The world: historical and actual . French settlement had been effected at Vincennesas early as 1702, which nourished and withered away,much as the Kaskaskia settlement did. Early inthe third decade of this century an era of wild spec-ulation was inaugurated in Indiana, culminating inthe crash of 1837. No other state in the Union wasso deeply affected by that revulsion. Railroads andcanals, especially the latter, were projected and un-der process of construction on a grand and irra- fcon, the greatest parliamentary leader in the senatesince the days of Douglas. INDIAN TERRITORY. Indian Territor
The world: historical and actual . French settlement had been effected at Vincennesas early as 1702, which nourished and withered away,much as the Kaskaskia settlement did. Early inthe third decade of this century an era of wild spec-ulation was inaugurated in Indiana, culminating inthe crash of 1837. No other state in the Union wasso deeply affected by that revulsion. Railroads andcanals, especially the latter, were projected and un-der process of construction on a grand and irra- fcon, the greatest parliamentary leader in the senatesince the days of Douglas. INDIAN TERRITORY. Indian Territory is not a territory at all, in theordinary sense of the term. It is not dependentupon the national government, but is a nation with-in a nation. It has been considered in a previouschapter in connection with the American Indians,and it is enough to add in this connection that itdates from 1833, and is one of the best portions ofthe continent for grazing and grain-raising. \a- 602 STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. -9 J-. IOWA. Iowa lies between the two great rivers, the Miss-issippi and the Missouri, with Minnesota on thenorth and Missouri on the south, extending northand south about 200 miles, and east and west, 300miles. There is hardly a foot of waste land withinits border. Its agricultural capacity is almost incal-culable. It has no important river or lake. Itscities are comparatively small, Chicago being thegreat center for the entire state. The capital, DesMoines, is a thrifty inland city, and so is Iowa City-Several river towns of some importance are foundalong the Mississippi, Dubuque, Muscatine, Daven-port, Burlington and Keokuk, also Sioux City onthe Missouri. Iowa was created a territory in 1838,and admitted into the Union as a state in 1846. Itsgrowth has been uninterrupted and prodigious, butalmost exclusively agricultural. It has very littletimber, a great deal of coal, and some lead in thevicinity of Dubuque, as Illinois has across the Miss-issippi nea
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