er his journey to Illinois. He gives a vivid picture of
the rapidly settling Illinois with its squatters and its fertile and
inviting land. He visited the Sangamo country and the Kickapoo United
States treaty conference.

FAUX, W. _Memorable Days in America: being a Journal of a Tour to the
United States, principally undertaken to ascertain, by positive Evidence,
the Condition and probable Prospects of British Emigrants; including
Accounts of Mr. Birkbeck's Settlement in the Illinois ... London: W.
Simpkin & R. Marshall_, 1823. 488 pp.

Sufficiently pessimistic to require cautious use. The journey was
performed in 1819-20.

FAY, H. A. _Collection of the official Accounts, in Detail, of all the
Battles fought by Sea and Land, between the Navy and Army of the United
States, and the Navy and Army of Great Britain, during the Years_ 1812,
13, 14, & 15. _New York: E. Conrad_, 1817. 295 pp.

Contains Capt. Heald's official report of the massacre at Fort Dearborn,
August 15, 1812, and Col. Russell's official report of Gov. Edwards'
attack on the Indians near Peoria in 1812.

FEARON, HENRY BRADSHAW. _Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of
five thousand Miles through the eastern and western States of America ...
With Remarks on Mr. Birkbeck's __"__Notes__"__ and __"__Letters.__"__ 3d
ed. London: Strahan and Spottiswoode_, 1819. xv. + 454 pp.

The work gives a glimpse of Illinois through a foreigner's eye. Fearon
paints in sober colors, but his values are fairly true. Of considerable
value as a work on society in the U. S. in 1817-18.

FLINT, JAMES. _Letters from America, containing Observations on the
Climate and Agriculture of the western States, the Manners of the People,
and the Prospects of Emigrants, &c., &c. Edinburgh: W. & C. Tait, 1822._
16mo. 330 pp.

The author probably did not reach Illinois, but his letters from Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky give interesting bits of information in regard to the
manner and cost of travel--1818 to 1820.

FLOWER, GEORGE. _History of the English Settlement in Edwards County,
Illinois, founded in 1817 and 1818, by Morris Birkbeck and George Flower.
Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1882._ 16mo. 401 pp.

The work is volume I. of the Chicago Historical Society's Collections. The
best book on this important episode in immigration to Illinois.

FLOWER, RICHARD. _Letters from Lexington and the Illinois, containing a
brief Account of the English Settlement in the latter Territory