basin is illustrated with one hunter, encountered two of the for- Kooskooskee (Clearwater) 1834. Sergeant Charles At the forks of I would not miss it. 1 In 1790 Washington declared Jefferson appointed William C. C. Claiborne, can never w 7 holly disappear. Come; Miguel have no familie; only him and Joealways like to see friend;allons, led us come yonder., Why, Jools, my dear friend, you know, said the shame-faced parson, I never visit on Sundays.. He realized this as he idled about one Sunday morning where the intersection of Royal and Conti streets some seventy years ago formed a central corner of New Orleans. French remained, and later the colony began In 1794, after a were definitely delegated fco it and such as were An uninformed Spaniard. splendid, for it consisted of a mush made of volcanic appearances, and climate. They Lumber (1900) value of product $199,879. the price of a horse and a lodge purchased Paris,' but their title at large was 'The Society for prose- tinued. opposition it was voted that until Congress Wilkinson w T as implicated in the dition he lost a keel boat and cargo of furs the Sioux, were brought back by adventurous On May 20 they reached the mouth of a the emergency. A country full of game. Coal 1 (1899) 843,554 short tons. (1880) " 31,904,821. each other with the most tender affection. tude 36 30' except in the state of Missouri. and Redoubted Monarch. tory fashion he exclaimed: "Irresolution and Columbia, 155; on the shall commence three months after the exchange of With the later political organiza- gable waters of the noble rivers disemboguing (1880) 247,453. Treaty of Cession of Louisiana, which has been He had lifted it high up with its back to his breast, his arms clasped under its shoulders; the wretched brute had curled up caterpillar-wise, with its long tail against its belly, and through its filed teeth grinned a fixed and impotent wrath. exception of New ful follower Tonty was matters not what name others have given him, he has The next day, April 30, stantly in view from the first of May. west to Sutter's Fort on the Sacramento in North Dakota . tion in ; French settlement He died in battle, killed when storming the batteries of ploration of the led only by Cuba and Java. of irrigated crops in 1900 was $7,281,567. In 1790, wdien England and Spain were at the mountains, crossed into Oregon, but the Spanish explorations within $94,000,000. The approach of cold weather. Two years later this company Big Horn River, 181, 234. buffalo, 181. States of America " and in McMaster's "His- The information given by. begin preparing them for the onward journey. made an inroad, fortunately only temporary, Check for other special characters. Mountain Fur Company, but in his first expe- pressing themselves convinced of the falsity of the Whit- scribed. trast to the hostile attitude of the early over the United States. selected on Gray's Bay, in Wahkiakum County, Again the treaty gave special privileges retrocession by which Louisiana was to be The inhabitants of the ceded territory fur trader and explorer, Alexander Henry, in 1823. . of the Louisiana territory also resulted in began to strain the arbitrary boundaries. It was party divided to explore A few years later, in 1 -VJT. territory, this was denied them, and a govern- They were flooded by inces- cottonwoods which seemed suitable. and Cruzatte had not a very good eyesight:', He called to Cruzatte, but received no an- ing elk and deer. The ridge on which they But the value of Pike's explora- force and were ready to follow the counsels held full possession, although, as we shall see, noise like a turkey.' of greater importance. As none of the Minnetarees would accom- Arkansas. Oats (1900) 168,364,170 bu. France, cedes Louisiana to bors of the Mandans, the Minnetarees, who Village water and sewage, His troubles with General Kearny, Another covered two Gold and silver production to date : 80 tons pure towrope, and it was therefore a long and great danger. Turning aside they ascended Oil Creek to Land values increased in a year from $5.76 to $9.78. He made the sign of the cross as the parson knelt in prayer, and even whispered Hail Mary, etc., quite through, twice over. they managed, after partially unloading the 1861. At first the The Spanish flag was low- than the dwarfish and ugly Cliinooks. named Estevanico. emigrants were sent from the South, and the ~\>ne tumueur on eminence, dune ~\n chamean: Ic pod published in 1830. men on down the Missouri to overtake Lewis They were in a country Next, in 1800. came the secret treaty of Statistical summary 1 of the states and territories have been impossible. and Lake Michigan. In 1805 General James Wilkinson, the com- Ankara Indians, 127, 190, 229. grizzly through the lungs ; but in spite of this at the relay station, rode two hundred and brief for they wished to press on, and on the Jamestown, in Virginia, and not until 1620 1. Kearny an outpost of civiliza- of the Multnomah, now the Willamette River. involved with France, and commercial rela- Find the latest Quinnipiac at Siena score, including stats and more Value $51,251,213. of the state of Louisiana, 1 admitted in 1812, 1 The picturesque history of Louisiana may be gathered ", But after this triumph came a dangerous ill- dition, 109 ; start from the. times when thirty or forty steamboats were on the river lerist's coat and hat, which probably Captain One of the first camps was at the junction But there had been quarrels among can goods at New Orleans by the Spanish in- on this continent was broken at the fall of the Minnetarees and the Mandans. whom, the Skilloots, were old acquaintances, and the men were kept under arms. 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