presented, he has devoted much time and more labor than most of his readers, unacquainted by experience with such tasks, will give him credit for, in its compilation--to which he brings the knowledge acquired by the observation of thirty-five years in the extensive Mississippi Valley, and by visits to nearly every memorable spot connected with its early history.

Although not arranged in strict accordance with the plan originally projected, it is believed this new and greatly extended edition, for general accuracy, and especially for fullness of detail, may be fairly commended to the reader, as worthy of attention, as a work for perusal and future reference.

While it is not pretended, in view of the necessary imperfection of all human works, that the volume is wholly free from errors and imperfections, the author has endeavored to procure all the facts detailed or in any way alluded to in its pages, from the most reliable sources and the best authorities; it will be found to contain a faithful narrative of the prominent events in Western History, deserving of the perusal, not only of the millions who occupy its fertile acres, but of every American--and especially of the

YOUNG MEN OF OUR COUNTRY,

TU WHOM

THIS VOLUME

15

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

PITTSBURGH, October, 1856.

LIST OF AUTHORITIES

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Vols. I. to IV. are Foreign Affairs, I. to IV.

"XV. is Post Office, I.

"XVI.,XVII.,XVIII.,are Public Lands,I,II,III. 66 XIX is Claims, I.

"XX, XXI, are Miscellaneous, I., II.

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Bancroft's History United States. Boston. 1834 to 1840.

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Butler's History of Kentucky. Cincinnati. 1836.

Durk's History of Virginia.

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Brackenridge, II. M., History of the late war with Great Britain.

66 Views of Louisiana.

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Brown's Views of the Campaign of the North-West Army. Troy, N. Y. 1814. Brown's History of the Second War of Independence.

Boone's Adventures. N. Y. 1844.

Black Hawk's Account of Himself. Cincinnati. 1833.
Butler's Western Chronology. Frankfort, Ky. 1837.
Burgess' Account of Perry's Victory. Boston. 1839.

Carver's Travels. London. 1780.-Philadelphia.

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Colden's History of the Iroquois. London. 1755.

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Dillon's History of Indiana. Vol. I. Indianapolis. 1843.

Drake's Picture of Cincinnati. Cincinnati. 1815.

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Davis' Memoirs of Burr. 2 vols. New York. 1837.
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1824.

De Hass' History of Western Virginia.

Discourse of Hon. Wm. R. Smith, Wisconsin.
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1803.

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Ford's History of Illinois.

Fremont's Exploring Expedition.

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Hull's Defense. Boston. 1814.

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Indian Wars.

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By Hector St. John de Crevecœur.
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1825.