Download or read book Early Trade and Travel in the Lower Mississippi Valley Classic Reprint written by William Oscar Scroggs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early Trade and Travel in the Lower Mississippi Valley The predominating influence of the English over the native population in this region before 1755 was due mainly to the activity of the trader, but it was perhaps enhanced by the lack of land-hungry anglo-saxon pio users. It should be borne in mind, however, that the pres ence of the trader among the aborigines was by no means an unmixed blessing; in fact, he was everywhere the source of debauching and demoralizing influence. The Indian acquired from him all the vices and none of the virtues of the white man, and sufferedas much injury from the pampering of the trafficker as he did later from the crowding of the settler. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Early Trade and Travel in the Lower Mississippi Valley written by William Oscar Scroggs and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book EARLY TRADE TRAVEL IN THE LO written by William O. (William Oscar) 187 Scroggs and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Early Trade and Travel in the Lower Mississippi Valley written by William Oscar Scroggs and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mississippi Valley Beginnings An Outline of the Early History of the Earlier West Classic Reprint written by Henry Edward Chambers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mississippi Valley Beginnings: An Outline of the Early History of the Earlier West Other volumes have been devoted to certain phases and periods of Western pioneer life, but take little account of racial elements other than the anglo-saxon, notwithstanding these others have lived this life and contributed to its social and institutional expression. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Rural Life in the Lower Mississippi Valley About 1803 Classic Reprint written by William Oscar Scroggs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rural Life in the Lower Mississippi Valley About 1803 Mississippi just above New Orleans. The Germans were very industrious and soon came to play the role of pur veyors to the city, furnishing the urban population with vegetables, fruits, wild fowl, and fish. It was their cus tom every Friday evening to load their pirogues with their produce and oat with the current to the city, Where on Saturdays they would hold a market along the river front.3 There was also a large French element among the inhabitants of the German Coasts, but the Germans showed a tendency to resist assimilation. They pre served their language and customs, and though having none of the open and affable disposition of the French, they are described as being very honest and kind and hospitable to strangers. They owned few slaves, did their own field work, and lived comfortably without ac quiring great wealth.4 The two German Coasts in 1803 contained about inhabitants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book HISTORY OF EXPLORATIONS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CLASSIC REPRINT written by STEPHEN D. PEET and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty Point A Culture of the Lower Mississippi Valley written by Jon L. Gibson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jon L. Gibson delves into the intriguing world of the Poverty Point culture, a prehistoric society that thrived in the Lower Mississippi Valley. This classic work offers a comprehensive exploration of their way of life, societal structures, and contributions. Gibson's meticulous research paints a vivid picture of a civilization that has left an indelible mark on history. A must-read for history and archaeology enthusiasts.
Download or read book Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley Classic Reprint written by John Gilmary Shea and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley Academy of History, Madrid, being the only American who has ever received this honor. Having a natural taste for linguistics, and finding as he pur sued his studies some knowledge of the Indian languages requisite he began investigating their structure, relationship, grammar, and vocabulary. His researches having brought together a num ber of manuscripts, chiefly by early missionaries, and regretting the general indifference among American scholars for such studies, he published in 1860 the first of a series in fifteen volumes of grammars and dictionaries of Indian languages, entitled Library of American Linguistics, several Of which he edited and pre pared. No individual or society has ever yet done SO much to save from oblivion the languages spoken by the aboriginal inhabi tants of this country. The articles on Indian tribes in Apple ton's Cyclopaedia are all from the pen of Dr. Shea. In 1857 he printed the first of a series, twenty-six little vol umes, from early manuscripts, chiefly relating to the missions. In these he adopted the type, initial letters, head-lines, and orna ments used by Cramoisy, King's printer at Paris, who published the Jesuit Relations. These volumes went mostly to amateurs here and in Europe, and are highly prized. