Bon Pas on Green's Prairie

Description

Commenting on his travels into Illinois in January, 1833, Maximilian observed that in many settlements men were engaged in unrestricted clearing of the forest. He noted, "Our canoe man told us that this is Congress land, and that these people fell the wood without any permission, and nobody punishes them." He added that on private or lease-held land, the settlers customarily took trees for the construction of flatboats and that again nobody was "called to account for it."

Original German Title

None

Medium

pencil on paper

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 8 5/8

Call No.

JAM.1986.49.71

Approximate Date of Creation

January 1833