Excerpt from The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, 1928, Vol. 13 The existence of the lead mines became common knowl edge among French traders: it was even recorded upon French maps in Europe._ But during the first half Of the eighteenth century actual mining operations by Frenchmen in this region could not have been considerable on account of the Fox wars: the allied Sacs and Foxes were a menace to all French traders and the enemy of all the Indian tribes of the upper country. In 1760 the French regime west of the Mississippi ended and two years later Spain obtained nominal possession of the Iowa wilderness and its lead mines; while England wrung from France all the vast terri tory east of the Mississippi. Such were the fruits of a mighty victory for English trade, another milestone in the expansion of English territory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.