. American history:. nd. Over the mountain range appears arising sun. On the foreground are repri sented an ex-panse of water and a Keel-Boat. Around the border arethe words, The Seal op the State of Ohio, withthe date, 1802, the period of the admission of Ohio intothe Union. The biindle of seienteen arrows representsthe number of States existing at that time. An engrailed line is a line indented with curves, thus Part I.] OF THE SEVERAL UNITED STATES. 105 INDIANA.—On the Seal of Indiana is represented ascene of prairie and woodland, with the surface gentlyundulating—descriptive of the
. American history:. nd. Over the mountain range appears arising sun. On the foreground are repri sented an ex-panse of water and a Keel-Boat. Around the border arethe words, The Seal op the State of Ohio, withthe date, 1802, the period of the admission of Ohio intothe Union. The biindle of seienteen arrows representsthe number of States existing at that time. An engrailed line is a line indented with curves, thus Part I.] OF THE SEVERAL UNITED STATES. 105 INDIANA.—On the Seal of Indiana is represented ascene of prairie and woodland, with the surface gentlyundulating—descriptive of the natural scenery of theState. In the foreground is a Buliiilo, once a native animaiof the State, apparently startled by the axe of the Woodmanor Pioneer, who is seen on the left, telling the trees of theforest—denoting the advance of civilization westward. Inthe distance, on the right, is seen the sun just appearingon the verge of the horizon. Around the upper portioaof the seal are the words, Induna State ILLINOIS.—In the centre of the Seal of Illinois is represented the American Eagle, gi-asping in its left talon abundle of three arrows, and in the right an olive branch,and bearing on its breast a shield or escutcheon, the lowerhalf of which is represented of a red color, and the upperhalf blue, the latter bearing thi-ee whiw or silvery the beak of the Eagle extends a label bearing themotto, State Sovereignty; National Union. Aroundthe border of the seal are the words, Seal op the StateOF Illinois, with the date, Aug. 26,1818.
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