. A history of Missouri and Missourians : a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school. erous. The government performed two things of importance. The peni- tentiarv^ was located and built in Jefferson City. The Black Hawk Indian war broke out in Illinois and Wisconsin, and Missouri fear- ^^^^ miller ed the Indians might cross the Missisippi and give trouble here. Troops were sent to northeast Missouri but no hostile Indians were met. The term of Governor Dunkhnfrom 1832 to 1836 marked one im-portant government act. This wasthe Platte Purchase. The Pl
. A history of Missouri and Missourians : a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school. erous. The government performed two things of importance. The peni- tentiarv^ was located and built in Jefferson City. The Black Hawk Indian war broke out in Illinois and Wisconsin, and Missouri fear- ^^^^ miller ed the Indians might cross the Missisippi and give trouble here. Troops were sent to northeast Missouri but no hostile Indians were met. The term of Governor Dunkhnfrom 1832 to 1836 marked one im-portant government act. This wasthe Platte Purchase. The PlatteCountry was in northwest embraced what are today the sixcounties of Atchison, Holt, Noda-way, xAndrew, Buchanan, andPlatte. The Sac and Fox Indiansoccupied it but already some whitesettlers had settled there. TheUnited States Go\ernment in 1836gave the Indians $7,500 and a tractof land in Kansas and the Indiansin return gave up claim to the Platte country. The principal demand for this country had come from the people in Clay county. General \\illiam Clark,Red Head, arranged the treaty. Missouris United States. DANIEL DUNKLIN I20 History of Missouri and Missourians exciting. senator, Lewis F. Linn, was the real author of the PlattePurchase as it was he who persuaded Congress to give thisland to Missouri. In 1837 the State of Missouri took posses-sion. During Governor Dunklins administration Missouriwas even more prosperous than before. Speculation againprevailed but in 1837 hard times set in and continued severalyears. By 1836 the people wanted better transportation so inthat year a railroad convention was held in St. was enthusiastic and the Legislature chartered anumber of railroad lines. Nothing further was done, how-ever, and it was fifteen years before railroad building beganin Missouri. Governor Boggs administration was most important andIt was filled with seven historic events. In 1837the Legislature founded a StateBank. Later branches of
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