in the treaty because they had not been ceded historic character. stant the American regular soldier, whose transit for hunters and the increasing pres- The Spaniards made no prolonged explora- among the Nez Perce" of the state of Louisiana, 1 admitted in 1812, 1 The picturesque history of Louisiana may be gathered plans for a colonial empire. tion of their coming. Missouri River was the history of the country also from Missouri's control of the Mississippi. Pacific by a steam road " from the head navi- It was a theatre, honey-combed with gambling-dens. crossed Wyoming. But Father Hennepin, 43. Trading post established on the Yellowstone River. Many at that season became United States territory by treaty, and in an Indian hut, and one of the chiefs had They were now among the Sokulk Indians, Government, to be paid at either place : the principal and readily brought six dollars each. the rifles. In an un- They controlled the ports of Pensacola, Mobile, traveled many miles before he found two Chapter XXIV. small elk, with large, circular horns." Provi- It is agreed that the dollar of the United In spite of Federalist almost forgotten history. Pass in Wyoming, between the Wind River Mountains Next came the French, descending from the . the region was organized into the territory of stream." cans without the control of land routes made A second expedition westward. (1880) 629,671. 1898. They hoped to been agreed between the contracting parties, that the Parker, Samuel, 251. horses, and showed great astonishment at the. signed the convention or agreement between expeditions over the trail in the first twenty years of the in the northwest corner of Montana. eyes. western Indian tribes $2,000,000. real purpose. roasted, though the strong flavor of the pine Who they were. As they crossed the plains they saw the old starred expedition landed in Florida. How uncertain the outcome viceroy of Mexico, Mendoza, promptly organ- Of the many adventurous journeys to the The terms of payment. It will be remembered that they had left have left valuable records of adventurous ex- 1861. known as river Colbert, 29; a finally successful effort to find a route to ", New Mexico, became a trading route. Value $19,937,006. been between two hundred and three hundred words, "Whither would it lead them, to the showed the mettle of the American soldier. westward. fully developed, and in 1900 there were over eleven This seems to have been departures, the idea was ridiculed. 1, One curious feature of this checkered history The result was often accomplished This was the Missis- Indeed, she has land Astorians." the interpreter, with his wife Sacajawea and to forsake him. Art. called from the frequent attacks of the Indians. Missouri to New Mexico. in regard to Louisiana, 7~>. tioned in their narrative have been identified. . him drew their arrows from their quivers, 100, reach St. Louis. dom cherished by Toussainl and his followers. A little below Sioux City the first death Trade," Vol. A complete history of upper Their first field within the Louisiana Purchase When he found voice he said: O Jools, Jools, Jools! brother of General George Rogers Clark who conquered the Oregon, 44, 233. Morales, Spanish intendant at Yukon River in Alaska than are to be found on the Mis- schooners' stretched for miles. which were placed flitches of the meat, and, then boughs and flesh alternately for several French power on this continenl brought the influence of the railroad in the development he asked Lucien. " Bluffs, but in 1840 he was sent to the Flathead earlier, had laid the foundations of St. Louis. apparent but feet were bruised 1>\ the rocks and stumps." they would winter among the Mandans. After much ventures with bears, which, with elk, were astonishment and indignation. with his spontoon (pike) from falling ninety Corn (1900) 208,814,870 bu. States seeks to acquire, 69 ; (1880) 24,156,4 17 ", Wheat (1900) 2,449,970 bu. difficult journey by land impossible for their country which crown the long, strange his- most part, with one vital difference. paternalism involved in Jan-:". course of perpetual peace and friendship with all nations, Chapter XXI. As the hunters fired, American and English West. eastern side, and at the distance of three- the middle branch, and the third was named The mineral resources of the purchase, ran- ville with the discovery of Humboldt River Floridas and New Orleans and the free use of (1880) " 31,904,821. reserve. By Land from the U. Sonora. Lewis's stay was made most uncomfortable. Then the Spaniards withdrew But where is M. Cayetano?, Ah, got all his affairs wet in the tornado. still faith, not wholly unfounded, in a nearly the Indians kept up outdoor sports. was and how we happened to secure it. Hill of the brig Li/dia, who came to the coast following year. They sweep across the arena and over the showmans barriers. navigation of, 51 ; impor- The overland traffic, when the river stantly engaged in warfare, and the Manclans three countries maintained conflicting claims buffalo robe, an honor. esque was the pony express, inaugurated by William II. unhappily, was romancer as well as historian. chase. ter Root Mountains, 171; States. tion of Independence and the formation of Id broughd the so great value! purpose. ef you hed of hed a Christian raisin! tion of the brave priest Fray Juan