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Mississippi Valley in British Politics written by Clarence Walworth Alvord and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mississippi Valley in British Politics: A Study of the Trade, Land Speculation In my humorous moods - for such come even to the most dry as dust historians - I have a vision of some future critic chuckling over my rashness in writing a drama of the pre-revolutionary era with several well known Hamlets omitted. Within these pages the stereotyped narrative of events preceding the American Revolution is not to be found. To seek the material for a history of the period wholly outside that conse crated circle which encloses such important and por tentous events as the Boston massacre and the famous tea-party must appear to the general reader to be in itself revolutionary. I confess that to me, whose early impressions of life were received in a small town of Massachusetts, the act sometimes appears one of mild bravado. Yet while I am writing the preface, where surely my imagination may be permitted to take a higher ight than when restrained by the somber chron icling of serious history, let me forget for a moment my critic and boldly assert that whenever the British min isters soberly and seriously discussed the American prob lem, the vital phase to them was not the disturbances of the madding crowd of Boston and New York but the development of that vast transmontane region that was acquired in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley written by Ephraim George Squier and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Explorations in the Mississippi Valley Classic Reprint written by Stephen D. Peet and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Explorations in the Mississippi Valley I. We begin with the explorations which were con ducted in the interests of discovery. It will be noticed that these were conducted by different nationalities and covered different periods, the nationalities generally fol lowing thc belts of latitude in which the mother country was situated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Early Voyages written by Cavelier Cavelier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early Voyages: Up and Down the Mississippi Le Sueur's Voyage up the Miffiffippi in 1699-1700, Gravier's Voyage down and up the Miflif fippi in 1700, V. Guignas's Voyage up the Miflifiippi, Appendix, Letter of La Salle from Texas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Historical Address on the Early Exploration and Settlement of the Mississippi Valley written by C. C. Parry and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Address on the Early Exploration and Settlement of the Mississippi Valley: Delivered in Davenport, Iowa, January 21st 1873 The country we now occupy on this western bank of the Mississippi, and of which, as American citizens, we are justly proud, has not descended to us as a rich inheritance from a venerable and time-honored ancestry. By an historic movement grander than that of the Jewish Exodus, and an irruption that throws into the shade the Norman conquest, we are the present the present century, and within the memory of living men, this Trans-Mississippi region has borne the name of a French, monarch and acknowledged the sovereignty of a Spanish king. Through what series of changes the present state of things, as now passing before our eyes, has been brought about, would seem not altogether devoid of interest to us, the now living actors, and will be of not less interest to those who shall come after us. Desirous to contribute something, however meagre, to this historic fund, I have endeavoured to bring together, in chronological order, some of the principal events in the early exploration and settlement of the Mississippi Valley, and to weave into my narrative such incidents as I have been able to gather up from the limited sources at my command, having any direct reference to our local history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A History of the Mississippi Valley written by John Randolph Spears Alzamore H. Clark and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Mississippi Valley: From Its Discovery to the End of Foreign Domination But the story of Gnadenhutten, written in blood that will not out, proves beyond doubt or question that the tepees and hats of every red village in the land might have been turned into Tents of Grace. It is a frightful fact that for every red man slain by by the whites, in the frontier wars, at least three whites were slain by the red. That fact is sufficient to damn the white policy, but it is not all; for because of the policy that was pursued by those who despised Qua ker sentiment, we are even now paying more than ten million dollars a year for the expenses Of the Indian Bureau. Yet the fact remains that the cost of convert ing the Delaware Indians of Gnadenhutten from the red savages, which they had been, to the stump-grub bing farmers, which they became, was less than the waste of any one of hundreds of Indian raids. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Western Rivermen 1763 1861 written by Michael R. Allen and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Rivermen, the first documented sociocultural history of its subject, is a fascinating book. Michael Allen explores the rigorous lives of professional boatmen who plied non-steam vessels—flatboats, keelboats, and rafts—on the Ohio and lower Mississippi rivers from 1763-1861. Allen first considers the mythical “half horse, half alligator” boatmen who were an integral part of the folklore of the time. Americans of the Jacksonian and pre-Civil War period perceived the rivermen as hard-drinking, straight-shooting adventurers on the frontier. Their notions were reinforced by romanticized portrayals of the boatmen in songs, paintings, newspaper humor, and literature. Allen contends that these mythical depictions of the boatmen were a reflection of the yearnings of an industrializing people for what they thought to be a simpler time. Allen demonstrates, however, that the actual lives of the rivermen little resembled their portrayals in popular culture. Drawing on more than eighty firsthand accounts—ranging from a short letter to a four-volume memoir—he provides a rounded view of the boatmen that reveals the lonely, dangerous nature of their profession. He also discusses the social and economic aspects of their lives, such as their cargoes, the river towns they visited, and the impact on their lives of the steamboat and advancing civilization. Allen’s comprehensive, highly informative study sheds new light on a group of men who played an important role in the development of the trans-Appalachian West and the ways in which their lives were transformed into one of the enduring themes of American folk culture.
