A New Guide for Emigrants to the West. John Mason Peck
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John Mason Peck
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066192112
Table of Contents
GENERAL VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND PURSUITS OF THE PEOPLE.
ARKANSAS, AND TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS.
LITERARY AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS FOR THE WEST.
| CHAP. I | |
| General View of the Valley of the Mississippi. | |
| Extent—Subdivisions—Population—Physical Features—Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions—History—Prospective Increase of Population, | 11 |
| CHAP. II | |
| General View, &c., Continued. | |
| Productions, | 32 |
| CHAP. III | |
| Climate. | |
| Comparative View of the Climate with the Atlantic States—Diseases—Means of Preserving Health, | 37 |
| CHAP. IV | |
| Character, Manners and Pursuits of the People. | |
| Cotton and Sugar Planters—Farmers—Population of the large Towns and Cities—Frontier Class—Hunters and Trappers—Boatmen, | 102 |
| CHAP. V | |
| Public Lands. | |
| System of Surveys—Meridian and Base Lines—Townships—Diagram of a Township surveyed into Sections—Land Districts and Offices—Pre-emption Rights—Military and Bounty Lands—Taxes—Valuable Tracts of Country unsettled, | 130 |
| CHAP. VI | |
| Aborigines. | |
| Conjecture respecting their former Numbers and Condition—Present Number and State—Indian Territory appropriated as their Permanent Residence—Plan and Operations of the U. S. Government—Missionary Efforts and Stations—Monuments and Antiquities, | 144 |
| CHAP. VII | |
| Western Pennsylvania. | |
| Face of the Country—Soil, Agriculture and Internal Improvements—Chief Towns—Pittsburg—Coal—Sulphur and Hot Springs—Wheeling, | 163 |
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CHAP. VIII
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