... , it would also insure the West against any future closing of the Mississippi and open new trading routes along Alabama and Tombigbe rivers. In 1804, Jefferson sent his personal secretary, Lewis, to " explore the Missouri River and such principal stream of it, as, by its course ands communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, may offer the most direct and ... on a pro-expansionist platform, moved quickly to annex Texas as the twenty-eighth state of the Union. ***** ***** ***** In the mid 40's, westward expansion found a new justification in a doctrine coined by John OSullivan in ...

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... , "Dances with Wolves" and "Far and Away" were clearly inspired by The Last of the Mohicans. One could honestly say that the gun-slinging heroes of O"Henry's in Double Trouble, John Wayne flicks or the Cisco Kid might never have been without Cooper's contribution of Hawkeye. Another appreciable characteristic of the book is the reference to the "Last of the Mohicans ... the best authorities on individual tribes; in particular, we know that he read of the Delawares in Heckewelder and of the Plains Indians in Biddle's account of the expedition of Lewis and Clark..." Unfortunately, Cooper's...

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