160 “Pub. Lands,” I., 68; Poore, “Desc. Catalogue of Govt. Publications,” 43; “Laws of U. S. Relating to Pub. Lands,” 420-5. 161 “Ind. Hist. Soc. Pub.,” II., 455-61; “Annals of Cong.,” 6th Cong., 735. 162 “Annals of Cong.,” 6th Cong., 537-538; Poore, “Desc. Catalogue of Govt. Publications,” 43; “Statutes at Large,” II., 73-8. 163 “Statutes at Large,” II., 58-9; “Annals of Cong.,” 6th Cong., 507, 699, 701. 164 According to the Act of May 10, 1800, public land was to be sold in tracts, not smaller than one-half sections, and for a minimum price of two dollars per acre. One-twentieth of the purchase-money should be paid at the time of sale, the remainder of one-fourth of the price within forty days, one-fourth in two years, one-fourth in three years, and one-fourth in four years. On the last three payments, interest should be paid at six per cent from the date of sale, and on the same three payments a discount of eight per cent per year should be granted for prepayment. Land unpaid for reverted to the United States—“Statutes at Large,” II., 73-8. 165 “Ind. Hist. Soc. Pub.,” II., 461-70; “Annals of Cong.,” 8th Cong., 1st Sess., 1023-4; 9th Cong., 1st Sess., 293-4, 466-8. 166 A western tributary of the lower part of the Kaskaskia. 167 “Pub. Lands,” I., 591. 168 “Statutes at Large,” II., 469; Poore, “Charters and Constitutions,” 821, 832, 964, 973; McMaster, “Acquisition of the ... Rights of Man in Am.,” 111-22; “Proceedings and Debates of the Va. State Conv. of 1829-30,” _passim_; Mowry, “The Dorr War,” _passim_. 169 “Draper Coll., Ill. MSS.,” 37, 39, 43, 54, 57, 58, 67, 102, 104, 107, 108, 113; “Pub. Lands,” I., 20; “Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll.,” VII., 300; “ ‘Father Clark;’ or, The Pioneer Preacher,” 181 _et seq._ 170 “Indian Aff.,” I., 562; “An. Rept. of the Bureau of Ethnology,” 18, Pt. 2, 656-7, Plates CXXIV., CXXV.; see map of Indian cessions, 1795-1809. 171 “An. Rept. of the Bureau of Ethnology,” 18, Pt. 2, 656-7; Plates CXXIV., CXXV.; “Indian Aff.,” I., 688; see map of Indian cessions. 172 “Indian Aff.,” I., 687; “An. Rept. of the Bureau of Ethnology,” 18, Pt. 2, 664-5, Plate CXXIV.; see map of Indian cessions. 173 “Statutes at Large,” II., 277-83, 343-5, 446-8, 517, 590-1. 174 “Indian Aff.,” I., 693-4; “An. Rept. of the Bureau of Ethnology,” 18, Pt. 2, 666-7, Plate CXXIV.; see map of Indian cessions. 175 “Indian Aff.,” I., 704-5; “An. Rept. of the Bureau of Ethnology,” 18, Pt. 2, 672-3, Plate CXXIV.; see map of Indian cessions. 176 “Annals of Cong.,” 9th Cong., 1st Sess., 339; see map in the “Hist. of Randolph, Monroe, and Perry Counties, Ill.,” frontispiece. 177 St. Clair to Judge Turner, from Marietta, May 2, 1795—“St. Clair Papers,” II., 348-9. 178 Edwards, “Great West,” 271, 274-5; figures from the official census.