. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... —The Sources of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. —The Great Pacific Ocean. —Return of Lewis and Clarke. The country had been growing richer and more prosperous everyyear since the war ended. Every year saw an increase in the tideof people going west tosettle in the new landsbeyond the Ohio rich farming countrywas opening up, underthe plows of the thriftysettlers, all the way fromOhio to Mississippi Ter-ritory. In the very firstyear of Jeff
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... —The Sources of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. —The Great Pacific Ocean. —Return of Lewis and Clarke. The country had been growing richer and more prosperous everyyear since the war ended. Every year saw an increase in the tideof people going west tosettle in the new landsbeyond the Ohio rich farming countrywas opening up, underthe plows of the thriftysettlers, all the way fromOhio to Mississippi Ter-ritory. In the very firstyear of Jeffersons rule,the Territory of Ohiocame to urge her claim tobe made a State. Con-gress voted in her favor,and a new star, to repre-sent the State of Ohio,was put in the flag of theUnion. There was always someanxiety about the Mis-sissippi valley. Youknow the Spanish stillowned Louisiana, and that territory extended up the river from NewOrleans, as far as the Falls of St. Anthony, where Hennepin hadexplored. New Orleans was now a large town, well protected by forts guard-ing the mouth of the Mississippi. St. Louis was a snug settlement of. 298 STORY OF OUR COUNTRY. log cabins where dwelt a company of French fur traders with theirIndian wives, whose children, speaking a mixture of the French andIndian tongues, could be seen playing beside the waters of the muddyMissouri. Spain had recently ceded Louisiana to France, and France neededmoney to carry on her wars. So when President Jefferson, whowas on very good terms with France, offered fifteen millions ofdollars for her possession in North America, Napoleon acceptedthe offer, and the bargain was ratified at once. Jefferson believedin a good large country with no troublesome neighbors at the backdoor, such as we might have had if the Spaniards or the Frenchhad kejot the Mississippi River. Thus by peaceful purchase we gotthe great territory of Louisiana and the towns of New Orleans, , and all the trading posts and forts
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