. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE. 191 LESSON.—Their report sho-wed the value of that beautiful country from■which Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were formed. Thousands of set-tlers rapidly built up great towns and cities in the fertile along through a delightful country, until they reached the ocean which told them of their success (1805). They stayed in that territory during the winter, and started to return home in the spring of 1806. They reached St. Louis in September, after an absence of more than two years. They
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE. 191 LESSON.—Their report sho-wed the value of that beautiful country from■which Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were formed. Thousands of set-tlers rapidly built up great towns and cities in the fertile along through a delightful country, until they reached the ocean which told them of their success (1805). They stayed in that territory during the winter, and started to return home in the spring of 1806. They reached St. Louis in September, after an absence of more than two years. They kept a careful record of what they saw and did, and, when their story was told in the settlements, the people began to understand what a good land we had gained. The Mississippi was no longer the limit of settlements. Beyond that river lay the great West with its fertile valleys and James Monroe. broad rivers, and lofty mountains, which thousands longed to see and possess. Meriwether Lewis and Clark had discovered a new andvaluable territory, and thus had giventhe United States a claim to the countrywhich, later, became the States ofOregon, Washington, and Idaho. Other explorers soon mapped outour new lands, as others followedColumbus. Settlers poured into thefertile territories, and built up greatMart
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