The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-21
LOUISIANA PURCHASE.
3, Hon. zenry N. S'"fe'

9ni1.
u,,,. following able paper was ,.. written
i1he , u MINER. but, like some
iatl'e NV r,r,.iveL too late for inser
.''' IL thu, % r,'i'i"".-ED.l
'."'' !" ;,,. .;-y in:"tl'c right OF the Unit
r::ta" ~. ;.u,,''aric= .: Montana Ter
within : :" many interesting Iues-
i;"r: ~" ",..,. include discussion of tho
'io'-' ~. =, n.iyi,al inhabitants who
lain: u ,,w sol; before the New World
'n'"' lied ~ Columbus. We shall!
50 ,,,., ,,r general government has
a'-'' ;.d ',y treaty er conquest Il title
s .rsh j.. superior t" that Of Indian
".' r., sic, %! Grants by the Pope
f.'"., ,.,.o.r.y:.: OF spain, France and
A., 1,. , v".''s become another subject
f". .,.,;,.,ian. ,"r they assumed the
Z" : ..,:.;.rin. regions including
" :. ,.w hi. Territory. There were.
S''"' =, r.,r Florida, Plymouth. Mas
!''' ,,,. :..; ..r;.ii: under .;casis of
'' ,,,,rr,;.r w."r the owners of por-
-. ,:nl,.a,.a. One example OF this
WI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in the char
'' .s,,,I in it;::' Ivy james the First
,,,v,,,.;:,, 'uuncii. 10y which New
,.,,. .x,.n.!,.; from the Atlantic to
n,r;t.. an.l from the "yticth to the
,;.I,,h .'s%:rc Of mort, latitude.
i, .,,-r,,... vi accurate knowledge Of
..,,rn continent, which ha'l not
.xrl.rdat these times hy civilized
49,, the description, OF the tracts 5"
.,..v,,l were. conflicting and vague
ID son:ci,uu's impossible, or false in
-,.. The European powers founded
,h.;r claim o.' Possession upon the prior
:. os di>.4,y.yy. The same principle
..a.rli,S i:,c modern law ot rights 1"
j.. lu,,ion Of mineral land. Vans ''e-
,r.n England and France and spain
...,,rl in treaties, which reduced Flor
j. 10 limit. resembling those Of the
.,s, u, State. ami made the Mississippi
,ae lsn,n,;:,ry between the colonies Of
r,c,,,ul am! France. This WAS the sit
=, ion wien the American Revolution
.ry,,,i another nation upon the globe.
TN. [ ni,r,i states obtained by the trt:;-
,vM m::..r. rxUyniziEy their intiel"l,-
,I.ce. the title "t England to the in,lx-
r;l tract whir, was enclosed Ivy the
u;an,ir ms,n AND .hc mississippi.
Tie >",.- o: Franc: were the first El,-
,,. ans vii" rx: 'lo,sl the great rivrr,'
hill the Sp.uiarl> 'li>."vers! it. In
49,. Il. S:.i:r ::!i..s.i with the current t"
,i.~ Guk "!' Mcxi,u AMI erected for
i'r,w,. sovereignty over the unknown
region through which the Mississippi
AL il, .riIutar:r.. flowed. lie lRrlx.t-
G.i,.l Tie nansr Of Louis XIV. hy call
il. this wilderness Louisiana. The OK
Rim. h"w OF tin.ling mines Of gold and
silver stimulated emigration to- the
south portion ii the province. Every
Effort /" grasp the precious metals
within The new born colony ended in
iaii:rr. and often in ruin AMI death. 80
;rr>''n i:mn imagined, after years Of
Toll and ti*a,. r"intlmcnt, that the most
-ail:.uimc cx;nct;.iiOnS of the french re-
htin= IT, the mineral treasures Of Louis
:na could In. realized. The wealth that
l's->e pro-, ,.t...Or, never thl,cll in their
wan,lrrim-s nearly tw" centuries ag" WAS
lMrics! i.'n,:,th the streams which
r,'>'s'l from, :i,c Rocky Mountains and
PASSED. before their .azc. The golden
prS'ust "i' Montana during the past
ightesn Years cx,.es.iS the amount Of the
purchase n",,vy that was paid for the
province |y the niiei States ami legal
interest ,lhrc.,n. When there Is all
t'' I" this grand total til G yield from
''e mines %! Idaho, Washington, Orr
'"', Dakota anil Colorado, which have
sen revealed within the boundaries Of
ancient Louisiana. the quantity is s''f-
'r'ent I" furnish :, specie basis for the
national hanks Of the Union.
The settlements wcr,. al such slow
'r"wth that Louisiana SEEMED to
''and still when the English colonies
we're increasing in numbers. But France
VII maintained an occupancy III the
'a''ry OF the Mississippi until 1868,
"ht" the award Of hattie compelled her
!" reI'r I" her ally, spain, the part Of
louisiana which had not Gccn rclin-
iu's''sri I" Great Britain. This was the
'M'lr''Satiom which was accepted On
'.' Of the l,sss ola Spanish colony.
'" hcn the >t.r"f Napoleon r'se above
, ne ''sr'z"" If Europe, Louisiana in
'N. ~ secret treaty with spain, was
to her parent, France. For rcs'-
WIS II state ,i:cr, was no change In the
wal government, and the fact was not
>"'w" generally until lst., and the
! .''st>>l"n of the French was resumed
~, lSe;. Negotiations for the
''i"'s'tion Of this province, which con-