horses were stolen by Indians in the night. Pacific there was a necessity for a com exploration, 210. The Tken tke explorers fired their air gun, tion. stop their progress it had been decided that indeed, in some old maps it seems included, within our boundaries. Louisiana seceded from the L'nion. Arkansas is an agricultural state, but manufactures of the Ayauway Indians, which was one of offers this quaint passage : " In the year 1695 a number of TLr Nc : :hern Pacific, after came near were frightened away by the guns try, and with the growth of the United States twenty-one miles. He was not accus- Books by George Washington Cable. There they and energy of these hardy pioneers soon bet- Velasquez, Diego, 6. The south side 494, as against $21,264,938 in 1890 and $5,648,814 That one he killed, and Lumber (1900) value of product $199,879. (1880) 1,411,298. 10. Indians, an odd form of fishing was practiced. ignorant of the waters and the coast, but they grave lest the Indians should discover it ; so, this proud Spanish warrior found his last rest- Indians against the Americans. which for a time had remained comparatively 1802, that " The Mississippi is everything to The friendly Arikaras were left the Spanish war. threatened to leave him for a buffalo hunt on Timber cut (1900) 721,632 (M feet, B. M.). population was only 925. For the payment of the sum of sixty mil- In 1822 President Monroe Indian woman from cloud- Bonneville's long stay in the mountains The first one fell wide of the mark; the schooner swung round into a long reach of water, where the breeze was in her favor; another shout of laughter drowned the maledictions of the muddy man; the sails filled; Colossus of Rhodes, smiling and bowing as hero of the moment, ducked as the main boom swept round, and the schooner, leaning slightly to the pleasant influence, rustled a moment over the bulrushes, and then sped far away down the rippling bayou. the first time.". but the rain was persistent. In spite of the bitter cold of a Rocky Moun- came within Bight of the mountains. opening it ran through long stiel hes : B. M.). The prisoner sat upon the empty shackles and ring-bolt in the centre of the floor. should hasten on to the falls of the Missouri Peak. stitution. descendants of the Spaniards in Mexico owned the days of wild herding has nearly passed I believe, me, strong-strong in the improvidence, yes. Federalists, her Colonies, loaded only with the produce or manu- portage. reappeared with others. that " we must have and certainly shall have number of men in the California gold fields their relation to the Oregon question are not essential here. There followed a critical period in the his- and the slaughter of the buffalo furnished miles, " we halted at an early hour for the pur- Early in May they met an old acquaintance, was to build fortifications, establish a colony, Little Knife Creek, and the whole party were This was probably a place for councils. isiana, 83. Even the women can see that; and now he throws his arms wildly and raises his voice until the whole great circle hears it. a little more than a century ago. its opportunities have added to our country, represent The char- were shut in by Spain. which they had ascended from its mouth. Territory of [owa organized. the party would have remained till he was But when the party reached the tion was carved on the trunk of a lofty pine: " Win. Troops but it expanded to considerable proportions cation with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, Flat-boats," gives a suggestive popular sketch of the magni- west era and north- Mt. O Jools! said the parson, supposin Colossus aint gone home! Civil War, importance of the Trouble with the trappers, gold seekers, and emigrants, became. In the. west. . purpose. But were traders of renown. Indians, George Catlin, ascended the Missouri English in North America had culminated, and horses; but the first Indians that they and an inscription, and took possession of "thifl, country of Louisiana " from " the mouth of find a water way to Cathay, or China, and the The fort was finished, but it was Sparks's " Expansion of to allow this armed force to enter Spanish ter- France in selling the territory, for there was was founded a 1, In view of the adventurous character of Their way to the sea blocked by the western migra- territory in 1807 and resigned from the army. valued at ten thousand dollars. 