Hulme's Journal, 1818-19; Flower's Letters from Lexington and the Illinois, 1819; Flower's Letters from the Illinois, 1820-21; and Woods's Two Years' Residence, 1820-21

by Thomas Hulme; Richard Flower; John Woods

Early Western Travels
1748-1846
Volume X

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Early Western Travels
1748-1846

A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best
and rarest contemporary volumes of travel,
descriptive of the Aborigines and Social
and Economic Conditions in the Middle
and Far West, during the Period
of Early American Settlement.

Edited with Notes, Introductions, Index, etc., by
Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D.

Editor of "The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents," "Original
Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition,"
"Hennepin's New Discovery," etc.

Volume X

Hulme's Journal, 1818-19; Flower's Letters from Lexington
and the Illinois, 1819; Flower's Letters from the Illinois,
1820-21; and Woods's Two Years' Residence, 1820-21

Cleveland, Ohio
The Arthur H. Clark Company
1904

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Copyright 1904, by
THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Lakeside Press
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
CHICAGO

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME X
Preface. The Editor	[9]
I
A Journal Made During a Tour in the Western Countriesof America: September 30, 1818-August 7,1819. Thomas Hulme
Dedication. William Cobbett	[19]
Preface. William Cobbett	[21]
Author's Introduction to the Journal	[23]
Text	[35]
II
Letters from Lexington [June 25, 1819] and the Illinois[August 16, 1819], containing a Brief Account of the EnglishSettlement in the Latter Territory, and a Refutationof the Misrepresentations of Mr. Cobbett. RichardFlower
Author's Preface	[89]
Text	[91]
III
Letters from the Illinois, 1820, 1821. Containing anAccount of the English Settlement at Albion and itsVicinity, and a Refutation of Various Misrepresentations,Those more particularly of Mr. Cobbett. Witha Letter from M. Birkbeck; and a Preface and Notes byBenjamin Flower. Richard Flower
Publisher's Advertisement	[114]
Editor's Preface. Benjamin Flower	[115]
Text	[121]
Extract of a Letter. Morris Birkbeck	[149]
Editor's Notes. Benjamin Flower	[153]
IV
Two Years' Residence in the Settlement on the EnglishPrairie, in the Illinois Country, United States[June 5, 1820-July 3, 1821]. With an Account of itsAnimal and Vegetable Productions, Agriculture, &c. &c.A Description of the Principal Towns, Villages, &c.&c. With the Habits and Customs of the Back-Woodsmen.John Woods
Text	[179]
Appendix	[353]

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME X
Facsimile of title-page to Flower's Letters from Lexingtonand the Illinois (1819)	[87]
Facsimile of title-page to Flower's Letters from the Illinois(1822	[113]
Facsimile of title-page to Woods	[173]
Map of the Allotments, from Woods	[175]
Map of the Illinois, from Woods	[177]

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