A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . localities unfit for the residence of a very numerous popu-lation. Connected with this topic may be mentioned the hot or warm springs, numbers ofwhich are situated near tlie centre of*the state. Their waters are known to be efficacious inthe cure of chronic maladies, and are much resorted to by invalids, as well as by travellersdrawn thither by curiosity. Religion. — The predominating religious denominations are Methodists and are like^vise considerable bodies of Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and RomanCatholics. STATES AND TERRITO
A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . localities unfit for the residence of a very numerous popu-lation. Connected with this topic may be mentioned the hot or warm springs, numbers ofwhich are situated near tlie centre of*the state. Their waters are known to be efficacious inthe cure of chronic maladies, and are much resorted to by invalids, as well as by travellersdrawn thither by curiosity. Religion. — The predominating religious denominations are Methodists and are like^vise considerable bodies of Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and RomanCatholics. STATES AND TERRITORIES. — CALIFORNIA. 29 Indians. — Many tribes, or parts of tribes, of Indians have tlieir abodes still within this state,the most populous of which are llie Cherokees, Clioctaws, Osages, Quapas, Camanches, &,c. Population. — Between 1810 and 1820, the population of Arkansas increased from 1000 to15,000. In 1830 it had doubled this number, and in 1840 had risen to nearly 100,000, onefifth of whom were slaves. In it was 909, CALIFORNIA has recently become one of the United States. A part of the country wasdiscovered as early as 1549, by a Spaniard named Cobrillo; and its northern section wasvisited for the first time by foreigners in 1578, when Sir Francis Drake, then at the head ofan expedition from England, gave to this region the name of New Albion. Tlie Spaniardsplanted colonies upon its sea-coast in 1768, from which period, until 183G, the territory was aprovince of Mexico. In tlie latter year a revolution occurred. The people, after havingfrequently compelled the governors and other officials to abandon their posts, declaredthemselves independent, and undertook to organize new political institutions. Several weakand ineftectual attempts to regain absolute control were made from time to time by the Mex-icans, untd the year 1840. In July of that year, the port of Monterey, a central point on thePacific coast of the state, was seized, in the name of
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