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Lottie E. Jones

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Description:Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V. EXPLORING THE VERMILION RIVER FOR SALT. INDIAN TREATIES DETERMINE THE EXPLORATION OF THE VERMILION RIVER FOR SALT?SALT THE DEMAND OF THE EARLY IQTH CENTURY JOSEPH BARRONS KNOWLEDGE OF THE SALT SPRINGS ON THE VERMILION THE NORTH ARM PRAIRIE THE NEAREST INHABITED SPOT SUPPOSED ROUTE OF THE FIRST EXPLORING PARTY KNOWN ROUTE OF SECOND EXPLORING PARTY. The hostile attitude of the Indians toward the white man was a reason that kept the section now known as Vermilion County from being settled until almost a score of years after the beginning of the 19th Century. Until 1819, when the two important treaties were made which ended the power of the red man in eastern Illinois, this hostility was carried to such lengths that it was impossible for settlement to be made, and indeed no explorations were attempted. This, in spite of the fact that the great demand of the times was salt, and there was every reason to believe that it could be found on the Vermilion river. This territory was a vast unknown region excepting to the Indian, and through him to the trader and woodsman. One man in particular, had for eighteen years known of the existence of salt in this region, but had made no haste to take advantage of this knowledge without doubt being kept from doing so on account of the hostility of the redman. This was Joseph Barron, the man who was for years the interpreter for Governor, afterward General and at last President Harrison. It has been recorded of Joseph Barron that he could understand and speak all the dialects used by the Indians of the Wabash Valley. He had acquaintance with all those who hunted in or claimed the lands watered by the Wabash river and all its tributaries. He had learned from the Indians of a place on the Vermilion river where there were ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of Vermilion County, Illinois (Volume 1); A Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century. To get started finding History of Vermilion County, Illinois (Volume 1); A Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2012

ISBN: 0217002846

Description: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V. EXPLORING THE VERMILION RIVER FOR SALT. INDIAN TREATIES DETERMINE THE EXPLORATION OF THE VERMILION RIVER FOR SALT?SALT THE DEMAND OF THE EARLY IQTH CENTURY JOSEPH BARRONS KNOWLEDGE OF THE SALT SPRINGS ON THE VERMILION THE NORTH ARM PRAIRIE THE NEAREST INHABITED SPOT SUPPOSED ROUTE OF THE FIRST EXPLORING PARTY KNOWN ROUTE OF SECOND EXPLORING PARTY. The hostile attitude of the Indians toward the white man was a reason that kept the section now known as Vermilion County from being settled until almost a score of years after the beginning of the 19th Century. Until 1819, when the two important treaties were made which ended the power of the red man in eastern Illinois, this hostility was carried to such lengths that it was impossible for settlement to be made, and indeed no explorations were attempted. This, in spite of the fact that the great demand of the times was salt, and there was every reason to believe that it could be found on the Vermilion river. This territory was a vast unknown region excepting to the Indian, and through him to the trader and woodsman. One man in particular, had for eighteen years known of the existence of salt in this region, but had made no haste to take advantage of this knowledge without doubt being kept from doing so on account of the hostility of the redman. This was Joseph Barron, the man who was for years the interpreter for Governor, afterward General and at last President Harrison. It has been recorded of Joseph Barron that he could understand and speak all the dialects used by the Indians of the Wabash Valley. He had acquaintance with all those who hunted in or claimed the lands watered by the Wabash river and all its tributaries. He had learned from the Indians of a place on the Vermilion river where there were ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History of Vermilion County, Illinois (Volume 1); A Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century. To get started finding History of Vermilion County, Illinois (Volume 1); A Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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