All the western states and territories . particularly if the ground is welldraiuvV., but as rapidly as possible, after the season has arrived at which frostsare to be expected, the whole crop is cut, and put in mattresses, from which it istaken ti the grinding-mill as fast as it can be made to use it. The business of manufacturing sugar is everywhere carried on in connectionixith the planting of the cane. The shortness of the season during which the caneoan be used is the reason assigned for this: the proprietors would not be willingA) trust to custom mills to manufacture their produce with th
All the western states and territories . particularly if the ground is welldraiuvV., but as rapidly as possible, after the season has arrived at which frostsare to be expected, the whole crop is cut, and put in mattresses, from which it istaken ti the grinding-mill as fast as it can be made to use it. The business of manufacturing sugar is everywhere carried on in connectionixith the planting of the cane. The shortness of the season during which the caneoan be used is the reason assigned for this: the proprietors would not be willingA) trust to custom mills to manufacture their produce with the necessary rapidityIf cane should be cultivated in connection with other crops—that is, on small•arms, instead of great sugar only plantations—neighborhood custom-millswuold probably be employed. The other prominent towns of Louisiana are Opelousas, Nachitoches, Alexan-dria, and Shrevefiort, the last named, on Red River, being the most importantcommercial town in Western Louisiana, and with a population of about 3,000. Tennessee was originally included within the limits of North CarolinaThe first establishment of the Anglo-Safeon race within its borders was Fort Loudon, on the north bank of Lit-tle Tennessee or Watauga River, abouta mile above the mouth of TellicoRiver, and some 30 miles south-west*erly from Knoxville. This fortifica-tion was erected by Andrew Lewis, io1756, who was sent here for that pur-pose by the Earl of Loudon, the gov-ernor of Virginia and commander ^t*the Kings troops in America. Tju;fort was garrisoned by British troons,and this, with other fortified placesestablished afterward, induced largenumbers of emigrants to settle in thevicinity. In the spring of 1758, thegarrison of Fort Loudon was augment-ed to 200 men. In a few months, bythe arrival of traders and hunters, itgrew into a thriving village. At the time Tennessee was first explored, itsterritory was a vast and almost unoccupied wilderness, over which the Indianhunters seldom ro
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