Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-06-22
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
Missouri InteNsgencev,

WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
Printed at franklin, Hoqvard coa34ty,
Missouri.
4 PERIOD of nearly three years has eaps-
IN ed since .his paper first made its appear
ance. At the time of its commencement, the
country was IN us infancy; the smoke OF tae
WeWala was yet lowering IN our atmosphere,
and the tonahawk and scaiping knife OF the
savage, were but just giving room to he axe
aud Tough OF civilization. rhe ..opa,at:sn
was lnconsiderable, and thinlv scattered over
an extensive tract OF country. AS vet without
posi- rontes the means OF communication be-
tween dlnerent parts of the country were pre-
carr'iis The attempt to establish a Gazette
IN a country so new, SO insulated, when me
patronage must, for a time at least, be ncces-
safiY very limited, and the means Of obtaining
Intelligence and materials, both difficult and
uncertain, was deemed by all the tind, and by
many o! the prudent, Il hazardous experiment.
IL IS true, that until recently, the exterior garb
OF the paper has been but little calculated TO
command respect, or to win attention. But
.'oid things have passed away" and il is the
hope and the determination of the Editors,
hereafter, to offer the community a journal,
Whlch IN external appearance, and internal
merit, VIII meet the appreciation of that COM
muhity on whose support they depend.
Inc local situation OF the Editors, though It
subjects them TO many inconvenience in pro-
scouting their labols vet affords them some
advantages, They are in anew country, with
son OF peculiar fertility and that fertility per.
vades to an extent, they believe, hitherto I'M
f"'Wn, either in the old or new word--and
me geology, the botany, the mineraogy, the
zooiogy-ln short, the whole natural history of
ms vast and interesting tract, SO far as it is
peculiar, remains to be examined. To these.
parts 1t is the resolution OF the Editors to call
The attention of their correspondents; and
they are proud to say, young as we are, there
are not wanting amongst us men whose science
ana spiri! ofinquiry will enable them TO afford
light on those interesting points.
BENG placed nearly in the vicinity of some
OF the most powerful of the aboriginal tribes,
the Editors will be able, from time to time, TO
aihlse their readers With statements of their
respective forces, with remarks on their poll
cy,, and structures on the manners and customs
OF those secluded and lonely sons OF the forest.
ms paper being the nearest to the Coun-
cii Butts and The other military posts on the
MISSOURI, the earliest intelligence from them
mas heretofore been given through It's Columns,
anu from tile arrangements made the Editors
ho'e 10 commute the communication of such
Information as may be deemed interesting.
IL is perhaps worthy Of remark, that The
Missouri lntelligsncer, so far as the Editors
know, is the most western rerysfabsr b,gutsd IN
the 70orld, taking Greenwich as the first me,;.
DIAN. This circumstance alone NAV. perhaps.
be SUFFICIENT to draw the attention ofthe iii.
2ehs or the cast, and to induce them 10 patro-
ME Joufna, which aspres to a Respectable
ueSree OF distinction III a region so remote.
ana VIII am at forming slight counter cur
rent IN that vast Hood Of knowledge. which has