The Old Northwest: A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond · Chapter 23N
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National Road, see Cumberland Road. New England, westward migration from, 99; 175-177. New Orleans, Indians seek equipment at, 18; Jackson's victory, 159. New Orleans, The, first steamboat in West, 168. Niagara, council with Indians at, 17. Northwest Territory, extent of, 1-2; French settlements, 2; Franklin advises British to retain, 20; ignorance of country, 21-22; questions of settlement and government, 22 et seq.; settlement, 37 et seq., 79-82; Continental Congress claims, 71; Treaty of Paris gives to U. S., 75; state claims yield to nation, 77; migration to, 97 et seq.; character of country, 110-112; pioneer life, 112 et seq.; in War of 1812, 151 et seq.; loses frontier character, 162; religion, 170; education, 170-171; sectionalism, 173-174; Southern influence, 176-177; national issues, 178-179; form of government, 179-180; slavery, 180-184; explorations upon upper Mississippi, 189-191; fur trade, 191-193; lead-mining, 194-195; after Black Hawk War, 205-206; Indian treaties, 206-208; bibliography, 211-214; see also names of States.