Historical Collections of the Great West: Containing Narratives of the Most Important and Interesting Events in Western History ... to which is Appended Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, Minnesota, Utah, and California, Հատորներ 1-2

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Historical Sketch of the West	33

North Shore of Lake Superior	43

The Doric Arch	49

Discovery of the Mississippi	55

Map of the English French and Spanish Possessions in North America in 1750	56

Scenery of Lake Superior	58

Explorations of Marquette and La Salle	59

Sufferings of the Early French Missionaries of the West	62

Marshalls Pillar	163

Heroism of the Pioneer Women	164

The Indian Summer	167

A Desperate Boat Fight	168

Festivities of the Early French Settlers of the West	169

Rebellion in Tennessee	172

Border Warfare from 1783 to 1795	174

Heroism of a Pioneer Woman	184

Curiosities at Michilimackinac	64

Burning of French Missionaries	64

Life among the Prairie Dogs	65

The Mississippi Bubble	67

The French and Indian War in the West	72

Treachery of Pontiac Discovered	72

The Cherokee War of 1760	78

Arched Rock at Mackinaw	79

The Pontiac War	84

Town of Prairie Dogs	87

The Cypress Swamps of the Mississippi	93

Tyranny of OReilly the first Spanish Governor of Louisiana	94

Indian Lodges and Lake of the Woods	95

Dunmores War	99

Map of the Ancient Shawanese Towns on the Pickaway Plain	102

Customs and Manners of the Early French Settlers of the West	103

The Western Wilderness	108

Crawfords Battle Field	111

Incidents in the West of the War of the Revolution	113

Massacre of the Christian Indians	120

The Natural Tunnel	131

The Natural Tunnel	137

The Hard Winter of 1780	138

Daniel Boone the Pioneer of Kentucky	139

Fur Traders Station Minnesota	143

Hunting among the Early Pioneers	145

Adventures of Kenton	147

Incidents of the Fur Trade	154

The Hawks Nest or Marshalls Pillar	157

Lewis Whetzel the Indian Hunter	160

French and Spanish Intrigues in the West	187

The Whisky Insurrection	189

Frontier Desperadoes	190

Purchase of Louisiana	195

Interesting Narrative	198

Strange Mental and Physical Phenomena	199

Map of the Great West Frontispiece	202

Camp Meeting in the Forest	217

Caravan of California and Oregon Emigrants crossing the Great American Desert	229

Great Earthquake at New Madrid on the Mississippi	241

The Feat of Mike Fink	256

View in the Mammoth Cave	271

Emigrants Camping at Night	281

Life among the Trappers	285

Exploring Expeditions of Long Cass and Schoolcraft	298

Fremonts Peak	299

View in the Ruins of the Alamo	313

Santa Fe	325

El Canone Inferno or the Infernal Pass	339

The Indians of the Great Prairie Wilderness	352

Pine Forest Oregon	353

Effect of Settlement on the Climate of the West	359

Okonogan	367

Sutters Mill where Gold was first Discovered	381

40	389

Gold Miners Camp	395

San Francisco	411

Terrible Sufferings of a Party of California Emigrants	413

Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Utah	434

Վերնագիր	Historical Collections of the Great West: Containing Narratives of the Most Important and Interesting Events in Western History ... to which is Appended Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, Minnesota, Utah, and California, Հատորներ 1-2 Historical Collections of the Great West: Containing Narratives of the Most Important and Interesting Events in Western History ... to which is Appended Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, Minnesota, Utah, and California, Henry Howe Հատորներ 1-2 of Historical Collections of the Great West: Containing Narratives of the Most Important and Interesting Events in Western History, Henry Howe
Հեղինակ	Henry Howe
Հրատարակիչ	H. Howe, 1851
Original from	Նյու Յորքի Հանրային գրադարան
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