. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ade their homesin Texas, and that state, which was part of Mexico,was annexed in 1845. Trouble arose about this andthe determination of the boundary, and the outcomeof the war that followed was that Mexico ceded theremaining portion of what had been Spanish occurred in 1848, and several years later a smallerportion south of the ceded territory was added bypurchase from Mexico, the price paid being ;^2,ooo, is still the north-west to account for. Claimwas laid to this by both Canada and the United
. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ade their homesin Texas, and that state, which was part of Mexico,was annexed in 1845. Trouble arose about this andthe determination of the boundary, and the outcomeof the war that followed was that Mexico ceded theremaining portion of what had been Spanish occurred in 1848, and several years later a smallerportion south of the ceded territory was added bypurchase from Mexico, the price paid being ;^2,ooo, is still the north-west to account for. Claimwas laid to this by both Canada and the United States, 412 NORTH AMERICA and finally in 1848 the 49th parallel of latitude wasagreed upon as the international boundary. It isnotable that there are neither fortresses nor militaryworks along this great length of boundary. In 1916 the population of the United States wasestimated at about 102 millions. That part of thecountry frpm the Mississippi to the Atlantic and northof the line of the Ohio River is the most denselypeopled. The High Plains and the Western Highlands. Fig. III.—How the United States acquired her territory. (except for the Valley of California and the lowlandsof the lower Columbia) have very few people indeed—less than 10 per square mile. Florida, too, is sparselypeopled, whilst the rest of the country has from 30 to50 per square mile. About one-scvcnth of the inhabitants are foreign-born, a factor which is not always remembered by criticsof the country. There arc also over 10 millions ofnegroes, who arc chiefly found in the southern cottonbelt from Texas to North Carolina ; and about 300,000Indians, who live almost entirely in govcrainent reserva- MEXICO 413 tions {(\<^. Indian tcMritory, norlli of Texas), whereattempts are made to help them to hve settled, peacefullives. Thc^e two native problems, especially that ofthe negroes, arc of great importance and of considerableconcern to the government. The United States is to-day the richest country inthe
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