. Book of the Royal blue . e mouth of the Yazoo, on theArkansas River, Red River, Rio Grande andRio Bravo, and at Natchez, Nashville andBaton Rouge. Progress was also made in agriculture,and the lead mines of Missouri wereopened. Slavery was also introduced, ne-groes being brought from Santo Domingoand other West India islands. When Laws Company of the Westsurrendered its charter in 1732, the popula-tion had increased to some seven crops were being produced in theIllinois and Wabash regions, and the tradein furs and peltries had developed to con-siderable extent, and, from this

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. Book of the Royal blue . e mouth of the Yazoo, on theArkansas River, Red River, Rio Grande andRio Bravo, and at Natchez, Nashville andBaton Rouge. Progress was also made in agriculture,and the lead mines of Missouri wereopened. Slavery was also introduced, ne-groes being brought from Santo Domingoand other West India islands. When Laws Company of the Westsurrendered its charter in 1732, the popula-tion had increased to some seven crops were being produced in theIllinois and Wabash regions, and the tradein furs and peltries had developed to con-siderable extent, and, from this time on,there was a gradual, steady progress ofcivilization. At the conclusion of the Seven YearsWar, and under the terms of the treaty ofParis, entered into by France, Spain, Eng-land and Portugal, in 1763, France gave upall her possessions in America, those eastof the Mississippi excepting New Orleans,to England; and, to Spain, New Orleansand the territory west of the Mississippi,which is now embraced in whole or in part.

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