. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... G1. In July, 1859, a con-vention called by the Territorial legislature met at Wyandotte and adopted a consti-tution prohibiting slavery, which was ratified by the people on October 4 of the sameyear, by a vote of 10,420 to 5,530. On Jan. 29,1801, after th*^ Southern members hadwithdrawn from Congress, Kansas was admitted into the Union under the Wyandotteconstitution, which, with certain amendments, is still in foice. The border countiessuffered severely during the Civil war from incursions of the Confederates, and wereexposed
. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... G1. In July, 1859, a con-vention called by the Territorial legislature met at Wyandotte and adopted a consti-tution prohibiting slavery, which was ratified by the people on October 4 of the sameyear, by a vote of 10,420 to 5,530. On Jan. 29,1801, after th*^ Southern members hadwithdrawn from Congress, Kansas was admitted into the Union under the Wyandotteconstitution, which, with certain amendments, is still in foice. The border countiessuffered severely during the Civil war from incursions of the Confederates, and wereexposed to a partisan warfare until 1863. In August of that year Lawrence was cap-tured by a Confederate guerilla leader named Quantrell, who butchered 150 of the in-haVjitants and burned half the city. Kansas furnished 20,149 men to the Federal armiesduring the war. Population.—Census of 1880: Males, 530,007; Females, 459,429; Native,880,010; Foreign, 110,080; White, 952,155; Colored, 43,941, including 19 Chinese,and 815 Indians and Half-breeds. 06 STATE OF Topograjthy.—The surface of Nebraska constitutes a vastplain, with undulating prairies of great extent, diversified bya few low hills or ridges, and without mountains of any size,except in the extreme west and northwest, where the lowerslopes of the Rocky mountains and the broken country ofthe Black Hills begin. From the west and northwest theland slopes gradually to the Missouri river, which washes theeastern and northeastern borders of the State. The drainageis toward the Missouri by the Platte river and its tributaries,the Niobrara, and the Republican and Blue rivers which extend into Kansas. Thevalley of the Platte, which stretches across the centre of the State from west toeast, and the whole southern portion of Nebraska are extremely fertile and wellwatered. The western half is best adapted for grazing purposes, being a constantsuccession of natural pastures. About oO,000 square mihS of the eastern divisioncons
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