Identifier: pictorialdescrip00sear (find matches)
Title: A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources ..
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: (Sears, Robert), 1810-1892. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, R. Sears
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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s ; and Ogle-thorpe animated and encouraged them,by exposing himself to all the hardshipswhich the poor objects of his compas-sion endured. He formed them into acompany of militia, appointed officersfrom among themselves, and furnishedthem with arms and ammunition. Toshow the Indians how expert they werein the use of arms, he frequently prac-tised them. Having thus put his colony in agood state of defence, the next objectof his attention was, to treat with theIndians for a share of their possessions.The principal tribes that at this time oc-cupied the territory were the upper andlower Creeks : the former were numer-ous and strong; the latter, by diseasesand war, had been reduced to a smallernumber ; both tribes together were com-puted to amount to about twenty-fivethousand, men, women, and children. At a little distance from Savannah,is a high mound of earth, under whichthe Indian king lies inteiTed who held aconference with Sir Walter Raleigh. 404 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
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The history of Florida, from the ear-liest expedition of discovery almost tothe present hour, has been but a recordof disappointments and disasteis. Hav-ing neither mines of gold, nor any pe-culiar advantages for agriculture or com-merce, the Spanish character of thepeople, while occupying it for threehundred years, had a full opportunity todisplay its imbecility; while our owngovernment, since entering upon thepossession a few years ago, have exhib-ited, in a manner no less lamentable, adisregard to humanity in their treatmentof the poor remains of the original redrace. Florida is one of the few great peninsulas of America, and presents severalpeculiar features, one of which is its very important position. As has beenremarked, in speaking of Georgia, this long point is only the continuation of thesouthern slope of that state. It nowhere presents any considerable elevation ;and the greatest part of the surface is a level, raised but little above the ocean,with vast tracts too wet for

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