and on the north by an east and west line drawn 

 through the southerlyextremes of lake Michigan, 

 running east, after intersecting the due north 

 line aforesaid, from the north of the Great 

 Miami, until it shall intersect lake Erie, or the 

 territorial line, and thence with the same 

 through lake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line 

 aforesaid." 



The number of inhabitants, since the peace 

 with the Indians, in 1/95, has been rapidly 

 increasing. In 1803, it appeared that there 

 were 15,314 white males of 21 years of age and 

 upwards. Calculating on this data, it has been 

 supposed, that the whole number of inhabitants 

 at that time could not be less than 76,000. It 

 has been presumed that the emigrants coming 

 into the State annually, for several years, were 

 about 12,000. The embarrassment, however, 

 occasioned by the embargo, operated as a very 

 serious check on the acquisition of inhabitants 

 from the other States, as well as from foreign 

 nations. The present number within the State, 

 cannot with much certainty be ascertained. 

 By a late estimation, from the probable natural 

 increase, and the additions by emigration, the 

 population is stated, in round numbers, to be 

 200,000. The accuracy of this estimation will 

 soon be decided by the next census.* 



Having traversed a large portion of the State in 

 several directions, it will be attempted to give a 



* By the census taken in 1810, the number of inhabitants 

 are 230,843, 



