. A history of Missouri and Missourians : a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school. Missouri Politics, 1820-1844 119. of each year Muster Day was held in each township. All the militiamen organized into com-panies. In May and October all the companies in a county met and drilled. During ^lillers Administration the State was veiy prosperous. 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
. A history of Missouri and Missourians : a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school. Missouri Politics, 1820-1844 119. of each year Muster Day was held in each township. All the militiamen organized into com-panies. In May and October all the companies in a county met and drilled. During ^lillers Administration the State was veiy prosperous. 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
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