﻿T. 
  GLOVER 
  

  

  I. 
  HISTOEICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  

   and 
  tracing 
  its 
  condition 
  and 
  progress 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  

   occupancy 
  of 
  our 
  territory 
  by 
  a 
  civilized 
  race, 
  a 
  brief 
  

   sketch 
  of 
  the 
  discovery 
  and 
  settlement 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  

   seems 
  appropriate 
  and 
  necessary. 
  Were 
  a 
  precedent 
  

   required 
  to 
  sanction 
  the 
  very 
  abridged 
  historical 
  outline 
  

   here 
  introduced, 
  a 
  distinguished 
  one 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  able 
  and 
  elaborate 
  memoir 
  that 
  forms 
  the 
  introduc- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  Reports 
  on 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   embracing 
  a 
  much 
  wider 
  scope 
  than 
  is 
  here 
  proposed, 
  

   and 
  comprehending 
  the 
  political 
  history 
  and 
  social 
  pro- 
  

   gress 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  To 
  keep 
  this 
  sketch 
  within 
  the 
  prescribed 
  limits, 
  and 
  

   to 
  exclude 
  all 
  matter 
  not 
  intimately 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   subject, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  restricted 
  to 
  occurrences 
  strictly 
  within 
  

   the 
  present 
  boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  except 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  may 
  

   be 
  necessary 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  natural 
  sequence 
  of 
  events. 
  

   It 
  will 
  embrace 
  little 
  more, 
  therefore, 
  than 
  a 
  chrono- 
  

   logical 
  outline, 
  which, 
  if 
  desirable, 
  may, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  neces- 
  

   sary, 
  be 
  enlarged 
  in 
  the 
  final 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Survey. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  lies 
  between 
  the 
  thirty-first 
  

   and 
  thirty-fifth 
  parallels 
  of 
  north 
  latitude, 
  with 
  the 
  ad- 
  

   dition 
  of 
  that 
  portion 
  lying 
  between 
  the 
  first-mentioned 
  

   2 
  

  

  