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heroes OF The American struggle for iudcpend-
| enee. While insignificant slslEnishcs in the
| Eastern su!cs have been celebrated IN prose
A'il toetfv, anil have btcotllo the staplcs Of or
tcl,pol liisuE'cs, campaign which, II, its far.
rcaclliff. results, was one Of the occls!vc events
Of American annals Is almost unknown to the
men Of The prcscnt generation, atil its heroes
| deprived of tas need OF fanlc which Is Justly
their due. There arc few more romantic cx-
plolta recorded IN tic story OF anr cnu!try tllnn
the expedition Of Ma]. George rogers Clarke,
in l11S-fo, with handful ri Virgiman rolun-
teers, through the pathDcss wllds Of the great
Northwest Territory. resulting III tlu cpnntlest
uutl uerma,rnt an,cxatIen to tl,c rcyoltcd roio.
.,,. ~ ,t.. .....n,,.IJ. ~ u.t,,.,s .,.s.s ~
mes VI '"e st'o"4aoaa =. a.. n.'s.'h po"e' !" ~
Efon now peop'cu ny looolU0 OF lie most EFoa-
pcrous Of American citizens. Few Americans iave
uuy knowledge OF the prc.l,eyolutlonary anuals
~ thc ,,rcot Wr.t. Far thctn Tho bistorv of
y, ~ ~. l'e"s n,.'' ,t,.,. "a. I,..' W
ONO, Ahllaaa, 1li'ho's, hieh'ean' unA Mieoh-
from the Easterfl States long Subsequent to The
war n, the NcyoIutton. md # IA onty II, recent
" -. .h..,.,t,,,~ ,,,,,,,,,as
t'''eS 'l'''. f.h"e'e "t"'in,' e.a' '1,'Fa
nave Feealle" 10 hcs'oly t',as ,,eic 10 ''''l"ts
OF ffe'lch oteupaasY ., ''c .soI.n"ss'' eosesn's
English hands.
rupvr1r rxrou.r,on ~ ruE rnnruwrsr.
ma ,nr,t., a.,,,n.,,rnrt. ,r a.. onr1,, Ern,cl,
.,ts.s I Eli. 1ams. 1,..a".,. "..i
e.p'o.e'o 4"e' oe., .'',,s ss, "' -
"'".s a'"s. !" t Ia"a. .%o " ,.sI;"." ~ ~
tho W,z.ss,,ni ami I'M. OaL,, DnrIur TN. silent
decades Of the irst half OF the eighteenth
ecntnry, willie Washington Vas surveying
the businesses Of the Valley OF Virginia, uild
FRANKLIN experimenting III electric phenomena
ut Philadelphia, there were slutnher!,.. fl slnse
corded obsr,,rity numerous Frc.,tll yilturcs on
The illinois n,,l Wabash I.iycrs, Founded be-
'oee '"e '1'sc u ths sc'entss''" se"'.sy' t,.c}
were &c remote, bottl lsoW ihe FRENCH Cnnital
1T Quebec am! from the western outposts ni tue
English colonies, that tl':y might us wti' have
been i'll tue hcart o! Africa 1or MI ihat Wns
KNOWN VI tfGfn ~ lJbWi!ilr ei!ecls III Ailliains-
nurg, or ut philatselpnia; 1he ISSUE u thu
"seyeh Tears Mnr, wt'e. 'n lltlt uetln!ttyei!
cxtiil1'ishc. French dominion III Ac'te'', hui
but slight effect III d!rsctE Intention to thcsc
remote settlements. I'les Wese nuusA 10 lMe
"Prayinee ~ QMrbec" wltl wlErh ing proI'Fe
Of ,l'e thirteen E'lslisi colonlss tet TINT they
l'ad but little coslcrrr nnl the greed for new
tcrFitdry had still shst reE'ons to appruprtate
e,cfurc the value Of the great Northwest ratld
bo nppFec!asrd.
SITUATION Or THE BHITIsH vosTs.
AZ IN. out,rc,,, If t,c 1,ryotntfon ,lr North.
wcst rrrilory Considered M ,art OF lin. prav
inrc nj fmrhe,. wns n,ImtnIa. trvI trnr, nctruI,
hv i'ni iIrnrr itn,nl,tn,, Will, ip fill. nj ti,
1 fANHI,t ,t.fyh yhSrrnpr Hamilton troa n hrncn 1u,t
,,nsr,,,,s .ifcrr WIN ,.ntosrd cra", su.
snrr viii thc Insli1,,s and id not hesi,atn % Il,
nav item bIp II ,nt,cs ftr tt. RcaIns NJ tie ,n
auyyrrnt frnntirrs,,rr,, TIe ,hrcr nrln,n,i omt
w.Is n thr rr~nn nnacr iis ,.n,,nnI r.rr,, ti,t.
ali Erca,}, sr,tlr,ncmts ri Knslsnstsi'' t;nhntin
a"l ttnr"u,,s E:nE,sl.j" Tnnis,,, r" L..
Saii. IL lis l. slim, ri 1,ca III" ,nn,th ~ i'm
unyinfr i;asEusi,a i,iyer. II, tr ,,rr.rnt r. 1,n,,
iuinI! Counly. Southern y iiiiuois, n.urly opno-
al,n 4, 1;nm";,,rn In rnnnri nn,r ~, in.,v.
nnicsnt r,,i"":. II wns for ,nIr. thn,, n "entmrv
In. i,trrst nct,1c,mnt Of ,,u Northwest MD ,or
| envcr"i vrnrs nriu- IA 1s1S was lin t1nitaf ri
| Illinois Territory Catoka |. 1lnw ultut,st n
suburb nt 1T. Louis, bans situated nn the I'LL
1ais SHIRE Of tho Mississippi, 1olr TT five lies
| south Of that city. ftnre.,nrs, the rounfy-seat
| VI Knox Connty, llhi., il situated on thu vest
rrn bank OF lie Wabash IlveE. 0ppusttr Law
rcnce County, Iii. It Is thriving ci.y nf SONG
7,AG in!lahtiants. ncar,y lnit1Nay between Gill;
c!nnat mud 1t. 1.n,s, br thu OHIO d Mississippi
lailyosu; IL surrounded by hundreds OF Indian
mounds, bnasts University. a.n prn.tly re-
calls tic tact That II wus lite Capital III t!,e
Northwest lrrritory during iii whole exlstGIrr,
nI,t ~ 1fHkt Fnrrftilrp nn4ij 1S1H /