A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . arly all American settlements, few states were sofortunate as Missouri. This was due to our French settlersknowing how to deal peaceably and justly with the red American rarely got along so well with the Indian as didthe Frenchman. Again, Missouri was fortunate in having asmall Indian population. The Indians in Missouri probablynever exceeded 15,000 in number. Finally, Missouri wasfortunate in having a remarkable man in charge of Indian af-fairs. This was
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . arly all American settlements, few states were sofortunate as Missouri. This was due to our French settlersknowing how to deal peaceably and justly with the red American rarely got along so well with the Indian as didthe Frenchman. Again, Missouri was fortunate in having asmall Indian population. The Indians in Missouri probablynever exceeded 15,000 in number. Finally, Missouri wasfortunate in having a remarkable man in charge of Indian af-fairs. This was William Clark, Missouris last territorialgovernor. The Indians called Clark, Red Head from hisred hair. They all honored and feared him. MiSSOURIANS 21 The Indians were once the only Missourians. None ofihf orij^inal Indians of Missouri Hve in the State to-day. Theyare scattered over reservations or are found in first inhabitants have gone. They have left littleto remember them by except the name of a stream or county,and some flint arrov^ heads scattered here and there. Otherraces were to people the INDIAN VILLAGE SCENE The First White Man—The Frenchman The first white man to make his home in Missouri wasthe Frenchman. Probably the first white man to see Missouriwas the Spaniard, De Soto, but he did not stay. The Frenchwere the first explorers, the first traders, and tlie iivst set-tlers. The French were the first Missourians if we exceptthe Indians. They founded the first settlements along theMississippi; traded for or trapped the first furs along the 22 History of Missouri and Missourians
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