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CONTENTS.
History of Louisiana—How Connected with History of Kansas; Ferdinand de Scto's Expedition to the Interior of the United States; The Certury that Elapsed; Indian Reports of a Great River in the West; Marquette's Expedition Down the Missis. sippi; La Honton's Travels; La Salle's Explorations of the Mississippi, and his Unsuccessful Attea)pt to Found a Colony at its Mouth; De Iberville Repeats the Effort to Colonize Lower Louisiana with Better Success; Sufferings of the Colony; Crozat Acquires Control of it; He Fails; Louisiana in the Hands of the Western Company
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HISTORY OF LOUISIANA-The Company's Operations; Its Prosperity Not Real; Surrenders its Charter; What was Accomplished for the Colony under its Auspices; On its Reversion to the King he Chastises the Indians; Boundaries of Louisiana; England and Spain Jealous of French Prosperity; Conflicting Claims of England and France; English Attempt to Settle the Northwestern Territory; The French Oppose this Movement; Rup. ture Between the two Nations Which Gives Rise to the French War; Treaty of Paris; Part Spain Played, and Her Loss; France Cedes the Remnant of Louisiana to Spain; Cession Kept Secret for Awhile; Discontent when Made Known; The American Revolution and its Results; Part Spain Played and Her Gain; Treaty of 1795; Attempts to Form a Separate Government in the South-western States; United States Alarmed on Hearing of the Treaty of St. Ildefonso; Jefferson Negotiates to Purchase Louisiana; Bonaparte's Remarks upon the Subject; Treaty of 1803; United States Takes Possession of Louisiana; Its Division and Organization by Congress
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INTRODUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AFRICAN SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE-What the History of Slavery in the United States Shows; Thrust upon the Colonies by England against their Remonstrances, as
