The American Trail - The Northwest Ordinance

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.