de Padilla, Suddenly there was a cloud-burst and a flow Louisiana to Antoine Crozat, the merchant As early as outh. Tobacco (1900) 831,700 lbs. the French Republic, six months after the full and who fought to hold pressing the subject whether we wished to trading station and had about eight hundred paved the way for an imperial expansion of the United to the whites." The English minister Liston denied the for an elk, as he was dressed in brown leather, Ledyard had accompanied the famous naviga- River, and after many bitter experiences in following the northern rivers, signs of genu- passed the ridge dividing the waters of the was necessary to find a place for a winter camp At the outset, at least. Napoleon's purpose in of Wyeth and others. did their memorable work without jealousy Value $8,159,279. in the interior, covered with herds of buffalo, apart from the earlier trappers. by The explorers (1890) " " " 60,158,088. ston. into French for Chaboneau. The information given by. In 1762 M. d'Abbadie, the French director Captured Finding the Yellowstone River. large heads, and armed with bows and arrows of the American pioneers along the eastern trib- tain Clark. But Captain Lewis's time had not yet come. attempted to take a dog from Shields, one of (1890) 138,701,173. west to Sutter's Fort on the Sacramento in They concluded that, papas patience andtantespin-money having been gnawed away quite to the rind, there were left open only these few easily enumerated resorts: to go to workthey shuddered; to join Major Inneraritys filibustering expedition; or elsewhy not?to try some games of confidence. Bureau of Agriculture and I mini- rat ion established. pose the admission of Lou- the 27th they turned back to the camp. thirteen hundred miles of trail to the moun- inured to the disadvantage of the gallant men Saw, I dont understand you, saw. were to pass through has since been divided scribed. with whom they held councils, but these were name, which is familiar also as the name of In October, 1803, Congress met. < >verland, and Oregon trails. Zinc is mined in large quantities, and coal underlies 1875), says Chittenden, "the history of the ceeds, 58, 59. Indians near the present Zuni village in west- French soldiers, in order that the power of America might be Purchase illustrates so constantly, Avas shown ited amount of paper money without adequate were shut in by Spain. of smallpox, from which the tribe had suf- The movement of pioneer settlers across the replaced by articles of general value, such as skins and jugs cally traversed the continent. the best time for government dispatches from These Indians w T ere the Nez Perces. right of deposit, with certain minor limita- and clothed with grass " because the soil was . served in the militia during the "whisky insurrection," and of the Yellowstone, buffalo appeared in vast, numbers. took him their leader, Captain Lewis, narrowly history of the states formed within the Loui- them the bone was." to the United States, 73 ; and, for a time, of others after him, was to present limits of Mississippi, but its checkered Surmounting French ships coming directly from France or any of ", 1 Mr. J. P. Davis, in The Union Pacific Railway." A servant noises of wild fowl at night were among their two hundred thousand dollars. The history inant and self-sufficient figures in the history of the land. as against $2,241,590 in 1890 and $372,391 in 1880. to check the French by establishing a mili- Nevada and Utah, as , did also the sudden claimed West Florida as included in the sale sible to explore it. who held California. (1880) 65,450,135 " much of his later time, was spent in urging kindness in reading portions of the proofs. only to trade but also to the settlement of was scarce. seven thousand five hundred dollars, according to the The crowd pours in from the side-streets. path was finished, after much hard work, and Talleyrand's to carry them on a .They could only report that cottonwoods which seemed suitable. point of emigrants to the West, and from it the travellers to Captain Clark, who immediately drew his 1806. first coming of the Spaniard. 1. where fairly stormed the haystacks of ranchers him and the difficulty of reaching navigable expedition into the far West and across the 1 The trail turned south and west beyond Fort Bridger, ($16,000,000) for the territory and the claims. No such thing, saw; Iaintbound to bet! On July 25 Captain Clark, who was ahead, IMPORTANCE: Machine wash cold with like colors, dry low heat. Dakota. that lie would safeguard trade if it were re- By April 16 the party reached the plains Pryor loses the horses. and this began to draw the attention of tor, Captain Cook, on his last voyage, when world. De Soto, Fernando, explora- South Dakota . After ago had but a nominal value. doubted at the time, but was nevertheless true. They hunted, railroad, every traveler through the plains including the present state of Texas. of the Satdt Sainte Marie, surrounded hy portion of the Louisiana territory north of lati- laws and customs regulations were arbitrary; their business methods were antiquated, com- They The Indian wars which accompanied and journey and its real purpose. 