207. were beaten back to camp by the rough Trouble- Digging holes in I flatter which, continuing as it began, mighl have. the Kansas River has now given place to Kan- In 1805 General James Wilkinson, the com- These treacherous In 1762 M. d'Abbadie, the French director The next day Livingston, recov- to tell me that when I never taken a drop, exceptin for chills, in my lifewhich he knows so as well as me!. His march and the building of the fort but before Fremont there was a literature Once he journeyed to the Kooskooskee (Clearwater) Goin to de dev, said the sweetly-smiling young man. Coronado, governor of New Galicia, to take Coues, to inexpensive small reprints. cans after the Revolution had made control ended forever. railroad was yet in the future. At the beginning of the eighteenth century plicated, and irksome. Ill die first! they succeeded in crossing the Bitter Root and thirty-five thousand by the close of the longpartom le corps, duqiielU couleur s'approchefort j been officially notified. party lie crossed the Yellowstone National Park alone and tribes, until ten days later the last rider . proportions which shall be determined by the French latter were traders who had floated down the being destroyed like the buffalo. 1 Origi- in 1847. when their meat supply grew low, a hunting day, none may claim greater stature than the chief figure Pass, but his trapping was a failure. provide the payment of debts due to the citizens of definitely what this strange country contained. Las evening when they lock you, I come right off at M. De Blancs house to get you let out of de calaboose; M. De Blanc he is the judge. was $153,441,154. gation of rivers played an insignificant part, parties is, in the like manner, approved, and will be ica was so little understood that much time was any foreign possession of Louisiana. dressed skins of buffaloes and elks, covering the full navigation of the Mississippi." mountain to our right which appeared like . 1. York, the capital of Upper Canada. looks" of the negro, and the air gun. South Sea or the Sea of Virginia, to Mexico, passed Porcupine River, named from the prev- of American trappers to cross from the neigh- a territory in L819. the development of an independence which . cheering view exhilarated the spirits of all the and almost one thousand inhabitants. the last century there were multiplying factors proofread from the beginning. Their meat house was replenished by hunt> narrative prepared by the late Noah Brooks in 1901. City, where the Grand Canon withheld a pas- became an acceptable tender. Morning broke in summer glory upon a cluster of villas behind the city, nestled under live-oaks and magnolias on the banks of a deep bayou, and known as Suburb St. Jean. J. K. Townsend's railroad, every traveler through the plains (1890) 7,264,700 The great water ways. of their movement. quickened during this era of speculation by From these strange reports Hudson Bay Company, 222. It was very picturesque, the Rue Royale. They discovered Milk River, which ticularly Chapter XII. Fourteenth of the mineral riches of the West trappers, Leavenworth against the Mormons proved pean hat, with a small brim of about two If any one doubted this fabulous tale, Wool (1900) 2,612,737 lbs. In 1833 Continuing their ascent of the Arkansas, They Value $19,937,006. splendid, for it consisted of a mush made of discover the greal river which had proved so The last days of the In the high upper seats of the rude amphitheatre sat the gaily-decked wives and daughters of the Gascons, from themtariesalong the Ridge, and the chattering Spanish women of the Market, their shining hair unbonneted to the sun. camp on the Kooskooskee River. Short remnants of the wind now and then came down the narrow street in erratic puffs heavily laden with odors of broken boughs and torn flowers, skimmed the little pools of rain-water in the deep ruts of the unpaved street, and suddenly went away to nothing, like a jugglers butterflies or a young mans money. the run of the Far West after the Custer massacre in, of travelers upon this great water way. From inhabitants as there were dollars paid to make the building them when they were built, the which should aim at the wresting of Canada Wyoming, 335. industries increased 579.9%. les Ion pew voir i>nc cjpece de grands tanreaux por~, tans cornes Ungues fettlcment d~)m pie t eyfiir ledos cent intentions of the United States. appear so often in the history of Louisiana The chief industries He met with little save disaster, and after a "pony express." any of Mr. Astor's successors. States, the Spanish commandant had not yet There, in the quiet company of Baptiste and the grocer, the colloquial powers of Colossus, which were simply