[49] The total area of these countries, exclusive of their colonies, is 807,123 square miles.
[50] See "Theory of the Leisure Class," Thorstein Veblen. New York, Huebsch, 1918, Ch. 10.
[51] "A History of Missouri," Louis Houck. Chicago, R. R. Donnelly & Sons, 1908, vol. II, p. 346.
[52] "History of Louisiana," Charles Gayarre. New Orleans, Hansell & Bros., Ltd., 1903, vol. III, p. 478.
[53] Ibid., p. 485.
[54] Ibid., p. 486.
[55] McMaster's "History of the American People." Vol. VIII, p. 339.
[56] Ibid., p. 339.