...seven and eight west; thence south with said line to the Des "Moines river; thence down said river to the middle of the main channel of "the Mississippi river; thence up the same to the place of beginning." This northern line differed from the first sufficiently to...

...Kentucky. In 1820 Missouri became a State by a descriptive boundary, from which I make this extract: " Thence due east to the middle of the main channel...River; thence down, and following the course of the Missis 118 sippi River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of the beginning."...

...corner of township 13, range 4 west ; thence west on the township line between townships 12 and 13, to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river ; thence down the river to the southwest corner of the county; thence east on the county line to the southeast j...

...of tbe said river Des Moines, to the mouth of the ij where it empties into the Mississippi River ; thence, due east, to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi l£i ver ; thence down, and following the course of the Mississippi River, in the middle- of the main...

...River; thence, due east, to i lie middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River ; thence down, ami following the course of the Mississippi River, in the middle of the luaiu channel thereof, to the place of beginning: Provided, The said Q Proviso : the .Slate shall ratify...

...Large, p. 545,) to enable the territory of Missouri to form a constitution, in fixing the boundaries, declared: "Thence due east to the middle of the main...congress, and we are not aware the eastern boundary of the state has since been changed. The constitution of 1875 of that state simply ratified and confirmed...

...the 'State of Louisiana; thence easterly with the northern boundary line of said last-named State, to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence up the middle of the main channel of said last-named river, including an island in eaid river known...

...Texas, to the northwest corner of the State of Louisiana ; thence east with the Louisiana state line to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence up the middle of the main channel of said river to the thirty-sixth degree of north latitude, the point...

...middle of the main channel of the said river Des Moines, to the mouth of the same, where it empties into the Mississippi river ; thence, down and following the course of the Mississippi river, in the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning." Thus we see that the State of Missouri is bounded...

...act of 1820, authorizing the admission of Missouri. It defined the eastern boundary of tlie state as "down and following the course of the Mississippi...river, in. the middle of the main channel thereof," provided that "said state shall have concurrent jurisdiction on the river Mississippi, and every other...