8. What Indian tribes lived within the present bounds of Kansas? Locate and tell something of each.
9. When was Kansas Territory organized? How long was this after the Louisiana purchase?
10. What use did the white people make of Kansas during this period?
The Santa Fe and Oregon Trails, and Early Lines of Railroad, through Kansas.
CHAPTER IV
KANSAS AS A PATHWAY
Mexico a Century Ago. Nearly three centuries passed from the time Cortez led the Spaniards into Mexico until Kansas became a part of the United States. During those years Spanish settlements had increased in number until at the time of Pike’s expedition Mexico included most of what is now California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado.