The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-12
IDAHO NOT A PURCHASE
OWNED BY RIGHT OF DISCOVERY
The Original ksaisiaRs Psrshass Did Not
Insiads the Territory EmhEaesd Ia.
Idsbo .nda Pert ~ aostzsa- BsIanssa
to oFsEoA.

The Seribnsr's for November con.
taius highly interesting eontribn-
tion from the psn Of Noah brooks on
How We Bought the Great West. -
Il Is explained that the upper
portion OF tho Louisiana purchase
sas knosn as tbs territory u
Louisiana. IL comprised all that
territory north Of the thirty third
degrees u latitude, eastward TO the
Mississippi and eastward aud north.
card as far az the undetermined
boundaries Of tho newly acquired
possessions might extend South II
this vas the district II Orleans with
lts scat of government fixed at New
Orleans The ess&ien ~ the upper
part OF tho purchase did not take
plaeD until March 10, 1904. When.
having received tho osssion from the
spanish, tbs Preach representative.
handed Il over to the agent of the
tuiis.i States uith a very brief aud
staple ceremony. la order 10 fally
appreciate tbs Importance Of this
Transaction, the reader should take
dosn bic atiAs aud proceed To-
surround uith . distinct mark the
vast afvA which uas thus conveyed 10
as, whose mines aud pastures sud
forests and fisids have denS 80 much
10 make life soFsh living throughout
tho uoFid. Iiy thass upimpTessiVs
proceedings thg government Of the
uuit-d STATES sAs pat Ia IsoSsassion
II territory uithln whose boundaries
Los flourish tho states u Louisiana.
Arkansas. Missouri, Kansas, loss,
Nebraska, North Dakota. South
liakosa, wyUmiBs. idaho. Montana.
tbs haitian Territory aud parts Of tbs
states 20 MiunrsotA and Colorado,
yss az the sulhsr tells us, tho ni~n
uho weFe tbs artiTs agents In tho (
transfer ~ this mlghsy land from one 4
national aTisdictlah To anoib5s ASc
sell ulgb forgotten IN the crowd OF
later. bat mol less Important events
lly this historic paFrhasn tho srat II
q mighty smplFp Was forever ~ssAh
lishcd By this paFchass tho po~si
hlllties Of deselopin. from tho 70
pahlic = woFld Po~eF ~srp strength
onol Under "ar h~nlEnani rule.
cosnfogt. luxury. prosperity and every
varisty Of material activity al tbs
side stAcra 10 sbich oar fathers
found oBiy = tSurki@ss wilderness.
Common gratitude btds us recall
9Th a9ciaim ths nanSos Of IrfIsrsuB.
IIstngstan aHd MoHFoS. ubo. haiid.
iug b~steF than they ks.w. made
this magnificent transformation
possible, -
~ course every Idaho citiECa knows
that bis state, - sell ~ Montana. Il
nus cusrw~sly Included Ia tbs
Louisiana Pnrrhass. but uas claimed
for tho United States by right u die
ravory Catr@ln Rol9Ft Gray -aTnr
this lAud for Tho Unitat ssAses la
1921 On HE yuyawu u discovery and
tho ,i,ln sac succrsefuilty maintain
rsi against repeated attempts Ia secure
II ny 'uFUat britain. Tho uboie
territory wAs originally called
oregon. then Washington uas carved
on, uf u. Idaho out AZ Washington
AMI Montana uat q ldaho, ], should
le up,e-i that nslthoT Orvgun Nor
Waahinstou h claimed 10 30 Included
Ia chs Louisiana purchase aud sibcU
Idaho and Montana werp paTts Of this
excluded territory u seams clear thai
fbev shuuld stlil h~ excluded from
ihs limits II the purchase. Tbs
authorities are generally asFeod 10 ~
excluding Il. though occasionally
srtiers violate historical accuracy b.
jpclgdiag portions oi tho toEmet
Oregon territory In the purchase
Tbo error sooma Co come from failiBl
70 realize that several present state
usrr carved out ot Oregon, ius, =
several ~ the greatest cputra
Mississippi states were once part O
Virginia of course 4, IL no disarac
10 10 rart II the Louisiana put
shaso. Int IL IL just ~ veil 10 bav
II understood that Idaho vas goo
Ab.ericau coil nearly = ecners,io
bsioJo dozen more pretious stats
we're Moreover. u is Just a. sell
bate u understood that Idaho VI
bsver tho possession ~ hate
monarchy. as several pretty sOC
American states have been, and h
newer known any other Gag or m
other allegiance than tho hsa Of u
Tree and the union Of q
states Lewiston Tribune.