Early Trade and Travel in the Lower Mississippi Valley (Classic Reprint)
Early Trade and Travel in the Lower Mississippi Valley (Classic Reprint)

Author: William Oscar Scroggs

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-13

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781333941437

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Excerpt from Early Trade and Travel in the Lower Mississippi Valley The predominating in uence of the English over the native population in this region before 1755 was due mainly to the activity of the trader, but it was perhaps enhanced by the lack of land-hungry Anglo - Saxon pio neers. It should be borne in mind, however, that the pres ence of the trader among the aborigines was by no means an unmixed blessing; in fact, he was everywhere the source of debauching and demoralizing in uence. The Indian acquired from him all the vices and none of the virtues of the white man, and sufferedas much injury from the pampering of the trafficker as he did later from the crowding of the settler. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

EARLY TRADE & TRAVEL IN THE LO
EARLY TRADE & TRAVEL IN THE LO

Author: William O. (William Oscar) 187 Scroggs

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-25

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781361954560

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Proceedings
Proceedings

Author: Organization of American Historians

Publisher:

Published: 1910

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13:

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"Directory of the ... association ... to February 9, 1924:" v. 11, pt. 1, p. [143]-164.

William Dunbar
William Dunbar

Author: Arthur H. DeRosierJr.

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2021-12-14

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 081318973X

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Scottish-born William Dunbar (1750–1810) is recognized by Mississippi and Southwest historians as one of the most successful planters, agricultural innovators, explorers, and scientists to emerge from the Mississippi Territory. Despite his successes, however, history books abridge his contributions to America's early national years to a few passing sentences or footnotes. William Dunbar: Scientific Pioneer of the Old Southwest rectifies past neglect, paying tribute to a man whose life was driven by the need to know and the willingness to suffer in pursuit of knowledge. From the beginning, research, contemplation, and scholarship formed the template by which Dunbar would structure his life. His mother's insistence on education motivated him throughout his youth, and in 1771, he sailed to America, prepared to seize any and all opportunities. Settling in the Mississippi territory, Dunbar embarked on the endeavors that would soon gain him renown. He surveyed the boundary between Spanish West Florida and the United States and contributed heavily to the rise of cotton culture through his inventions and innovations in agricultural technology. In 1804, at the same time that Lewis and Clark were making their way up the Missouri River, President Thomas Jefferson appointed Dunbar—now a fellow member of the prestigious American Philosophical Society—to lead a similar exploration of the southern Louisiana Purchase territory. The 103-day expedition captured the imagination of Americans looking to move westward and yielded the first information about the geographical, geological, and meteorological characteristics of the old Southwest. Arthur H. DeRosier Jr. traces Dunbar's life from his ambition as a youth to his development into a man recognized by his contemporaries as a leader in many scientific fields. Drawing upon the private journal of Dunbar's granddaughter Virginia Dunbar McQueen and neglected historical annals, William Dunbar examines Dunbar's public and private life, the scope of his interests, and the lasting contributions he left to a country and people he loved.