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June 30, 1821

Members of the expedition of Capt. Bell with Major Long caught their first sight of the Rocky Mountains, during their 1821 expedition to the foot of the Rocky Mountains.

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The Six Nations, St. Regis, Stockbridge and Munsee nations, by permission of the United States government, purchased lands from the Menominee and Winnebago nations near Green Bay, on the west side of Michigan Lake, under government patronage and aid; the General Government confirmed their title. One passage, however, states that the Oneida and Stockbridge Indians settled near Green Bay in 1821 and purchased lands there "in the subsequent year," placing the purchase in 1822.

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A treaty was held with the Pottawattamies and Ottawas living round the south and eastern parts of Lake Michigan, in which four million acres of their lands were purchased by the United States.

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Nation & worldJune 30, 1821

Members of the expedition of Capt. Bell with Major Long caught their first sight of the Rocky Mountains, during their 1821 expedition to the foot of the Rocky Mountains.

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** Rocky Mountains—The first sight of them, (June 30, 1821) presented a sublime appearance. A snow-capt peak, towering high above the general range, first struck the eye ; then the general range.

Morse, Jedidiah. A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian Affairs, Comprising a Narrative of a Tour Performed in the Summer of 1820, under a Commission from the President of the United States, for the Purpose of Ascertaining, for the Use of the Government, the Actual State of the Indian Tribes in Our Country. New-Haven: S. Converse, 1822. Library of Congress copy via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/reporttosecretar00mors_0.PDF p. 344 / book p. 242

1821 / June 30

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June 30, 1821

Members of the expedition of Capt. Bell with Major Long caught their first sight of the Rocky Mountains, during their 1821 expedition to the foot of the Rocky Mountains.

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Nation & worldJune 30, 1821

Members of the expedition of Capt. Bell with Major Long caught their first sight of the Rocky Mountains, during their 1821 expedition to the foot of the Rocky Mountains.

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** Rocky Mountains—The first sight of them, (June 30, 1821) presented a sublime appearance. A snow-capt peak, towering high above the general range, first struck the eye ; then the general range.