History and stories of Nebraska . 235 236 A SHORT HISTORY OF NEBRASKA two new territories of Nebraska and Kansas, was passedand signed by President Pierce on May 30, was Nebraska named and made into a territory. QUESTIONS 1. How did the Nebraska region get its different names? 2. Would the fur traders gain more in the long run by trading hquor to-the Indians? Why? 3. How many bills in Congress for making and naming Nebraska and what obstacles did they meet? 4. What had Nebraska to do with bringing on the war between the South and the North? 5. Why were the churches and poHtical parti
History and stories of Nebraska . 235 236 A SHORT HISTORY OF NEBRASKA two new territories of Nebraska and Kansas, was passedand signed by President Pierce on May 30, was Nebraska named and made into a territory. QUESTIONS 1. How did the Nebraska region get its different names? 2. Would the fur traders gain more in the long run by trading hquor to-the Indians? Why? 3. How many bills in Congress for making and naming Nebraska and what obstacles did they meet? 4. What had Nebraska to do with bringing on the war between the South and the North? 5. Why were the churches and poHtical parties broken up over the Nebraska question? CHAPTER V NEBRASKA AS A TERRITORY Nebraska Territory Five Times as Large as NebraskaState.— Nebraska Territory, in 1854, was five times aslarge as the statej)r]S[ebfaskaris now. _ All the way fromKansas to Canada, from the top of the Rocky Mountainsto Minnesota and Iowa was Nebraska. Very few white Br. Map of Nebraska Territory, 1854. {Drawing by Miss Martha Turner.) people then lived in the land. Fur traders had built logcabins in a few places along the rivers. Every summerthousands of emigrants to Oregon and California traveledthe great Oregon Trail across the territory. At FortKearney and Fort Laramie on the Oregon Trail were 237 238 A SHORT HISTORY OF NEBRASKA companies of soldiers. At Bellevue was a little village offur traders and missionaries. All the rest of Nebraska waswild plains and mountains, the home of Indians, buffaloand beaver. The First Settlers.— Soon after Nebraska was namedand made, people began to settle there. Most of the firstsettlers came from Iowa. Some came from Missouri,Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts. Allthey had to do was to cross the river and choose the mostbeautiful land for their homes. In March, 1854, the Omahaand Otoe Indians ceded to the United States their countryalong the Missouri River. No surveys had been the land
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