Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume X
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Early Western Travels 1748-1846
A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the Period of Early American Settlement.
Edited with Notes, Introductions, Index, etc., by Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D.
Editor of "The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents," "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," "Hennepin's New Discovery," etc.
Volume X
Hulme's Journal, 1818-19; Flower's Letters from Lexington and the Illinois, 1819; Flower's Letters from the Illinois, 1820-21; and Woods's Two Years' Residence, 1820-21
Cleveland, Ohio The Arthur H. Clark Company 1904
Copyright 1904, by THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO
CONTENTS OF VOLUME X
Preface. The Editor 9
I
A Journal Made During a Tour in the Western Countries of America: September 30, 1818-August 7, 1819. Thomas Hulme
Dedication. William Cobbett 19
Preface. William Cobbett 21
Author's Introduction to the Journal 23
Text 35
II
Letters from Lexington [June 25, 1819] and the Illinois [August 16, 1819], containing a Brief Account of the English Settlement in the Latter Territory, and a Refutation of the Misrepresentations of Mr. Cobbett. Richard Flower
Author's Preface 89
Text 91
III
Letters from the Illinois, 1820, 1821. Containing an Account of the English Settlement at Albion and its Vicinity, and a Refutation of Various Misrepresentations, Those more particularly of Mr. Cobbett. With a Letter from M. Birkbeck; and a Preface and Notes by Benjamin Flower. Richard Flower
Publisher's Advertisement 114
Editor's Preface. Benjamin Flower 115
Text 121
Extract of a Letter. Morris Birkbeck 149
Editor's Notes. Benjamin Flower 153
IV
Two Years' Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, United States [June 5, 1820-July 3, 1821]. With an Account of its Animal and Vegetable Productions, Agriculture, &c. &c. A Description of the Principal Towns, Villages, &c. &c. With the Habits and Customs of the Back-Woodsmen. John Woods
Text 179
Appendix 353
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME X
Facsimile of title-page to Flower's Letters from Lexington and the Illinois (1819) 87
Facsimile of title-page to Flower's Letters from the Illinois (1822 113
Facsimile of title-page to Woods 173
Map of the Allotments, from Woods 175
Map of the Illinois, from Woods 177