Show CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST NORTH WEST it IL 1 I A lucrett trout the british by I 1 kore of anu rm I 1 11 1 1776 when alien independence was waa declared the united states included only tile the iteen states on the sea boand with the ext atlon of it a fey feiy hunters vere no white nen wet west of the All alghan han mountains and there aa was not alln evin an all american hunter in the great country countr out of which we A e have since made the stites states of illinois indiana ohio michigan and all this region north of the ohio river aher then formed a part of the pro ince nce of quebec it was vas a wilderness Ild erness of forests and rles ries teeming with game and inhabited by man Nai vailike like bilbia of indians here arid and there it were dottel dotte I 1 quaint little towns of french cicodes the most important being detroit on the avala ash ill and and X a akl a on oil the illinois note these french brench ll liga mere ruled by british officers commanding small bodies of regular all kadlets leis or lory rangers and cibola partisans the towns tons were completely in ili the power of the brit lh 1 h government go none of oc the amei Ameil ican can states had find actual pus estion of a foot of property in ili the northwestern herrl taij to j the inq acquired at tile the time of the re rev alution by arad conquest conque pt and if it had not been so acquired it would hane hae remained a part of the bi ibish dominion Donal rilon of cf canada I 1 ahe he man mail to whom hom ahti conquest was as due kro a famous bach woods leader a might hunter a noted indian tighter fighte r george rogeis dark lie he was vas a L ery strong man with ith light hair a and nd blue ees Ps of a good virginian Irgin lan faill w who ho eaily caily lit in ahli hi bouth em barkel on the adventurous aden ad en caleer or of a back backwoods ou sur r edor exacts as WaIR washington hIngton and so BO many other young of spirit did at that period lie he out to kentucky soon after it was na opened up bi b hoone doone arid and lived there for a sear either cither at the stations or camping by himself in the woods surveying hunt ing and making war against the indians like an other sattler but all the tha time his mind was bent on vaster achemes schemes than were dreamed of by the men around him lie he had his spies out in tile the northwestern northwestern terri territory tor and became convinced that with alth a small force of reto resolute lute bacan backwoodsman backwoodsmen ool men he could conquer it for the united beats when lie he went back to Nir birginia ginia ow patrick henry entered heartily into dark clarks a schemes aal gave gae hint him authority to fit out a force for his purpose te |