CHAPTER XIX

FULTON AND THE CLERMONT

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PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRINCI-
PLE THAT STEAM COULD BE USED IN TRANSPORTATION THE SIX-
TEEN AMERICAN STEAMBOATS OPERATED PRIOR TO THE CLERMONT
RELATION OF EARLY STEAMBOATS TO THE CLERMONT AND INCI-

DENTS CONNECTED WITH HER EVOLUTION....

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CHAPTER XX

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DELAY IN THE INTRODUCTION OF STEAMBOATS ITS CAUSE A LOST
OPPORTUNITY FITCH'S RIGHTS IN NEW YORK TRANSFERRED TO
FULTON AND LIVINGSTON THEY PLAN A GENERAL MONOPOLY
THE COURTS CLASS STEAMBOATS, ALONG WITH INFECTED GOODS, AS
THINGS WHOSE ENTRY INTO THE STATE MAY BE FORBIDDEN
COMPETITION APPEARS NEW YORK'S LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZES
FULTON TO SEIZE COMPETING BOATS - IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT
THEIR OWNERS MAY BE PUT IN PRISON FIRST STEAMBOAT ON
THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE AS THEY
BEHELD IT· WHAT HAPPENED AT LOUISVILLE.

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CHAPTER XXI

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THE

EARLY STEAMBOATS OF THE WEST SHREVE AND HIS CRAFT-

NEW YORK COMPANY TRIES TO STOP IT FROM RUNNING SHREVE

WINS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST PROCEEDS CAUSES

OF DELAY IN THE EAST FULTON'S OFFER TO THORNTON

NICHOLAS ROOSEVELT MAKES A FEW REMARKS THE WALK-

IN-THE-WATER WAR BETWEEN SAILING PACKETS AND STEAM

CRAFT NEW ENGLAND STATES TRY TO KEEP NEW YORK STEAM-

BOATS OUT OF THEIR WATERS MONOPOLY FINALLY OVER-

THROWN THE USE OF STEAM IN TRANSPORTATION MADE FREE

TO ALL AFTER NEARLY FORTY YEARS OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGE....392

CONDITIONS JUST PRIOR TO THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF A MODERN
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ORIGIN OF THE FEDERAL
DOMAIN OF PUBLIC LANDS FINAL PHASE OF THE CONTEST BE-
TWEEN RED MEN AND WHITE ATTITUDE OF THE GOVERNMENT
TOWARD THE INDIANS BETWEEN 1795 AND 1830- RECOGNITION
CAUCASIAN SETTLEMENTS SEPARATED

OF INDIAN SOVEREIGNTY
FROM EACH OTHER BY NATIVE TERRITORIES PERMISSION FOR
WHITE TRAVEL THROUGH INDIAN REGIONS OBTAINED BY TREATY-
HOW THE SCATTERED SECTIONS OF THE NEW REPUBLIC WERE
JOINED BY NATIVE CONSENT SOME RESULTS OF THE WHITE
DIPLOMACY GENERAL HARRISON'S REPORT OF 1801....

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CHAPTER XXIII

PURCHASE OF INDIANA AND ILLINOIS THE GOVERNMENT PREVENTS

WHITE MEN FROM GIVING ADVICE TO INDIANS LAWS OF INDIANA

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TERRITORY ON THE SUBJECT failure of TECUMSEH'S PLAN TO

HOW THE SANTA FÉ TRAIL, THE

CHECK CAUCASIAN ADVANCE

MICHIGAN ROAD AND OTHER WHITE TRAVEL ROUTES WERE OB-

TAINED THROUGH NATIVE

EXPERIENCES OF THE

CONSENT

THE STRANGE WYANDOT TREATY

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OF THE WAR OF 1832.....

CHAPTER XXIV

ITS ENDING AT BAD AXE

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ORIGIN

..437

THE CHARACTER OF THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST BLACK HAWK AND THE

SACS

SUCCESS IN SIGHT IN THE

NORTH FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO RID THE EAST OF IN-

DIANS RELATION OF THE INDIAN TRADER TO THE RACE DRAMA-

THE WILDERNESS ARITHMETIC TABLE PROCESS AND GENERAL

RESULT OF MAKING THE RED MEN A DEBTOR CLASS NATIVE

CHARACTERISTICS THAT MADE THE OPERATION POSSIBLE

OVERLAPPING AND CONFLICTING

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCKED ALONG

A LINE OF SIX HUNDRED MILES HEAVY PUNISHMENT FOR UN-

LAWFUL TRAVEL THE INDIANS GIVE ROADS THROUGH GEORGIA,

ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE TO THE WHITES FED-

ERAL GOVERNMENT DESIRES NATIVES TO MAINTAIN TAVERNS AND

FERRIES FOR AUTHORIZED TRAVELLERS THE CHEROKEE NATION

BECOMES PART OWNER OF A WHITE THOROUGHFARE AND RECEIVES

MONEY FOR PERMITTING UNITED STATES CITIZENS TO JOURNEY

BETWEEN GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE CAUSES OF THE STRENGTH

AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN RED NATIONS THE LAW

OF 1802 AND THE GEORGIA COMPACT ELEMENTS OF FUTURE

TROUBLE

FURTHER MISTAKES OF MONROE FIRST OFFICIAL SUGGESTION THAT

NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF INDIAN PEOPLES IS NOT DESIRED BY

THE UNITED STATES THE CAUCASIAN REPUBLIC STANDS AT THE

RUBICON OF POLICY REFUSAL OF THE CHEROKEES TO SELL MORE

LAND AND PROCLAMATION OF THEIR FUTURE PROGRAM CAL-

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HOUN'S ADMISSION MC KENNEY'S REPORT ON CHEROKEE civili-

FURTHER CONTEMPORARY TESTIMONY — J. Q. ADAMS

PUTS A STOP TO PREVIOUS METHODS OF TREATY MAKING GEOR-

ZATION

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GIA INVADES INDIAN SOVEREIGNTY

- ADAMS' ACTION IN REPLY

GEORGIA THREATENS ΤΟ SEIZE NATIVE TERRITORIES BY VIO-

LENCE ADAMS ADMITS THE MORASS OF DIFFICULTY IN WHICH

THE COUNTRY IS ENMIRED.

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CHAPTER XXVII

ON THE INDIAN PROBLEM

LATURE TO THE WHITE PEOPLE

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MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA JOIN GEORGIA IN THE ATTACK ON NATIVE

INDEPENDENCE DOWNFALL OF INDIAN SELF-GOVERNMENT IN

THE EAST DRAWS NEARER - JACKSON ASSUMES THE PRESIDENCY

AND CROSSES THE RUBICON CHARACTER OF HIS UTTERANCES

APPEAL OF THE CHEROKEE LEGIS-

ACTION OF THE CHOCTAW

NATIONAL COUNCIL PLEDGES OF THE CHOCTAW TREATY

CONDITIONS OF CHOCTAW SOCIETY DEMANDS OF THE CHICKA-

SAWS AND EXTENT OF THEIR ADVANCEMENT JACKSON'S PER-

SONAL JOURNEY TO MEET THE CHICKASAWS AND HIS SPEECH TO

THEM THE UNITED STATES REAFFIRMS NATIVE INDEPENDENCE

AND RECREATES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI THE SAME CONDITIONS

WHICH IT IS TRYING TO DESTROY IN THE EAST.

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GRATIFICATION AND THE

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METHOD OF ITS EXPRESSION NEW DANGERS ARISE TO THREATEN

THE PRESIDENT'S INDIAN POLICY GEORGIA DEFIES THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT AND JACKSON PERMITS THE NULLIFICATION - THE

CHEROKEES ATTEMPT TO CARRY THEIR CASE TO THE SUPREME

COURT AS A FOREIGN NATION THE COURT DECLARES IT HAS NO

JURISDICTION

FOR THE DECISION UNEXPECTED

EVENTS RESULT IN A SECOND JUDGMENT WHICH GIVES THE

CHEROKEE REPUBLIC EQUAL RANK WITH OTHER NATIONS, PRO-

NOUNCES IT INDEPENDENT OF UNITED STATES LAW AND CON-

DEMNS GEORGIA - JACKSON'S CONTRADICTORY ATTITUDES AND

THEIR SIGNIFICANCE

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ITS REASON

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CHAPTER XXIX

HOPES OF THE SOUTHERN NATIONS APPARENTLY DESTROYED BY THE

SUPREME COURT'S FIRST DECISION CHICKASAWS, CREEKS AND

SEMINOLES CEDE THEIR DOMAINS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

PROMISE MADE TO THEM IMPORTANCE OF THEIR CAPITULA-

TION

KEES IT IS REPUDIATED BY THE RED NATION

REDUCED FROM PROSPERITY TO DISTRESS

TO THE WEST BY A FEDERAL ARMY

TRANSACTION -THE EAST AT LAST CLEARED OF NATIVES AND A

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ON UNBROKEN WHITE TERRITORY IS
MADE POSSIBLE CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON THE RACE
QUARREL
..600

AMERICANS

POPULATION

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CHAPTER XXX

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THE

THE PEOPLE, SOCIETY AND NATURAL CONDITIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MODERN ERA
TASK WHICH BEFELL THE LAST PIONEER GENERATION OF
ISOLATION AND MENTAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THE
ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES PECULIAR GOV-
ERNMENTAL CONDITIONS AND STRANGE LAWS RULE BY AN
OLIGARCHY REGULATION OF TAVERNS, ROADS, FERRIES AND
END OF THE RIVER PIRATES OVERLAND TRAVEL

ROUTES OF THE EXISTING FRONTIER.

