A

PICTORIAL HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM THE EARLIEST DISCOVERIES,

BY

THE NORTHMEN, IN THE TENTH CENTURY,

TO THE PRESENT TIME:

COMPRISING A DESCRIPTION OF THE ABORIGINES, THEIR MANNERS,
CUSTOMS AND ANTIQUITIES; AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF
THE WESTERN STATES, THEIR SETTLEMENTS,
RAPID PROGRESS, ETC.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1844,
BY EZRA STRONG,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut

STEREOTYPED BY

GEORGE A. CURTIS,

NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY, BOSTON.

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY