. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. ESSON.—Commodore Perry, on Lake Erie, gained a great victoryover the entire British squadron on September 10, 1813. A treaty wassigned on December 24, 1814. The greatest naval victory of the war was gained In Com-modore Oliver Hazard Perry, on Lake Erie, over CommodoreBarclay (September 10, 1818). Perrys flagship, the Lawrence^ was sunk by the enemys guns, but in a small boat, hecrossed to the yUujura undera heavy fire, and took herdirectly among the British fleet,tiring riglit and left. The other American vesselsfollowed
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. ESSON.—Commodore Perry, on Lake Erie, gained a great victoryover the entire British squadron on September 10, 1813. A treaty wassigned on December 24, 1814. The greatest naval victory of the war was gained In Com-modore Oliver Hazard Perry, on Lake Erie, over CommodoreBarclay (September 10, 1818). Perrys flagship, the Lawrence^ was sunk by the enemys guns, but in a small boat, hecrossed to the yUujura undera heavy fire, and took herdirectly among the British fleet,tiring riglit and left. The other American vesselsfollowed the yiagara^ and theentire British squadron soonsurrendered. Perry sent this\\ord of his famous victory toGeneral Harrison: AVe havemet the enemy and they areours. By this time England hadmade peace with France, and both sides were tired of fight-Perrys Victory, ing^ On December 24, 1814,fifteen days before the battle of New Orleans, a treaty ofpeace and friendship liad been signed by Eugland and Amer-ica, and the war ceased as soon as the news reached PART YII. THE SECOND PERIOD OF EXPLORATION ANDSETTLEMENT. 1. KENTUCKY AND DANIEL BOONE. LESSON. —Most of the territory claimed by the United States at thetime of the Revolution bet-ween the Alleghanies and the Mississippi, -wasa -wilderness, but daring hunters had begun to explore it. At the time of the Revolution there were thirteen colonies/whose settlements covered only a narrow strip along the At-lantic coast. They claimed, howev^er, all the territory to theMississippi River. Most of this country west cf the Alle-ghanies was a wilderness, whose broad prairies and loftymountains and great rivers were almost unknown to thecolonists. Life on the frontier always produces some bold, venturesomemen who delight to explore new lands. There were manysuch men in the colonies, whose hardy natures longed forthe wild and adventurous life of a pioneer. Al)out the time of the Revolution, as the colonies increasedin popula
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