An American Trail

The Ladies' Auxiliary of The Veterans of Foreign Wars syndication. "The Northwest Ordinance". Kit Bradley, an Indian scout on the Ohio frontier, seeks self-government despite a tyrannical governor. 1787 the Northwest territory from New York to the Great Lakes was a vast almost unexplored wilderness. Reliable maps and data about the Indian tribes were needed. Congress sent out scouts and surveyors to bring this information back. One of these men was Kit Bradley, an army scout and Indian fighter.

It was a matter of great pride to Merryweather Luis to be chosen by president Thomas Jefferson to be his private secretary. In the year 1803 a nightmare had gripped us all, we groped in darkness on the brink of a war for which we were not prepared. The president had said, "If France attempts to occupy New Orleans it must be at the cost of war"