NORTH AMERICAN. 



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million dollars ; and the total wealth of the nation may be estimated 

 at not less than seven times that amount. The army now consists of 

 nearly 12,000 men : and the navy of 62 vessels. The government is 

 representative and republican, as already described, (p. Ill ); and the 

 religion is chiefly protestant, of various denominations. There are now 

 about 95 Colleges in operation in the United States ; besides Acade- 

 mies, and Common Schools. The number of Indians in the U. S., 

 chiefly in the Western Territory, cannot be less than 500,000 ; and 

 they are divided into almost innumerable tribes ; of which the Cherokees, 

 Creeks, and Choctaws, are perhaps the most civilized and best known. 

 The following is a table of the extent of the several states, with 

 their population, in 1830, and in 1840 ; and their capitals. 



Missouri, Oregon, and the Indian Territory, have no organized 

 territorial governments. 



Texas, formerly belonging to Mexico, has been mostly settled by 

 emigrants from the United States. Its chief river, is the Brazos ; 

 and its principal towns, are Houston, the late capital ; Austin, the 

 new capital ; both centrally situated ; and Nacogdoches, and Mata- 

 gorda, in the east. The government is republican ; and the popula- 

 tion rapidly increasing. 



3. The Southern Division of North America, including Mexi- 

 co, and Central America, was colonized by the Spaniards ; and 

 * Returns incomplete. 



