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Title: An illustrated history of the State of Iowa : being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875; including a cyclopaedia of legislation during the administration of each of the governors, from Lucas (1836) to Carpenter; with historical and descriptive sketches of each county in the state separately, embracing interesting narratives of pioneer life, including an account of the commercial, agricultural and educational growth of Iowa
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Tuttle, Charles R. (Charles Richard), b. 1848 Durrie, Daniel S. (Daniel Steele), 1819-1892
Subjects: Mormons
Publisher: Chicago : Richard S. Peale & Company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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by the charter.But the supreme court decided the act of the legislature repealingthe charter to be a valid act, and the institution was closed up. On the 5th of June, 1846, the Pottawattomie Indians who occu-pied the western slope of Iowa, sold their lands to the UnitedlStates. Up to that time but little was known of the western part. The Sacs and Foxes, by the provisions of the treaty of 1842,1had the right to the possession of the lauds, they had sold, whicolay west of Eed Eock, till the first of May, 1846, and the PottaJwattomies in their sale, reserved the right to occupy the countryon the western slope for a period of two years; but by a train oJcircumstances, not anticipated, these lands were taken possessioiof by the whites, and settlements made some time before tfyIndians left the ceded territory. The Mormons, a religious sect who had built up a town alNauvoo, in Illinois, numbering about twenty thousand personson account of some difficulties which they had had with the citil
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174 Tlittles History of Iowa. zens of that state, were under the necessity of leaving that placeand seeking a new location for building up the Church of LatterDay Saints. After these troubles in Illinois, many of thisreligious denomination crossed over the Mississippi into Iowa, andstarted west. They had a party whose business it was to go inadvance of the main company to explore the route and makefords and bridges by which the streams could be crossed. Theycame up the Des Moines valley till they reached the western partof Van Buren county ; they then took their course through thenorthern part of Davis and Appanoose counties. When theyarrived at this point, their company divided, a party taking thehigh lands on each side of Chariton river, but their trains cametogether again in Clark county. As soon as they got into theIndian country, selecting the most eligible spots, they commencedestablishing colonies at such distances from each other as wouldbe likely to afford comfort, and facili

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