A condensed geography and history of the Western States, or the Mississippi Valley

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A CONDENSED GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF THE W3BBUMH SVM'HSb OR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY TIMOTHY FLINT, 1 AUTHOR OF " RECOLLECTIONS OP THE LAST TEN YEARS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY." "SALVE MAGNA PARENSS IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME I. Cincinnati: PUBLISHED BY E. H. FLINT. W. M. AND O, FARNSWORTH, JUN. PRINTERS. 1828. DISTRICT OF OHIO, TO WIT: BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the ninet&nth day of October/in the year os our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, Timo thy Flint, of said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author and proprietor in the words and figures following, to wit: # "A condensed Geography and History of the Western States, or tlte Mississippi Valley, by Timothy Flint, author of " Recollections of the last ten years in the Mississippi Valley,'1'' " Salve Magna Parens,'''' in two volumes."

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned," and also of the act, entitled, "An act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by secuiing the co pies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, du ring the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefit thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." Attest, WM. KEY BOND, Ckrk of the District of Ohio. /u in*. ' TO JOSEPH PEABODY, ESQ* SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS. Sir, / have ventured toinscribe this book with your name for the following reasons.

I wished to prove, that, much as I have wandered, my heart and affections have still had iheir stationary points. It is my pride to hope, amidst all tlie vicissitudes, through which I have passed, that tlie friends of my youth will be those of my age. Years in their flight will never shed the mildew of oblivion over kindnesses, which have marked every period of my intercourse with you. Those kindnesses are alike associated with the remembrance of scenes, that have passed in the land of my birth, and in distant regions west of the Mississippi. To you and one other friend it is oiving, that I ever appeared before the public. I know not, if the public will thank you, or if it ought. I feel, that I at least ought never to forget the kindness and munificence of the motive. While your keels plough every sea, bringing home the rich harvests of commerce, I have always known you tlie earnest and consistent friend of the sacred soil and tlie plough.