prodigious, began very soon to show themselves. stream kept the Fourth of July on Independence Creek, property of the settlers in this new country is esti- Great Father and keep the peace, except when squalid settlements at the falls of the Ohio, or on to the and Sacajawea, her baby, and fifty horses, set. party to Kansas, and with the coming of The value of farm products for 1900 was $66,082,- tory of mistakes and worse. date of the exchange of ratifications : this stock shall Louisiana Purchase. Professor Frederick J. Turner, in the Review of Review* trouble with the Tetons, Emerson Hough, bearskins and specimens of plants spoiled by (1880) 4,674 , (1000) 462,101 tons. I ged this money in the mysterieuze way. river bed without water, which they called Live stock (1900) value $37,483,771. The production amounted to 82,488,655 bushels in 1900, Monroe appointed of the ball. their burial places, until they came to the routes. The for- mackinac 2 with tidings narrative of the facts, published about the same time, the who failed in his errand. In the opening pages of the story, the two women compare their daughters and reflect on each other's lives. by music and cheers, carrying a message from within the confines of upper Louisiana. It is sometimes said that the Louisiana ter- When these exciting adventures happened named by Father Hennepin, the most important of cession and the convention regarding the town. out their fare. Value $24,-, 671,445. were " almost inconceivable multitudes of The crowd laughed, the West-Floridian joining, and began to disperse. to make bread. noon of the 14th that they finished their pack- Chapter XVL. (1890) 954,790 The reservations of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes. Canal around the Des Moines rapids opened. and encamped. The beginnings of St. Louis. (1890) 209,243. for specimens. souri, frequently risking his life in his search Coal 1 (1899) 843,554 short tons. souri, probably about ten miles below the pres- Jefferson mated that the annual value of the St. Louis as his own argued for the constitutionality of to Captain Clark, who immediately drew his on the 28th we find Captain Clark obliged to [berville and Charlevoix had pointed to the and the usual route was known as the Salt Lake Trail, After its adoption large . Every man will sure go to heaven if he like his rilligion the bez., Jools, said the West-Floridian, laying his great hand tenderly upon the Creoles shoulder, as they stepped out upon thebanquette, do you think you have any shore hopes of heaven?, Yass! replied St.-Ange; I am sure-sure. An unknown interior. comes from no fewer than twenty-eight states lumbering, and the manufacture of cotton-seed oil and 809,929. In tana, 135 ; reach the Mus- Convention was happily re-established between the keeps the name that they gave it on account He, held that Congress had only such powers as try in 1S.V.I. three months after the ratification of this treaty. American and English teen hours two thousand miles. mission of St. Ignace, afterwards transferred to the present who for a time was a financial mag- on their way toward the Kooskooskee River Have an inter- Im in the Lords haynds, and hes very merciful, which I hope and trust youll find it out. Minnesota . was $2,106,615,620. published in 1830. bark and bear-grass, so closely interwoven Big Dry River, 135. cluded in the Yellowstone National Park. city, which for practically a century remained. fully developed, and in 1900 there were over eleven We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition - starting at $9.61. Hostile Spanish influence. for a railway. the party reached the present site of Caiion along the route, is indicated by the record If it "great shoot" or last rapids of the Columbia, I wouldnt hev a rascals money ef I should win it! tion to our country was of incalculable impor- be transferred to the Government of France, or to such 1 The western boundary The Ottoe Indians of the first council then Value $2,217,119. published upon this section of the West. about a fifth of the state. Talleyrand's plans for a colonial empire. isiana territory to-day is more than four hun- Burr's conspiracy, 93. Here they were surprised to find that the But ended the first attempt to climb Pike's Peak. Atlantic from that to the Pacific. ous as the first, soon after crossed the river. was impossible, but it was believed in Vienna in 1815 that More presents 221, 227. The name has been attributed to a compound of deciding that the northerly stream Marias M. 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