BookRix

Much Has Been Published already About The West,--The Great
West,--The Valley Of The Mississippi.--But No Portion Of
This Immense And Interesting region, Is So Much The Subject Of Inquiry,
And So Particularly Excites The Attention Of The Emigrant, As The States
Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, And Michigan, With The Adjacent
Territorial Regions.



All These States Have Come Into Existence As Such, With The Exception Of
Ohio, Within The Last Twenty Years; And Much Of The Territory, Now
Adorned by The Hand Of Civilization, And Spread Over With An
Enterprising, Industrious And Intelligent People,--The Field Of Public
Improvements In canals And Railways,--Of Colleges, Churches, And Other
Institutions, Was The Hunting ground Of The Aborigines, And The Scene Of
Border Warfare. These States Have Been Unparalleled in their Growth,
Both In the Increase Of Population And Property, And In the Advance Of
Intellectual And Moral Improvement. Such An Extent Of Forest Was Never
Before Cleared,--Such A Vast Field Of Prairie Was Never Before Subdued