| American Occupation (missing). . . . . . . | Frontispiece |
| Expansion Map of the United States. . . . . | Facing. .3
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| "Hunch-backed Cow" | Facing. . . . .8
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| Pueblo of the Zuñi Indians. . . | Facing. .10
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| De Soto’s First View of the Mississippi River. . . . . | 13
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| De Soto’s Expedition (1539—1542). . . . . | 15
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| Old Spanish Gateway at St. Augustine. . . . . | 17
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| Spanish Explorations. . . . . | 19
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| La Salle. . . . . | 23
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| Louis XIV, King of France. . . . . | 25
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| Autograph of Jolliet. . . . . | 26
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Father Marquette (from Trentenove’s statue
in the Capitol
at Washington). . . . | Facing. .20
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| La Salle at the Mouth of the Mississippi. . . . . | 28
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| Autograph of Tonty. . . . . | 29
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| Map of the Verendryes’ Route. . . | Facing. .32
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| Autograph of Le Moyne d’Iberville. . . . . | 35
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| Autograph of Bienville. . . . . | 36
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| Autograph of John Law. . . . . | 38
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| New Orleans in 1719. . . . . | 37
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| The Royal. Flag of France. . . . . | 39
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| Montcalm. . . . . | 40
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| George Rogers Clark. . . . . | 48
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George Rogers Clark’s Expedition to
capture Vincennes
in 1779. . . | Facing. .46
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| Anthony Wayne. . . . . | 47
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| A Flatboat on the Ohio. . . . . | 50
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| Autograph of Genet. . . . . | 55
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| Autograph of Talleyrand. . . . . | 57
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| Autograph of Toussaint L’Ouverture. . . . . | 61
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| Alexander Hamilton. . . . . | 65
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| Livingston’s Autograph. . . . . | 67 |
| James Monroe. . . . . | 68
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| Napoleon as First Consul. . . | Facing. .72
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| Thomas Jefferson. . . . . | 81
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| Wilkinson’s Autograph. . . . . | 88
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| The Cabildo, or City Hall. . . | Facing. .88
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| Claiborne’s Autograph. . . . . | 89
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Andrew Jackson riding along the Lines
after the Battle of New Orleans. . . . . | 92
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| Bad Lands of Dakota . . . . . | 98
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Meriwether Lewis (from the drawing
by St. Merain). . . | Facing . .100 |
| William Clark. . . | Facing. .104
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| Washington One Hundred Years ago. . . . . | 107
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| French Fort at Saint Louis. . . | Facing. .108
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| In the Days of the Buffalo Hunter. . . . . | 115
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| Totem of the Sioux. . . . . | 121
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| Calumet, or Pipe of Peace. . . . . | 122
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| Stone Hatchet. . . . . | 124
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Nature’s Fortifications (from the plan
drawn by Lewis and Clark). . . | Facing. .126
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| A Mandan Hut. . . . . | 128
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Mandan Indians using "Bull Boats" made of
Buffalo
Hide. . . | Facing. .130
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| Interior of Deserted Mandan Hut. . . . . | 131
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| Map of Lewis and Clark Pass. . . . . | 148.
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Mouth of the Columbia River (from the plan drawn
by
Lewis and Clark). . . | Facing. .160
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| Multnomah Falls. . . | Facing. .164
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| Meriwether Lewis. . . | Facing. .174
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| A Mandan Chief. . . | Facing. .181
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| Pike’s Peak Trail at Minnehaha Falls. . . . . | 201
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| Zebulon M. Pike. . . | Facing. .206
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| Emigrant Train crossing the Plains. . . . . | 209
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Pike’s Peak from Pike’s Peak Avenue,
Colorado Springs
. . . | Facing. .210
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| Whitman’s Journey to save his Mission. . . . . | 252
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| Sutter’s Mill. . . | Facing. .256
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| Indians attacking the "Overland Mail". . . . . | 258
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| A "Pony Express" Rider. . . . . | 260
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| Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. . . | Facing . .268
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