The Somerset reporter., 1890-07-24
THURSDAY NOON. JULY "a. 1890
An Interesting N ap.

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 tims-stalned
documents In the hope Of finding some.
thing just little older that Is possessed
| by anyone else A lady Of Sioux City
has 4 map Of the United States that was
among the effects left By her father. II
was printed In 1926, and II IL 10 8 very
fair state Of preservation. 1t 10 II by
FL IL inches In size, and folds up like an
ordinary pocket map Of to-day and IL en-
closed 10 pasteboard covers. The infor-
nation Is given on one cover that 1t was
"drawI from the most approved surveys,
and published by Solomon Schoyer. New
York" II was engraved by q. w. Mer-
chant Of Albany.
| The county east OF the Mississippi
River Is divided as now. except there Is
no State Of West Virginia. the. territory
that now constitutes the present States
being all under thsacne State Government
The section north Of Illinois and between
the Mississippi and the lakes Is known as
the Northwest territory, and embraces all
Of the present State Of Wisconsin and
that part Of Minnesota east of the Miss
issippi. In all this territ Try not single
town Is shown. At the Falls Of St. Anth
ony, about where St. Paul, Is located,
there is United States fort" and Fort
Crawford is shown about the present To-
cation Of Prairie du Chen. Fort Brown
IL 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 Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas Territory and Mis-
| ba Iatt In all
the territory north and west OF the pres
ent State Of Missouri, enxtending to the
Pacific coast on the west and to the
British line on the north. Mexico extends
up along the Pacific coast to the south
boundry 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 Mis-
souri, Territory. Council Bluff Is the
only place set down as the location of q
town In all the vast region, and 1t 10 To-
Gated on the west bank of the Missouri,
while Fort Calhoun In on the east bank.
| The inhabitants Of the various Indian
tribes are mixed, the southeastern part OF
Iowa being given up to the Iaways, a.
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 county was struck. An Indian
village known as Omahawville Is marked
on the map on the west bank Of the Mis-
souri,, a short distance below the present
site of Sioux City, at about where the
Omaha reservation is now. Punkahville
II marked on the west bank of the Mis-
souri,, 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 has number Of towns
marked, among them being Vsndalia,
Springvale, Edwardgville, Koskoskia, and
Shawnsetowp, Chicago was not there,
and its present location was not even
marked. In Missouri there were num-
Der Of towns, St. Louis. st. Charles and
Jefferson City being the most prominent
ly marked in black type.-.S Louis Re
Dub1ir