An historical, topographical, and statistical view of the United States of America - from the earliest period to the present time (1819) (14783611482)

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Title: An historical, topographical, and statistical view of the United States of America : from the earliest period to the present time
Year: 1819 (1810s)
Authors: Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: London : J. Ridgway
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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OF THE UNITED STATES. I77 •rigiHal thirteen ftates, and by the treaty of peace, transferred to the fe-deral government, and are pledged as a fund for finking the debt of theUnited States. Of this territory the Indians now poffefs a very largeproportion. )\Tr. JefFerfon, in his report to Congrefs, Nov. 8, i/cji,defcrlbcs the boundarv line between us and the Indians, as follows; Beginning at the mouth of the Cayahngann, v/hlch flills into thefouthernmoll part of Lake Eric, and running up the river to the portage,between that and the Tufcaroro or N. E. branch of Mufkingum; thendown the faid branch to the forks, at the crofhng place above FortLawrence; then weftwardly, towards the portage of the Great Miami,to the main branch of that river, then down the Miami, to the fork ofthat river, next below the old fort, which was taken by the French in1752 ; thence due weft to the river Dc la Panfe, a branch of the Wahafh,and down that river to the Wabafli. So far theline Is precifely deter-mine