. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. "il »i||i ' tnKBI'l illll»liWilHi|IIW Emily JfisToitr. n jlislicd with ion and aid reached by \s far south irful that, in s made mtry, an ex- lie mouth of , as savages nd until the lortuniticri to ;. For some e intercourse as carried on ir employers, turers on the le, the gover- ing party un- sne to ascend the king, his D'Orleans in The famou
. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. "il »i||i ' tnKBI'l illll»liWilHi|IIW Emily JfisToitr. n jlislicd with ion and aid reached by \s far south irful that, in s made mtry, an ex- lie mouth of , as savages nd until the lortuniticri to ;. For some e intercourse as carried on ir employers, turers on the le, the gover- ing party un- sne to ascend the king, his D'Orleans in The famous all the world uisiana, only, to sober and bing a similar of the South bble" in his- n; rated in 1717^ iippi and with ing that gold nd in abund- ance, and tliat a very profitable trade with the child-lilco savage would replenisli the colfers of tlie nation, all but ruined by tho â wars of Louis XIV, and the revocation of the edict of Nantes. John Law and his scheme have been blamed far beyond their do- merits, because the madness of the time could not keep within bounds the expectation of business like profit The scrip of the company rose so rapidly in value, that what had been originally obtained for one dollar was eagerly purchased at $100, and cculd then be sold within twenty-four hours at cent per cent, advances, day after day. Men accustomed to the hazards of the gambling table abandoned rourje et noir, because it was tame and unevent ful, to become dabblers in stock. The government participated liberally in the scramble, the Regent breathed gold and dreamed hilleii de Innique, and while this charm was working in Europe, M. Duquesne, the young French officer, acting under inspiration ivom Paris, was commissioned by tho governor of Louisiana to explore the river and the country, which was to justify these extravagant expectation!?. Thus it happened that a military expedition on a very small scale ascended the Mississippi as far as the Sabine river, in the year 17
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