Chapter I: Preface: The Editor 9

I

A JOURNAL MADE DURING A TOUR IN THE WESTERN COUNTRIES
OF AMERICA: September 30, 1818-August 7,
1819. _Thomas Hulme_

Dedication. _William Cobbett_ 19

Preface. _William Cobbett_ 21

Author's Introduction to the Journal 23

Text 35

II

LETTERS FROM LEXINGTON [June 25, 1819] AND THE ILLINOIS
[August 16, 1819], containing a Brief Account of the English
Settlement in the Latter Territory, and a Refutation
of the Misrepresentations of Mr. Cobbett. _Richard
Flower_

Author's Preface 89

Text 91

III

LETTERS FROM THE ILLINOIS, 1820, 1821. Containing an
Account of the English Settlement at Albion and its
Vicinity, and a Refutation of Various Misrepresentations,
Those more particularly of Mr. Cobbett. With
a Letter from M. Birkbeck; and a Preface and Notes by
Benjamin Flower. _Richard Flower_

Publisher's Advertisement 114

Editor's Preface. _Benjamin Flower_ 115

Text 121

Extract of a Letter. _Morris Birkbeck_ 149

Editor's Notes. _Benjamin Flower_ 153

IV

TWO YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE SETTLEMENT ON THE ENGLISH
PRAIRIE, in the Illinois Country, United States
[June 5, 1820-July 3, 1821]. With an Account of its
Animal and Vegetable Productions, Agriculture, &c. &c.
A Description of the Principal Towns, Villages, &c.
&c. With the Habits and Customs of the Back-Woodsmen.
_John Woods_

Text 179

Appendix 353

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME X

Facsimile of title-page to Flower's Letters from Lexington
and the Illinois (1819) 87

Facsimile of title-page to Flower's Letters from the Illinois
(1822) 113

Facsimile of title-page to Woods 173

Map of the Allotments, from Woods 175

Map of the Illinois, from Woods 177