The Discovery of Nebraska: Read Before the Nebraska Historical Society (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Discovery of Nebraska: Read Before the Nebraska Historical SocietyIt is true that the only discovery of our state, which can be regarded in any sense as permanent, that which was followed by the usual horde of ad venturers, traders and explorers, dates from a long subsequent period. The city of St. Louis was estab lished in the year 17 64, and in the preceding sum mer its founder, Laclede Liguest, visited the Mis souri. Gradually the advancing wave of commerce crept up that river, until it reached the most powerful and mighty of the savage nations of that day, the proud, wealthy, populous and pugnacious tribe of the Omahas, with their famous chief Wash-ing-guh salt-6a, or the Blackbird, whose prowess Irving has celebrated. And whose lineal descendants still exer cise, on a little reservation, hereditary rule over the docile handful to which that great nation is reduced.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.