FOOTNOTES
[16] “A History of Travel,” by Seymour Dunbar.
[17] “The American Nation,” “England in America,” by L. G. Tyler. Vol. IV, p. 322.
[18] “American Nation,” Vol. VIII, p. 15.
[19] Cf. “Historic Highways of America,” by A. B. Hurlbert, and “Basis of American History” (Vol. II of “The American Nation”), by L. Farrand.
[20] Ramsey’s “Annals of Tennessee.”
[21] “Historic Highways of America,” by A. B. Hurlbert, 16 volumes, 1902-05, A. H. Clark Company, Cleveland. A series of annotated reprints of some of the best contemporary volumes of travel in America, compiled by Reuben Gold Thwaites, 1904-07, 32 volumes, A. H. Clark Co., Cleveland.
“A History of Travel in America,” by Seymour Dunbar, 4 volumes, 1915, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
“Basis of American History,” Chapter II, “Routes of Travel,” Vol. II of the American Nation Series, by Livingston Farrand, 1907, Harper & Brothers, New York. There is good bibliography in this volume.
[22] Cecil B. Hartley in his “Life of Daniel Boone,” gives the name of the head of this company as Colonel Richard Henderson.
[23] “The Winning of the West,” Vol. II, by Theodore Roosevelt.
[24] Dunbar’s “History of Travel,” Vol. I. Roosevelt’s “Winning of the West,” Vol. II.
[25] “The Wilderness Road.”
[26] “A History of Travel in America.”
[27] “Winning of the West.”
[28] Henry Howe.
[29] A pirogue proper is a canoe dug out of a single log. These may have been and probably were keel boats built of timber and the name pirogue extended to them colloquially.
[30] “The Winning of the West,” Vol. VI, by Theodore Roosevelt.
[31] Cf. “Winning of the West,” Vol. VI, p. 259; and “The American Nation,” Vol. XII, p. 94.
| State | Settled | Admitted a Territory | Admitted a State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 1755 | 1812 | 1821 |
| Arkansas | 1685 | 1819 | 1836 |
| Kansas | 1854 | 1854 | 1861 |
| Nebraska | 1847 | 1854 | 1867 |
| North Dakota | 1812 | 1861 | 1889 |
| South Dakota | 1859 | 1861 | 1889 |
| Wyoming | 1834 | 1868 | 1890 |
| Colorado | 1859 | 1861 | 1876 |
| Idaho | 1852 | 1863 | 1890 |
| Montana | 1861 | 1864 | 1889 |
| Iowa | 1833 | 1838 | 1846 |
| Minnesota | 1846 | 1849 | 1858 |
[33] Reports for 1920 show that New York has exceeded St. Louis in manufactured furs but St. Louis seems still to be the largest market for raw furs.
[34] Albert Watkins in “Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society.” Vol. XVI, p. 22.
[35] Washington Irving’s “Astoria.”
[36] Cf. p. 230, Ibid.
[37] Dunbar’s “History of Travel.”
[38] Doddridge’s “Notes on the Settlement of Indian Wars.” Monette’s “History of the Valley of the Mississippi.”
[39] Cf. Gallatin’s report for a scheme of national roads and pavements (Adams’ Gallatin, p. 350 et seq.).
[40] Richardson, “Messages and Papers.”
[41] Hurlbert, “Cumberland Road.”
[42] Hulbert, “The Paths of Inland Commerce.”
[43] “American Nation,” Vol. XIV, p. 100.
[44] Hurlbert, “The Paths of Inland Commerce,” p. 121.
[45] Searight, quoted by Hurlbert.
[46] Debates of Congress VI, 433-435, 806, 820.
CHAPTER III
WATER WAYS AND CANALS
From the earliest exploration and settlement periods rivers and coast inlets have been used for transportation. As has been pointed out, the Indian, before the coming of the white man, made good use of his canoe. Boats and barges propelled by oars, poles, or snubbed along by ropes attached to trees on the banks were in early use. Along the coast and the larger rivers sails were made use of. Upon the ocean there was a large development in wooden sailing vessels. The great number of American ships and the inroads made by American merchants upon English trade had much to do with bringing on the war of 1812.