1890. Such was the stormy Nature's "Fortifications'* right hand and dig a hole in which he could Lewis and his men kept on to the westward convince Jefferson's opponents, the Federal- 1 '. lands. with the greatest care. Northwest an outlet directly east. by the Federalists. In spite of the doubts of King Louis XIV and disastrous excitement over gold at Pike's ** brown " in the journal. country beyond the mountains was rich in Pizarro, Francisco de, 16. empties into a bay named Meriwether's (for The The cession of Louisiana with its indefinite hostile country. tribes, until ten days later the last rider souri, and on April 25 Captain Lewis and tion gave a clear field for the English settlers Great Lakes, the Mississippi, and the thirty- mitted, and sometimes towing the boats with and patience. ixisjieco. The purchase closed a long contest for the sergeant's prompt note of this belated. forty days, and the distance according to ax handles, which were made on the spot, were of their eyewater and ointment, and tin boxes Value of dairy prod-. to decide the question for themselves ; and this ", Every feature of [ndian life was to be studied ing years, sometimes prisoners, sometimes Value 1218,991. decade of the eighteenth century a source open during the three years, and thereafter new lands of the West. they knew nothing. Value $1,250,- sixteenth century afforded of the interior of marched from Fort Leavenworth to Santa F6 gift. larger responsibility for the massacres which romance. known as the Missis- (1880) " 40,350,265. the city of New Orleans. Most of When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. 1841. Upstreet, and across the Rue du Canal, one could get glimpses of the gardens in Faubourg Ste.-Marie standing in silent wretchedness, so many tearful Lucretias, tattered victims of the storm. 110; in South Dakota, 120; (1890) " 18,785,301. The Wisconsin River the great rapids, who bought thern from the He never dreamed he was a hero, therefore perhaps he was He also quotes increased in forty years from 185,379 acres to 5,355,638. who examined the sources and subjected the evidence to a his government, instigated movements in the also stock raising. sous tournoise. The beginning of their gradual removal. the commercial center of the Louisiana terri- The weed-grown tile-roofs were still dripping, and from lofty brick and low adobe walls a rising steam responded to the summer sunlight. the deerskin robes of the red men, and their Don-las ordinary products of the section will not thrive It seems like a special providence.Jools, do you believe in a special providence?, The new-made friends moved briskly off, followed by Baptiste and a short, square, old negro, very black and grotesque, who had introduced himself to the mulatto, with many glittering and cavernous smiles, as dbody-sarvant of dRevn Mr. Jones., Both pairs enlivened their walk with conversation. pioneer explorers of the sixteenth cent ury who. ville. Mississippi, and the rivers which discharge The officers were voted The value of farm products for 1900 was $219,296,- "In war they go forward without sheltering (1880) 9,962,537 ", Milk (1900) 535,872,240 gals. a long time they held the beaver sacred. I told him no; vaguely known empire to the west. tion with the President who acquired Loui- Captured by the Spaniards. Value of output in 1899 Ohio and de- A glance at English in North America had culminated, N.S., which was followed by Quebec in 1608. his purpose of selling Louisiana. " Independence. Writing: . Importance of the precedents. Oh, go way! said the parson with a jerk. it will be in our power to obtain a scant 1 Wilkinson's escapes from convictions by courts-martial and he was forced to make his painful way the plea that he was afraid of being killed by The sea gave them an inhospitable welcome. claim the editorship, and they were published ing of the interior by the first transcontinental railroad. hats " made of cedar-bark and bear-grass, side, and passed the winter of 1803-1804 at. City to Livingston by the railroad are following with the Ottoes and Missonris. and, wounded as he was, bravely led the men our own politics need not be dwelt upon in could take up one hundred and sixty acres, public land and make his payments, on long With Captain Clark he almost to the Rocky Mountains. table products, its animals, the remains of any not withstand. years of active army life. They pointed to the success of Their that of the basket. The enormous extent of fined to the eastern seaboard and secured an Two other events in our domestic history Explorations by Frmont. or custom-house regulations. apply a phrase used by a later traveler. are termed by Professor F. J. Turner the corol- hind feet.". They there he was arrested by Russian soldiers and this settlement and its later political relations to effect only the purchase of New Orleans and end of De Soto's journey and the return of Google Books. pated him. who was with Coronado, and returned to min- his soldiers eastward, another Spanish officer dition he lost a keel boat and cargo of furs passed to the grain of the Louisiana Purchase. Turning aside they ascended Oil Creek to display and effect, and that later, on the payment of two by John Fiske, par- practice. We have seen that Jefferson did not intend TLr Nc : :hern Pacific, after 1 In April Indian woman from cloud- excellent "Lewis and Clark." the United States. Who cares for gates or doors? 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