Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-06

manning. About 20 buildings, con
structed Of poles and bark of trees, re.
m ,iued to toll Of those who had go re-.
ceptly inhabited them.
The mining operations Of the set
tiers were soon interferod with by the
war department, which being deter.
mined to protect the Indians In their
rights, ordered
COLONEL zACHERy TAYLOR
to dispense the intruders from the
mines. Anticipating his action they
r%ecrossod the RIVER. A military force
was then stationed a. Dubuque to
keep the r%ottlers from returning. Oar.
ing the b ack Hawk war which soon
or, ke out, these troops were with
drawn to protect the settlements of
Illinois and Wisconsin. As Q result
of this war the Indians not only
failed to retain the lands which they
had sold east of the Mississippi.
but lost large tract of
their possessions In Iowa. The
treaty which secured the Black Hawk
purchase WAS made by Gen. Scott Ia
September, 1882. II included the
territory bordering oil the west side of
the Mississippi, extending back q dis
tauoe OF about forty miles, and com.
prislng abe eastern portion of the pres.
emit state Of Iowa. After the close of
the war the Indisns mostly abandoned
the nelghborhood of Dubuque, and
some of the settlers who had been
driven IF In 1880 returned In the fall
OF 1882 to take possession of their
former claims. In January, however,
troops were again sent from Prairie du
Chien to remove them on the ground
that the treaty with the Iodians would
not take effsct until June l, 1888
It was not until this date, then,
that the actual settlement of the state
began, aud it appears tina. Samuel
White was the first legal settler. Iu
the tall of 1882 Daniel Tothero ar
rived In DDS Moines county and set.
tied on the prairie about three miles
west of the Mlsatssippi river. About
the same time Samuel White with hie
family, erected his cabin, near the the
river, at what 10 known as the upper
bluff, within the limits OF the presen,
city Of Burlington. This was before
the extinction of the Indian title.
There war then q government military
post at R,ck Island, and come dra'
goons came down from that place dur
ing the next winter and
DROVE ToTHERo AND WHITE OVER THE
RIVER,
burning their cabins. White remain.
ed In Illinois until the LIST of the fol-
lowing June, when the Indians sur
rendered possession Of the b acl
Hawk purchase" and or that very day
he was on the ground from which he
had been driven, aud built his second
cabin. This cabin stood on what 1.
now called front street, between Court
and High arrests, In the city of Bar
lirgtor. Soon after MIR. Whites re-
turn HE brother. In law, Mr.. D1olittle
,ined him, and In 1888 they laid on
the original town, naming 1t Burling
ton, from the town Of tina. name II
Vermont.
In 1884 the territory now included
In Iowa was placed under the jarisdic
ton of Michigan, and In 1886 urde,
that of Wisconsin. Ga June IL, 1888
Iowa was erected iuto o separate ter
ritory, and or July An of the sam
year the now government was formal
ly installed at Burlington. Uader it
territorial organization Iowa included
all the country north of Missouri, be
tween the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers, and to the British line, ant
consequently the greater part of til
present ntare or Minnesota and tn
whole of d 'kote territory, with a.
area of 1874 COB square miles, Ia 1873
the govern psnt removed to LOVE- City
La 1874 a state constitution was torme,
and a petition sent to Congress for sd
mission TO the union. This wac 10
gran5ed on account OF the constitu
tioual limits assumed, and by 40 40
Of March 3, 1S45, congress defiaed tn
boundaries that would be acceptable
TIE next year the proposed boundar
les were approved by a convention az
sembled for the purpose, and on De
cember 20, 1916, Iowa was adm.lie,
into the uoion. The capital was re
moved to Dss Moines In 1867 o.
January 20, 1866, an act was pssse,
by the Legislature submitting to tn
people the question of calling q con
stitutional convention. The proposi
ton having bsen approved, an election
Of delegates was held In November
1856 On January 10, 1867, the con
vention me- In Iowa City and frame,
the present constitution, which wa
ratified August 3, 1867, by a vote q
40, 81 to 80, 681. The word s'white
where 1t had been used In defining tn
qualifications of electors. the basis O
representation, and the obligation o
militia duty, was stricken out by ao.
of the legislature, subsequently o,
pr wed by the people In 1868.
The opening
OF THE TERRITORY TO SETTLEMENT
was the signal for an active emigratio
thi'her. The frat corners were nc
slow In discovering the great fertilit
of the soil and the salubrlouuness {
the climate. The possibility of tn
region wer recognized, and thousant
were almost at once tempted to tax
up their homes In that favored sec
ton. The increase In population wa
as rapid as that exhibited by almol
: any other western state. In 184(
when Its first United States oensr
. was taken, the population was 43, IL.
: In 1850 1t was 1872 PA; 1860, GA, 81;
!, 1870, ], 194, 020; 1880, /. 624, 615.
!. The greatest industry of Iowa
, agriculture. The land is aa rich an
fertile as any in the world, and IL
i, acreage under cultivation is Iarg,
! The number of farms have increase
= from 14,8U5 In 1850 to 1876, 35I
: 1880, or from 2,736, O64 acres to "a