The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-08-14

on the Atlantic laid claim, on Il
ground Of charters and treaties wit
the Indians, to country on tributarie
OF the Mississippi. tina. France claim
ed by virtue Of discovery. To Wind
cate their claims, the English built
stockade, in l754, at the junction o
the Allegheny and Monongahela riv
ers, where Pittsburg now stands, but
were driven from it two months after.
ward by the French, who held tn.
position against several attacks 70
more than four years. In one of thos,
Intellectual attacks July, 1755. George
Washington first gained public dis
tinction, and was preserved amid
merciless exposure to become at . Ia
ter day the father Of his country. An
attack three years later was successful
and the following year the victory o.
Wolfe over Montcalm at Quebec gave
Canada to Great Britain, blotted out
the name Of New France, aud caused
an entire reconstruction of the map OF
America. As result OF treaties, the
territory now constituting our State,
with the whole of Louisiana lying
west OF the river, aud the city oi
New Orleans were ceded to Spain. AT
once, the English settlements that had
already been commenced ct the head
watesr of the Ohio and Its tributaries,
spread rapidly, and though often in
terrupted by Indian wars, steadily in
creased in numbers aud prosperity.
The growth Of their commerce and
trade under the government Of the U.
s. brought especial importance and
prosperity to New Orleans, notwith-
standing the colonial policy Of Spain
was unfriendly.
President jefferson war mly espous-
the interests of the new territory, and
was stimulated to take measures for
the purchase of New Orleans and OF
Louisiana. Originally, the purchase
of New Orleans only was In
contemplation. Meanwhile, by q So
cret treaty, October, 1900 Louisiana
was retroceded to France. After
ward, before formal possession was
taken (Nov. so, ls0S), France sold it to
the United States (April 80. 1909, for
eighty millions of francs, and the
transfer was made at New Orleans
with appropriate ceremonies, Decem-
ber 80, 1903.
The country west OF the Mississippi
was at that period regarded as to ore-
mote and barren to be Of much value.
When the America II minister at Par
is, Robert r. Livingston) was asked
by Tal!eyrand, the prime minister of
Napoleon, the first consul, II the Uni
ted States wishe to have the whole Of
Louisiana, we replied in the negative,
and. stated that they only wanted
New Orl cans and the Floridas. Tai
leyrand observed that If New Orleans
was given up, the rest Of Louisiana
would be Of little value, and he reques-
ted an offer for the Whole country.
But Mr.. Livingston felt that this in
quiry opened larger field than his in
covered nor did he see how
the United States could pay for 90
much territory, though he suggested
raising the means by selling the land
to some European power, the United
States retaining the sovereignty. Ma
poleon was on the eve Of q war with
England. He feared that the mistress
of the seas might seize Louisiana.
And he wanted money. He was
therefore eager to sell. The cession
was received In the United States
with great favor, though not q few op.
posed it, rs unwarranted by the con-
and As imperiling the Feder-
al Union by such an extension Of
boundaries. Said Mr.. Livingston,
with prophetic vision, 1.-THE treaty
will change vast solitudes into flourish
ing districts. From this day the Uni
ted States take their place among the
powers Of the first rank. This treaty
will prepare ages Of happiness for in
Vulnerable generations. The Missis.
sippi aud Missouri will see them sue
ceed one another. and multiply,
truly worthy the care and regard of
Providence. In the bosom Of equality,
under just laws, and freed from the
errors Of superstition, and the sources
Of bad government"
Thus for one hundred and thirty
years after its discovery, the territory
now composing the State of Iowa re-
mained under the dominion, first of
France, then Of Spain. During this
period the savage roamed over our
prairies, and the trader occasionally
coursed up and down our rivers. But
the land lay in innocence of history.
No European institution found here q
fOothold. The prairie flowers bloomed
and wasted their sweetness on the
desert air. No mortal eye is known to
have observed with any distinctness
what capabilities and resources of a
great State were here slumbering.
But elsewhere, events were shaping,
that should bring here the fruits OF
the worlds ripest life, and create q
great and powerful State in the heart
Of the continent.
At only two points in Iowa are any
traces left of the dominion Of the Span
lard, viz: at Dubuque and Montrose.
Julien Dubuque was native of Can
ada. and came to Prairie Du Chen
when q young man, and obtained per-
OF the Fox Indians, about the
year l7ss, to work the mines sur
the city that now bears his
name. In 1895, the Spanish Governor
it is reported, confirmed
the privilege. Here Dubuque spent
his life, engaged in mining and trade.
until his death in 1910. NJ grant Of
land was made him, and a claim to q
grant was decided adversely by the
Supreme court of the United States,
in 1854.
Toward the close of the last century,
Lewis lesson, (alias Honore,) Cana
dian, came down from Prairie Du
Chen to the head of the lower rapids.
among the Sacs and Foxes, at their