The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-05

How many United States bonds ara held
by English and French citizens at present
We cannot say, but II they have any !t J..
only because they 90 not wish TO sur
render them ~ their face value with inter
est. Our government borrowed some
money OF France more than lC0 years
ago-6uriDg the revolutionary wa.--and
paid IL all back long ago. IL has not bor-
rowed money OF any foreign government
since then. The United States bOueht
Louisiana, the vast region between the Mie.
eissippi river, eastern and northern bound
AIRY OF Texas then belonging TO SPAIN, and
the dividing ridge Of the Rocky mountains,
together with wnat IS nov Oregon. Wash.
ington Territory, and the western parts OF
Montana and Idaho, from Francs for Sll,-
25O 600. This wss ia 1903. Before the prln-
cipsl, interest and claims Of one sort and
another assumed by the United States were
settled the total cost Of this Louisiana pur.
chase," comprising, according 10 French
construction and our understanding. ILL.,
93l square miles. sgelled to S23 10000, or
almost $25 per sect.on-a tact not stated in
cyclopcdiss and school histories. and
therefore not generally understood.
Spain still held Florida and claimed u part
of what We understood 10 be included IN the
Louisiana purchase-a strip up TO north
latitude 3l-and disputed our boundary
along the south and west. and even clsimed
disputed land east Of the Mississippi aud
her claim to Oregon, and settled our north.
western boundary dispute for the sun Of
S6500,000. Texas smi inely proposed az
nexdtion to the United States, and this
grea, government was taken in" December
20. 1915, Texas keeping her public lands
and giving us all her state debts and a
with Mexl,o, who claimed her Tor
runaway from Mexican jurlsdic.
ton. After conquering all the terri
tory nov embraced In New Mexico, a part
of Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and
Californis, we paid Mexico $4,000, 900 forit-
SIS, 900 900 for the greater part OF It and Sl0,.
000.O00 for another slice, knnwh cs the
"Gladsden purch sse." In 1867 We bought
Alaska from Russa for 81 ,2O, eco. Ali the
seyeral amounts above Damed were PAID
long ago. As for all the rest OF our landed
posses-iuns, we took them with us when We
cut loose from m ,ther Bri;ain's apron
sitting bat did not get clear title until we
had fought ten years for it-hrst IN the
revolutionary war, costing US In killed 7,3i3
reported, besides the unreportcd killed, ,snd
over 1900 wounded, aud $l3j, 1893 .104 ia
money; af ervard in the war OF Isl2-l5.
costing US in killed I s77, In wound.
ed 3727, 10 money Sl07 .l590o3. We have
paid every body but the Indians, the only
real owners, and, thanks 10 guupowder,
sword, bsyonet, bad whisky, small-nox,
cholera, and other weapons Of civil zasion,
there are not many OF them let 10 com.
plain. Besides all the beads, ear.rinke,
blankets, pots, kettles. brass buttons, eic..
given them for land titles in ciden times.
we paid them, or the Indian sgents, Ia ore
way and another, IN the ninety years from
l79i 10 1881, H. irclusive, s193 .672 COZ 81, TO
say nothing Of the thousands Of lives sscri-
decd and many millions spent in Indian
wars, from the war Of King Phillip to the
last fight with the Apeches This n the
way Uncle Sam & Vt land enough g 6s7 60l
tquAre miles, or 2 305 e63 $50 ncres), 70 give
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