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SUMMARY

Spain explored in the South in search of wealth, France in the North to trade in furs with the Indians, and England along the coast between these two to establish homes. Spain claimed the Kansas country because of the exploration by Coronado, France through the claims of Marquette and La Salle, and England through the ocean-to-ocean claim. None of the nations succeeded in accomplishing anything here, and the Kansas country was left alone for nearly a century after it came into the possession of France. At the close of the French and Indian War the country west of the Mississippi was ceded to Spain. Later it came again into the hands of France, and was purchased by the United States in 1803.

REFERENCES

 Elson, History of the United States, pp. 161, 384.

 Fiske, Discovery of America, vol. II, chap. XII.

 Foster, A History of the United States.

 Prentis, History of Kansas, pp. 24-40.

 Parkman, La Salle and the Great West.

 Spring, Kansas, pp. 19-20.

 Historical Collections, vol. IX, p. 250; vol. X, p. 336.