Chapter V

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From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

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From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

present in great quantity

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

of or relating to alluvium

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

(usually followed by “of”) having capacity or ability

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

plural of “cherokee” — the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

plural of “chickasaw” — a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

plural of “creek” — a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

plural of “crop” — the yield from plants in a single growing season

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

lying toward or situated in the east

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

plural of “embrace” — the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

be identical or equivalent to

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

plural of “fox” — alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

plural of “grain” — a relatively small granular particle of a substance

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

ten 10s

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

plural of “latitude” — the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

used to form the superlative

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

plural of “pawnee” — a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

a treeless grassy plain

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-ing form of “produce” — bring forth or yield

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

the extended spatial location of something

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

plural of “remnant” — a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

possessing material wealth

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

abounding in rocks or stones

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

Identical; not different.

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

plural of “seminole” — a member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

the state of being covered with unclean things

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

make square

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

inspiring awe

From this reading The sublime Prairie Wilderness!

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

plural of “territory” — a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

an extended area of land

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

plural of “tradition” — an inherited pattern of thought or action

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence

From this reading One thousand miles of longitude, and two thousand miles of latitude, 2,000,000 square miles, equal to 1,280,000,000 acres of an almost unbroken plain!

the topmost one of two

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

plural of “vegetable” — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

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From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The tract of country to which I have thought it fitting to apply the name of the "Great Prairie Wilderness," embraces the territory lying between the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and the Upper Mississippi on the east, and the Black Hills, and the eastern range of the Rocky and the Cordilleras mountains on the west.

the extent of something from side to side

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.

(politics) a state of disfavor

From this reading The Great Prairie Wilderness--Its Rivers and Soil--Its People and their Territories--Choctaws--Chickasaws--Cherokees--Creeks--Senecas and Shawnees--Seminoles--Pottawatamies--Weas--Pionkashas--Peorias and Kaskaskias--Ottowas--Shawnees or Shawanoes--Delawares--Kausaus--Kickapoos--Sauks and Foxes--Iowas--Otoes--Omehas--Puncahs--Pawnees, remnants--Carankauas--Cumanche, remnants--Knistineaux--Naudowisses or Sioux--Chippeways, and their traditions.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading The portion of this vast region, two {102} hundred miles in width, along the coast of Texas and the frontier of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and that lying within the same distance of the Upper Mississippi in the Iowa Territory, possess a rich, deep, alluvial soil, capable of producing the most abundant crops of grains, vegetables, &c., that grow in such latitudes.