317 Palmer, “U. S. and Canada,” 1818, 417; “Statutes at Large,” II., 584; “Incidents and Events in the Life of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard,” 38. 318 “State Papers,” 13th Cong., 3d Sess. _ 319 Ibid._, 13th Cong., 2d Sess., II. 320 “Autobiography of Peter Cartwright,” 178; Birkbeck, “Journey from Va. to Ill.,” 1817, 128. 321 James and Loveless, “Newspapers in Ill. Prior to 1860,” “Pub. of the Ill. State Hist. Lib.,” No. I., 41, 42, 64, 73, 74; Palmer, “U. S. and Canada,” 1818, 416. 322 Burnham, “An Early Ill. Newspaper,” “Pub. of the Ill. State Hist. Lib.,” No. VIII., 182. 323 Col. Daniel M. Parkison, “Pioneer Life in Wis.,” in “Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll.,” II., 326-7, _cf._ “Memoir of John Mason Peck,” 76, 87. 324 “Indian Aff.,” II., 196-7; “18th An. Rept. of the Bureau of Ethnology,” Pt. 2, 696-9, Plate CXXV.; Dana, “Sketches of Western Country,” 1819, 147. See map of Indian cessions. 325 “State Papers,” No. 64, 18th Cong., 2d Sess., IV. _ 326 Ibid._, No. 118, 19th Cong., 1st Sess., VI. _ 327 Ibid._, No. 96, 20th Cong., 1st Sess., III.; “Ex. Doc.,” No. 140, 20th Cong., 1st Sess., IV. 328 “Senate Doc.,” No. 47, 20th Cong., 2d Sess., I. _ 329 Ibid._, No. 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.