LESSON LXXX. LOUISIANA AND TEXAS. What water south of Louisiana and Texas? What great River flows through the south-eastern part of Louisiana? What River flows through the State and empties into the Mississippi? What large City in the south-east ? How many Counties in Louisiana ? What River between Louisiana and Texas? N. Os. 47. What Territories north of Texas? (See Map of the United States.) What Territory north-west? What Country west of Texas? What River between Texas and Mexico? What Rivers in Texas flow into the Gulf of Mexico? What two Towns in the south-east ? How is Galveston situated? How many Counties in Texas? On Galveston Island. 78. LESSON LXXXII. Where Situated. RIVERS. Where do they rise? What courses do they run? Where empty? Q. What can you say of the Climate of the Southern States ? A. The Climate is warm. Q. What town of the United States was first founded? A. St. Augustine, in Florida. 2. By whom was this town built? A. By Spaniards, in 1564. Q. What was the first English Settlement in the United States? A. Jamestown, in Virginia. Q. How long after St. Augustine, was Jamestown settled? A. About 40 years. Q. What leader of the Whites was captured by the Indians? Q. What was the Indian Chief going to do with Smith? A. He was going to kill him with his club. Q. What did Pocahontas, the Chief's daughter, do? A. She sprang between Smith and the uplifted club, and induced her father to spare his life. Q. Where was Captain Smith allowed to go? A. He was allowed to return to his people. at Jamestown. Q. How did Pocahontas afterwards assist the Whites? A. She gave them food, and warned them of dangers from the Indians. Q. What became of her? A. She married an Englishman named Rolfe, who took her to England, where she died. Q. What Presidents were born in Virginia? A. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Harri son, and Taylor. 2. What do the Planters of the Southern States own? A. Large plantations, cultivated by slaves. Q. What are raised on these plantations? A. Cotton, Tobacco, Rice, and Sugar. Q. What three States raise the most tobacco? A. Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland. Q. Where does most of the Cane Sugar and Molasses come from? A. From Louisiana. Q. Which is the largest City in the Southern States? A. Baltimore, noted for its Monument erected in memory of Washington. Q. What was the District of Columbia, a few years ago? A. A square tract of land, lying on both sides of the Potomac. Q. What was the length of each side? A. 10 miles. Q. Of what does it now consist? A. Only of the part east of the Potomac. Q. Does the District of Columbia belong to any State? A. It does not; it being under the entire control of Congress. Washington Monument, Baltimore. |