372 “Annals of Cong.,” 15th Cong., 2d Sess., 436, 704; “H. J.,” 15th Cong., 2d Sess., 100, 136-7, 273, 308; “S. J.,” 15th Cong., 2d Sess., 239, 240, 278-85, 322; 16th Cong., 1st Sess., 107, 201-2, 245; “Annals of Cong.,” 16th Cong., 1st Sess., I., 450-2, 482-5; II., 1331-3; “S. J.,” 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 38, 48, 51. 373 “S. J.,” 18th Cong., 1st Sess., 401; “H. J.,” 18th Cong., 1st Sess., 428; “Cong. Debates,” 20th Cong., 1st Sess., IV. 786, 2471. 374 “Cong. Debates,” 20th Cong., 1st Sess., IV., 90. 375 “Ohio Republican,” April 19, 1823. 376 Eames, “Historic Morgan and Classic Jacksonville,” 22. A letter from the son of Mr. Eames, now deceased, says that search has failed to recover the constitution of the Regulators of the Valley. Regulators were also useful in preventing speculators from entering the claims of squatters, even when the squatter was too poor to enter his own claim—Henderson, “Early Hist. of the Sangamon Country,” 21. For another instance, see Blaney, “Excursion through the U. S.,” 233-6; also, Reynolds, “My Own Times,” 1879, 113. 377 “Laws of Ill.,” 1820-21, pp. 45-6; 1822-23, p. 109; Henderson, “Early Hist. of the Sangamon Country,” 21. 378 “Laws of Ill.,” 1822-23, p. 86 ff.; 1824-25, p. 116. 379 “Miners’ Journal,” Galena, Dec. 22, 1829; “Revised Laws of Ill.,” 1829, 57; “H. J.,” (Ill.), 1828-29, p. 57. 380 “Laws of Ill.,” 1822-23, pp. 149-51. _ 381 Ibid._, 1824-25, pp. 121-8; “Revised Laws of Ill.,” 1829, 149. 382 “Revised Laws of Ill.,” 1829, p. 100; McMaster, “Rights of Man in Am.,” 97. 383 “Laws of Ill.,” 1822-23, pp. 229-30. 384 “H. J.,” Ill., 1828-29, p. 8. 385 Tenney, “Early Times in Wis.,” in “Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll.,” I., 97; “Niles’ Register,” XXXVII., 53; “State Papers,” No. 35, 20th Cong., 2d Sess., II. 386 “Repts. of Com.,” No. 177, 20th Cong., 1st Sess., III.; Meeker, “Early Hist. of the Lead Region of Wis.,” in “Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll.,” VI., 278-9. 387 “State Papers,” No. 66, 20th Cong., 2d Sess., II. 388 “Statutes at Large,” IV., 334. 389 “Galena Advertiser,” Sept. 14, 1829. 390 Bonner, “Life and Adventures of Beckwourth,” 20, 21. Written from Beckwourth’s dictation. 391 Washburne, “Sketch of Edward Coles,” 48. 392 Meeker, “Early Hist. of the Lead Region of Wis.,” in “Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll.,” VI., 276-9. 393 Blaney, “Excursion through the U. S. and Canada,” 159. 394 “Niles’ Register,” XXVIII., 168; Dana, “Sketches of Western Country,” 1819, 154; “Laws of Ill. Ter.,” 1817-18, pp. 57-64. 395 Henderson, “Early Hist. of the Sangamon Country,” 13. 396 Reid, “Sketch of Enoch Long,” “Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.,” Il., 61-2. 397 “Pub. No. 8 of the Ill. State Hist. Lib.,” 156; Strickland, “Autobiography of Peter Cartwright,” 200-1; Faux, “Memorable Days in Am.,” 310.