72, 20th Cong., 2d Sess., I.

330 "Senate Doc.," No. 72, 20th Cong., 2d Sess., I.; see also _ibid._,
No. 27.

331 "State Papers," No. 24, 21st Cong., 1st Sess., II.; "18th An. Rept.
of the Bureau of Ethnology," Pt. 2, 722-5, Plate CXXV.

_ 332 Ibid._, Pt. 2, 736-7, 738-9, 750-1, Plates CXXIV. and CXXV.

333 Tenney, "Early Times in Wis.," in "Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll.," I., 96.

334 McLaughlin, "Lewis Cass," 125; Young, "Life of Gen. Lewis Cass," 93.

335 "State Papers," Senate, No. 87, 16th Cong., 1st Sess., II.

_ 336 Ibid._, No. 57, 16th Cong., 1st Sess., V.

337 "Statutes at Large," III., 566-7.

338 Donaldson, "Public Domain," 200 ff.

339 "State Papers," No. 35, 10th Cong., 2d Sess., II.

340 "Pub. Lands," III., 533. It is interesting to note that for the five
years ending in 1822, the Pulteney estate of 380,000 acres of land
in Steuben and Alleghany counties, New York, had sold an average of
10,000 acres per year, at an average price of $3.37 per
acre--"Columbian Sentinel," Boston, Oct. 2, 1822.

341 "Illinois Intelligencer," Oct. 30, 1821.

342 "Pub. Lands," IV.. 145; " Repts. and S. Doc.," No. 25, 18th Cong.,
2d Sess., II.

343 "Pub. Lands," IV., 871; "S. Doc.," No. 17, 19th Cong., 2d Sess., II.

344 "H. J.," Ill., 1826-27, p. 54.

345 "Repts. of Com.," No. 125, 20th Cong., 1st Sess., II.

346 "Senate Doc.," No. 58, 20th Cong., 2d Sess., I. For the long and
futile effort made in Congress to secure a law graduating the price
of public lands, see Meigs, "Life of Thomas Hart Benton," ch. xi.,
with the foot references thereto.

347 Strickland, "Autobiography of Peter Cartwright," 246, 254.

348 "Statutes at Large," IV., 420-1.

349 "Pub. Lands," VI., 240.

350 "Statutes at Large," III., 786; "Repts. of Com.," No. 58, 17th
Cong., 1st Sess., I.; "Pub. Lands," III., 406, 412-3, 421, 462-3;
VI., 23-5; "S. Doc.," No. 10, 21st Cong., 1st Sess., I.

351 "Illinois Intelligencer," Vandalia, Ill., Apr. 24, 1821.

352 "Niles' Register," XXV., 117.

353 "Washington (D. C.) Republican," Sept. 27, 1823.

354 "Illinois Intelligencer," Oct. 3, 1829.

355 "Senate Jour.," Ill., 1830-31, 8-51. The message was delivered on
Dec. 7, 1830, and Edwards' successor was inaugurated the following
day.

356 "State Papers," No. 17, 16th Cong., 1st Sess., II.

357 "Statutes at Larg