Excerpt from The Significance of the Frontier in American History From decade to decade distinct advances of the frontier occurred. By the census of 1820i the settled area included Ohio, southern Indiana and illinois, southeastern Missonrimnd about one-halt'et Louisiana. This settled area had surrounded indian areas. And the managementof these tribes became an objectai political concern. The frontier region of the time lay along the Great Lakes, where Astor's American Fur Company Operated in the lndiau traded and beyond tho Mississippi, where indian traders extended their activity even to the Rocky Mountains; Florida also furnished frontier conditions. The Misdssippi River region was the scene of typical frontier settlements. 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.