THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ACTOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

OF THE

DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT

OF

THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

BY

THE THREE GREAT EUROPEAN POWERS,

SPAIN, FRANCE, AND GREAT BRITAIN,

AND

THE SUBSEQUENT OCCUPATION, SETTLEMENT, AND EXTENSION OF
CIVIL GOVERNMENT BY

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846,

By HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York.

THE

NEW YORK

PUBLIC LIBRARY
5955

Astor, Lenox and Tilden

Foundations.

TIBBYBA

Checkod May 1913