The West in American History

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