Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-06

How the Gcographers Divided the United
states sixty ave Years Ago.

How the Geographer. Divided the United
states sixty ave Years Ago.
A great deal has been written lately
about old maps of Iowa and the North
west. and the interest in the matter has
caused the digging up of time stained
documents in the hope Of finding some
thing just little older than is possessed
by any one else. A lady of Sioux City
has a map of the United States that was
among the effects left her by her father.
II was printed in 1925. and il is in very
fair state of preservation. 1t is II by
2l4 inches in size, and folds up ike an
ordinary pocket map of to-day, and is
inclosed i'm pasteboard covers. The I'M
formation is given on one corner that 1t
was drawn from the most approved
surveys, and published by Solomon
Schoyer, New York. 1t was engraved
by G. w. Merchant, of Albany.
The country east of the Mississippi
River is divided as now, except there is
no Slate of West Virginia. the territory
that now constitutes the present States
being all under the one State govern
ment That section north of Illinois
and between the Mississippi and the
Lakes is known as the Northwest Terri
tory and embraces all of the present
State of Wisconsin and that part OF
Minnesota east of the Mississippi In all
this Territory not single town. shown.
At the Falls of St Anthony, about where
ST. Paul is located, there is United
States fort, and Fort Crawford is shown
about the present location of Prairie du
Chen. Fort Brown is on the map at
the southern end of Green Bay, on Lake
Michigan.
West of the Mississippi only four divi-
sions are shown, and they are Missouri
Louisiana, Arkansas Territory, and Mis-
souri, Territory. The latter takes in all
the territory north and west of the pres
ent State of Missouri, extending to the
Pacific coast on the west and to the Brit
ish line on the north. Mexico extends
up along the Pacific coast to the south
boundary of the present State of Oregon,
taking in all of Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California.
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, the Dakotas,
and all the country west is set down as
Missouri Territory Council Bluffs is
the only place set down as the location
of town in all this vast region, and it is
located on the west bank of the Mis-
souri,, while Fort Calhoun is on the east
bank.
The habitations of the various Indian
tribes are mixed, the southern part of
Iowa being given up to the Iaways, as
the name of the tribe was then spelled.
The Sioux occupied all the country north
of Dubuque up to st. Paul, and then the
Shoshone country was struck. An In
dian village known as Omahawville is
marked on the map on the west bank OF
the Missouri, short distance below the
present site of Sioux City. at about where
the Omaha reservation is now. Punk
AWHILE is marked on the west bank of
the Missouri, about midway between the
White River and the Running Water.
All the vast stretch of country to the
northwest is dreary waste.
East of the Mississippi the Kickapoos
and the Pottawattamies are located in
northern Illinois and extending well
over into Indiana Illinois has number
of towns marked, among them being
Vandalia, Springfield, EdwardsFille,
Koskoskia, and Shawneetown. Chicago
was not there, and its present location
was not even marked. In Missouri
there were a number of towns, ST. Louis.
st. Charles, and jefferson City being the
most prominently marked in black type.
-[St Louis Republic.