NAVIGATION

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CHAPTER XXXI

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A MORE INTIMATE VIEW OF THE PERSONALITY, CHARACTER, THOUGHTS,

HABITS, SPEECH AND MANNERS OF THE LAST PIONEER GENERA-

TION, FROM ITS OWN CONTEMPORARY RECORDS WHEELED VEHI-

CLES APPEAR IN THE INTERIOR TRAVEL ADVENTURES OF A

POLITICAL CANDIDATE

A VISIT TO CHICAGO IN 1822 — ECONOMIC

IMPORTANCE OF THE HORSE AND MATTERS GROWING THERE-

-A NEW TRIAL DECLINED BY A HORSE THIEF COURT

AND TESTIMONY IN OTHER SORTS OF

CASES - A WHITE MAN HANGED FOR THE MURDER OF AN IN-

DIAN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NIGHTSHIRT INTO INDIANA

TAVERNS DAVY CROCKETT TELLS A STORY OF FLATBOAT LIFE

THE VALUE AND PURPOSE OF AN INQUIRY INTO THE CHARAC-

TER OF THE LAST PIONEERS A NEW WILDERNESS CONFRONTS

THEM

..656

FROM

SCENES, PROCEEDINGS

ORIGIN OF THE NATIONAL ROAD -THE GOVERNMENT ADOPTS THE

POLICY OF BUILDING TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES BY PUBLIC

FUNDS THE OHIO LAW OF 1802 –

ITS SIGNIFICANCE LATER

CONGRESSIONAL ACTS PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC ROADS OR CANALS
THROUGH THE INTERIOR CONSENT OF THE STATES FOR THEIR
CONSTRUCTION NO LONGER ASKED JEFFERSON AND MADISON
FAVOR THE WORK TWENTY YEARS OF UNIFORM FEDERAL ATTI-
TUDE MONROE'S Veto of 1822 - ITS POSSIBLE RELATION TO GOV-
ERNMENTAL RAILROAD BUILDING A CONTROVERSY ARISES OVER
THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF THE NATION HENRY CLAY'S
VISION OF THE FUTURE

JACKSON REVERSES THE COUNTRY'S POLICY AND THE NATIONAL
ROAD IS DIVIDED AMONG THE STATES..

....691

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CHAPTER XXXIII

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LIFE AND SCENES ON THE NATIONAL ROAD THE TYPE OF MEN WHO
WORKED UPON IT THREE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF ITS
TRAFFIC FURTHER EVOLUTION OF THE STAGE-COACH AND IM-
POSING APPEARANCE OF THE VEHICLE IN ITS FINAL FORM SOME
FAMOUS DRIVERS FEATS OF HOMER WESTOVER AND REDDING
BUNTING CONESTOGA WAGON TRAINS AND THE WAGONERS WHO
PILOTED THEM THE JOKE ON GUSTY MITCHELL HOG
MUSIC PROGRESS OF A PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE FATE OF
TRAVELLERS WHO JOURNEYED WITH THE DOCUMENT SPECIAL
COACHES FOR THE PRESIDENTS THEMSELVES - VAN BUREN'S ACCI-
DENT INCENSE TO THE MEMORY OF A VANISHED DAY....717

CHAPTER XXXIV

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IMPORTANCE OF STAGE-COACH TRAVEL BETWEEN 1800 AND 1840-

SPEED AND RATES OF FARE COMPETITION BETWEEN RIVAL NEW

ENGLAND LINES -
-ITS EFFECT ON A BOSTON DANCING MASTER

WHEELED VEHICLES OF SMALL USE WEST OF THE ALLEGHANIES

UNTIL AFTER 1820-CHICAGO IN 1833 — DEVELOPMENT OF STAGE

LINES IN THE MIDDLE WEST- THE STAGE DRIVER ACCIDENTS

ADVENTURE OF HENRY CLAY THE LOST SPEECH OF BLACK

HAWK

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CHAPTER XXXV

AMERICA'S EARLY CANAL PERIOD THE NATION HAS NOT DEVELOPED

BEYOND THE NEED OF CANALS BUT IS NOW APPROACHING ITS

REAL CANAL EPOCH CAUSES OF THE PHENOMENA APPEARING

BETWEEN 1817 AND 1845 – FIRST AMERICAN ARTIFICIAL WATER-

WAYS ELKANAH WATSON'S IDEAS

HER EARLY ERROR -A CHANGE IN

POLICY RESULTS IN A REMARKABLE ROUTE TO THE WEST -HOW

A TRAVELLER GOT FROM PHILADELPHIA TO PITTSBURGH. ....770

STILL ON THE ROAD TO PITTSBURGH -CANAL BOATS CARRIED BODILY
OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY A SERIES OF INCLINED PLANES - ORIGIN
OF THE DEVICE PASSENGERS BY THE PIONEER LINE PROMISED A
QUICK TRIP OF FOUR DAYS COST OF REACHING THE INTERIOR
CITIES BY THE PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE THE CHESAPEAKE AND

ITS EVOLUTION FROM WASHINGTON'S "POTOMAC
COMPANY" - JEALOUSIES OF THE STATES INTERESTED IN THE