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[AT] The valley of the Mississippi with a small part of that of the St. Lawrence belonging to the United States, is six times larger than all France. A large tract in the extreme west is sterile; but the most fertile portion, already occupied by States and Territories, is three times as large as France.

[AU] At Kingston, (U. C.) the site of Fort Frontenac, I found the remains of a wall built by La Salle, or one of his successors, in the barrack yard of one of the English regiments.

[AV] The valley of the Mississippi contained, exclusive of Indians,

In 1762about100,000inhabitants,
In 1790150,000
In 1800580,000
In 18101,365,000
In 18202,625,000
In 18304,232,000

The Indians, now mostly removed to the west of the Mississippi, number only about 300,000 souls.

[LETTER XVI.]

GENERAL JACKSON.