. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. Putnam persuaded a numl^er of families togo there with him. In a rough boat, which they named theMa,yflowe)\ they floated down the Ohio River. As theymoved slowly along they watched for a suitable place for ahome. AVhen they reached the junction of the Muskingum and the Ohio rivers, the emigrants landed,and were soon at work puttingup log cabins, cutting down trees,and building a strong stockaderound their little village as a ^^ro-tection from the Indians. Theynamed their settlement Mariettain honor of Marie Antoinette, t
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. Putnam persuaded a numl^er of families togo there with him. In a rough boat, which they named theMa,yflowe)\ they floated down the Ohio River. As theymoved slowly along they watched for a suitable place for ahome. AVhen they reached the junction of the Muskingum and the Ohio rivers, the emigrants landed,and were soon at work puttingup log cabins, cutting down trees,and building a strong stockaderound their little village as a ^^ro-tection from the Indians. Theynamed their settlement Mariettain honor of Marie Antoinette, thebeautiful queen of France, whowas our good friend in the Revo-Anthony Wayne. lutioil The Indians in Ohio were very hostile. They often attackedMarietta, but ^vere driven away. Then they roved over thecountry in bands, and from their hiding-places fired upon newemio;rants who were seekins; a home in that tenitorv. The settlers had many a light with the savages, until thegovernment sent a brave soldier named Anthony AVayne, witha strong force, to conquer the red THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE. 189 LESSON.—Hostile Indians were conquered, more settlers came, and, in1803, Ohio became a State. The territory -west of the Mississippi was a■wilderness. When Jefferson Avas President (1801-1809), he bought it ofFrance, for fifteen million dollars, and sent Lewis and Clark to explore it. They soon found he was more thiin a match for them, andagreed to live peacefully with the whites, or to go the rivers >vere soon covered w^ith Mai/jioweiS^ and townafter town was founded, until, in 1803, Ohio became a State. 4. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE—LEWIS AND CLARK. You remember that up to the nineteenth century, theUnited States claimed only the territory east of the MississippiRiver between Florida and Canada. Spain then held Florida,and France owned the land west of the Mississippi as far asthe Rocky Mountains, Spain having given it back to her. Most of that country was an unknown wi
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