Excerpt from The New States: A Sketch of the History and Development of the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington, With Map and Illustrations IN the course of work incident to the revision of geographical text-books, we have frequently to set aside many interesting details as useless in the sum mary outline that must suffice for the schools. In studying the history and progress of the new States that are so fast emerging from the wilderness and the forest, this has constantly been the case, and only a very small part of the story of their growth gathered from many sources has been available. It has been suggested that this matter might be of service in a paper treating more at length the, various phases of life and character developed in their history. With that hope these pages presenting a sketch of the growth and development of the four youngest members of the Union have been prepared. Our greater Northwest is taking on a busy social and industrial life before our eyes, and never heretofore have the American people had so conspicuous and splendid an epitome of their national growth and development unfolded to their view. As in the swift-moving panorama, we see in an hour the progress of a generation. 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.

Excerpt from History of Dakota Territory, Vol. 1: South Dakota, Its History and Its People Regarding the early inhabitants of this country, trustworthy history goes no farther into the past than to the discovery and settlement of the Atlantic region by the Europeans. Conjectures have been formed from the traditions of the Indians, and from relics discovered in ancient mounds and earthworks taken in connection with the course of events narrated in sacred and profane history, that lead to the belief that this country was peopled at a very early period by colonies from Eastern Asia. 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.