Excerpt from History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, by the Three Great European Powers, Spain, France, and Great Britain, Vol. 1 of 2: And the Subsequent Occupation, Settlement, and Extension of Civil Government by the United States Until the Year 1846 The history of the early pioneers of the West is full of thrill ing interest and incident connected with their struggles for the occupancy of this great and fertile region. Which they have left as a rich inheritance to their posterity. The only requital they ask at our hands is the gratitude with which their names and their virtues are cherished by their posterity, and the fidel ity with which they are transmitted, as models of enterprise and perseverance, to future ages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.