All the western states and territories . evolutionary soldier, thefirst settler, who located himself near the spring wliich supplies the city. Wetumpka is on the E. side of Coosa River, 13 miles northeasterly from Mont-gomery. It has a fine site, at the head of steamboat navigation, and is a placeof considerable trada The state penitentiary was located here in October, about 3,000. The Harrowgate Springs, in the south border of the city,are much resorted to during the summer months. Florence, the capital of Lauderdale county, was laid out in 1818. It is on theN. side of the Ten
All the western states and territories . evolutionary soldier, thefirst settler, who located himself near the spring wliich supplies the city. Wetumpka is on the E. side of Coosa River, 13 miles northeasterly from Mont-gomery. It has a fine site, at the head of steamboat navigation, and is a placeof considerable trada The state penitentiary was located here in October, about 3,000. The Harrowgate Springs, in the south border of the city,are much resorted to during the summer months. Florence, the capital of Lauderdale county, was laid out in 1818. It is on theN. side of the Tennessee River, immediately below the Muscle Shoals, and 197miles N. W. of Montgomery. It is on an elevated plain, 100 feet above the river,which, when full, is navigable for steamboats to the Ohio. Population about2,000. TiiscumUa is on the left bank of the Tennessee, five miles below Florence, and346 miles N. from Mobile. It is on the line of the Charleston and Memphisrailroad, 144 miles east from Memphis. Population 3,000. The name of this state is from the Indian words Afeach-Chassippi, signi-fying Father of Rivers. The first Europeans who traversed its soil were De Soto and his followers, in their celebrated expedition in search ofgold, about the year 1540. The In-dians inhabiting its territory were theChocfaics, Chickasaics, Natchez, a great part of the time until thecession of 17G3, most of these tribesor nations were in a state of warfiirewith the white intruders. La Salle,descending ihe rivers from the Illinoiscountry, in 1681, visited the part ofthe state bordering on the Mississippi,but the first attempt fo found perma-nent settlements en this river weremade, in 1698, by Ibberville, the gov-ernor of Louisiana. His colony ar-rived at Ship Island in 1700, and afterexploring along and beyond the Mis-sissippi, the parties returned, and built a fort at Biloxi, at the mouth of ariver of that name, about 20 miles N. of the island. In 1716, Bienville, one
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