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| CHAP. I |
| General View of the Valley of the Mississippi. |
| Extent—Subdivisions—Population—Physical Features—Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions—History—Prospective Increase of Population, | 11 |
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| CHAP. II |
| General View, &c., Continued. |
| Productions, | 32 |
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| CHAP. III |
| Climate. |
| Comparative View of the Climate with the Atlantic States—Diseases—Means of Preserving Health, | 37 |
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| CHAP. IV |
| Character, Manners and Pursuits of the People. |
| Cotton and Sugar Planters—Farmers—Population of the large Towns and Cities—Frontier Class—Hunters and Trappers—Boatmen, | 102 |
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| CHAP. V |
| Public Lands. |
| System of Surveys—Meridian and Base Lines—Townships—Diagram of a Township surveyed into Sections—Land Districts and Offices—Pre-emption Rights—Military and Bounty Lands—Taxes—Valuable Tracts of Country unsettled, | 130 |
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| CHAP. VI |
| Aborigines. |
| Conjecture respecting their former Numbers and Condition—Present Number and State—Indian Territory appropriated as their Permanent Residence—Plan and Operations of the U. S. Government—Missionary Efforts and Stations—Monuments and Antiquities, | 144 |
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| CHAP. VII |
| Western Pennsylvania. |
| Face of the Country—Soil, Agriculture and Internal Improvements—Chief Towns—Pittsburg—Coal—Sulphur and Hot Springs—Wheeling, | 163 |
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| CHAP. VIII |
| Michigan. |
| Extent—Situation—Boundaries—Face of the Country—Rivers—Lakes, &c.—Soil and Productions—Subdivisions—Counties—Towns—Detroit—Education—Internal Improvements projected—Boundary Dispute—Outline of the Constitution, | 179 |
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| CHAP. IX |
| Ohio. |
| Boundaries—Divisions—Face of the Country—Soil and Productions—Animals—Minerals—Financial Statistics—Canal Fund—Expenditures—Land Taxes—School Fund—Statistics—Canal Revenues—Population at different Periods—Internal Improvements—Manufactures—Cities and Towns—Cincinnati—Columbus—Education—Form of Government—History, | 193 |
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| CHAP. X |
| Indiana. |
| Boundaries and Extent—Counties—Population—Face of the Country, &c.—Sketch of each County—Form of Government—Finances—Internal Improvements—Manufactures—Education—History—General Remarks, | 222 |
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| CHAP. XI |
| Illinois. |
| Boundaries and Extent—Face of the Country and Qualities of Soil— Inundated Land—River Bottoms, or Alluvion—Prairies—Barrens—Forest, or timbered Land—Knobs, Bluffs, Ravines and Sink Holes—Rivers, &c.—Productions—Minerals—Lead, Coal, Salt, &c.—Vegetables—Animals—Manufactures—Civil Divisions—Tabular View of the Counties—Sketches of each County—Towns—Alton—Projected Improvements—Education—Government—General Remarks, | 251 |
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| CHAP. XII |
| Missouri. |
| Extent and Boundaries—Civil Divisions—Population—Surface, Soil and Productions—Towns—St. Louis, | 315 |
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| CHAP. XIII |
| Arkansas and Territorial Districts. |
| Arkansas.—Situation and Extent—Civil Divisions—Rivers—Face of the Country—Soil—Water—Productions—Climate—Minerals—State of Society. Wisconsin. Boundaries and Extent—Rivers—Soil—Productions—Towns, &c., | 323 |
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| CHAP. XIV |
| Literary and Religious Institutions for the West. |
| Colleges—Statistical Sketch of each Religious Denomination—Roman Catholics—Field for Effort, and Progress made—Theological Institutions—Deaf and Dumb Asylums—Medical Institutions—Law Schools—Benevolent and Religious Societies—Periodical Press, | 334 |
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| CHAP. XV |
| Suggestions To Emigrants. |
| Modes of Travel—Canal, Steamboat and Stage Routes—Other Modes of Travel—Expenses—Roads, Distances, &c., | 364 |
