The West in American History

acres Albany Alleghanies American Arkansas banks became boundary British California cattle Cherokees claims coast colony Company Congress coureurs de bois Creek Daniel Boone decade Detroit early east eastern emigrants England English Erie established expedition exploration Florida France Frémont French frontier frontiersmen fur trade George Croghan George Rogers Clark Governor hundred Illinois Illinois country Indian tribes Iowa Iroquois Kentucky Lake large number later Louis Louisiana ment Mexico Michigan miles Mississippi Valley Missouri mountains mouth North Carolina northern Northwest officers Ohio River Ohio Valley Oregon Oregon country Orleans Pacific party passed Pennsylvania pioneers plains population possession posts proclamation public land railroad reached region road route Salle settled settlements settlers soon southern Spain Spaniards Spanish steamboat story stream Tennessee Territory Texas thousand Timothy Flint tion town trails treaty United village Virginia wagons Washington West western wilderness wrote York