Louisiana a Sketch in Outline of Its Past And Present An Introduction to the S
Louisiana a Sketch in Outline of Its Past And Present An Introduction to the S
Henry Edward Chambers
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No larger area of territory has ever been formally ceded by one country to another. Without including what is now Texas, claim to which was at one time advanced as con- stituting a part of the cession, the territory embraced an area of 1, 182, 745 square miles. From it have been carved the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Colorada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and Washington ; and there still remains a goodly portion of ...it from which to form other states. Shortly after the purchase an- expedition headed by Lewis and Clarke explored the territory to its wester- most limits. LOUISIANA HISTORY. 47 H Hmerican State* XVI The retrocession of Louisiana to France had been made in 1801, yet, as no formal transfer had occurred, the Spanish governor held over until 1803. To consummate the sale to the United States, Pierre Clement Laussat as representa- tive of France received the province from Governor Salcedo 62 and twenty days afterwards 63 turned it over to Gen.
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