From the beginning of the century they had been steadily advancing in civilization.

As far back as 1800 they had begun the manufacture of cotton cloth, and in 1820 there was scarcely a family in that part of the nation living east of the Mississippi but what understood the use of the card and spinning-wheel.

Every family had its farm under cultivation.

The territory was laid off into districts, with a council-house, a judge, and a marshal in each district.

A national committee and council were the supreme authority in the nation.