The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 . efeat, Vicinity of Fort Wayne, Map 173 Pittsburg in 1790. Military De-pot FOR THE Ohio 174 United States Peace Commission-ers, 1793 180 British Officers and Indian Ora-tor, 1793 181 General Anthony Wayne . . 183Map of Waynes Campaign, anp Early Ohio Settlements . . 186A Mohawk Village in New York 194Burning of Iroquois Villages . 195Old Court-house, Chillicothe. 0 201 William Henry Harrison . - 20T LIST OF ILLUSTKATIONS PAGE Map Showing Treaty Bounda- KIE8 208 Tecumseh 209 Battle-field of Tippecanoe . 212 Detroit in 1815 21(1 MiCHILIMACKINAC 21
The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 . efeat, Vicinity of Fort Wayne, Map 173 Pittsburg in 1790. Military De-pot FOR THE Ohio 174 United States Peace Commission-ers, 1793 180 British Officers and Indian Ora-tor, 1793 181 General Anthony Wayne . . 183Map of Waynes Campaign, anp Early Ohio Settlements . . 186A Mohawk Village in New York 194Burning of Iroquois Villages . 195Old Court-house, Chillicothe. 0 201 William Henry Harrison . - 20T LIST OF ILLUSTKATIONS PAGE Map Showing Treaty Bounda- KIE8 208 Tecumseh 209 Battle-field of Tippecanoe . 212 Detroit in 1815 21(1 MiCHILIMACKINAC 211* Battle of Chicago 220 Defence of Fort Stephenson (Fremont, 0.) 223 Commodore O. H. Perry. .... 224 page Old Stage-wagon ...... 229 Aaron Burr 230 Braddocks Grave, National Road 232 Fultons Steamboat 233 The Walk-in-the-water .... 235 Erie Canal, Lockport, N. Y. . 238American Bottom, Vicinity of St. Louis 247 The Mouth of the Uhio .... 249 FIRST EPOCHTHE CONQUEST OF THE WEST America has left behind it the cerements of thefeudal POTTERY FROM ANCIENT MOUNDS. THE ENTERING WEDGE Traders and Missionaries /^UR present theme deals with the great central region^ comprised between the Ohio, the Mississippi, andthe Great Lakes. It may aptly be called the heart ofthe republic, because in these great waters lie the life-springs of three-fourths of our countrys whole , in the United States, is there a basin of suchvast extent, capable of feeding so vast a its destiny is to hold the balance of power be-tween East and AVest; hence its situation is truly regal. As Canada was the parent stock, upon which thisgreater domain was early grafted, we must first trace itsgrowth under French rule, though very briefly.^ France held possession of all this immense tract, andmuch more besides, for a hundred years. History de-mands to know Avhat she did with it in all that she hold it, as a great trust, for the benefit of man-kind? Or was it merely treated as
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