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Hamilton, Henry, at Detroit, 47; re- captures Vincennes, 56; ders, 66. surren-
Hamilton, James, 204.
Hamilton county, (Ohio) organized, 131.
Hamtramck, John F., 97, 101, 103; moves up Wabash, 110, 111; with St. Clair, 117; with Wayne, 124. Hand, Edward, commands Pittsburg, 49.
Handy, Henry S., 303. Hanna, Samuel, 259, 275, 324. Hannegan, Edward A., 304, 311, 335, 469, 479, 483. Hanover College, 292. Hanover, convention at 306. "Hard Money" Democrats, 408. Hard times, 1819, 247.
Hardin, John, commander of mili- tia, 108; defeated on Eel river, 109; again at Fort Wayne, 110; with Scott, 113; killed, 120. Hardins, 204. Hardy, Thomas, 127.
Hargrave, Hudson, 206. Hargrave, Richard, 281. Harmar, Josiah, commands in the west, 92, 94; ordered to Vincen- nes, 96, 101; attacks Indians, 109; defeated, 116. Harris, Horatio J., 380.
Harrison, Christopher, 223; candi- date for governor, 250, 255.
Harrison, Joseph, 157.
Harrison, William Henry, on land cessions, 135; elected to Congress, 150; in Congress, 151; governor, 155; character, 161, 182, 183, 184; at Tippecanoe, 186-190; 194, 197, 202, 312, 313, 314. Harrison county, settled, 205. Harrod, William, joins Clark, 49. Hart, John, 206. Harvest, 427.
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Hawkins, Eli, 207.
Hay, John, 170.
Heath, Andrew, surveyor, 137.
Heald, Nathan, 191.
Helm, Leonard, joins Clark, 49. Hendricks, Thomas A., 456.
Hendricks, William, elected to
Congress, 222; governor, 250.
Henry, Patrick, assists Clark, 48.
Herriott, Samuel, 319.
Heth, R. M., 206.
Hickory creek, 327.
Hinds, Thomas, 321.
Historical Society, organized, 288. "Hob-nails," 472.
Hog Island, 266.
Holman, Jesse D., 223.
Holman, Joseph, 275, 324, 344.
Holman, W. S., 456.
Holmes, Ensign, killed, 33.
Home life, 421.
Hoosier dialect, 419.
Hoover, David, 358.
Hopkins, Samuel, 195, 196.
Horseshoe Plain, Clark crosses, 62. House, pioneer, 421.
Hovey, Alvin P., 456.
Howard, Tilghman A., 319, 469.
Hull, William, surrenders, 191.
Huron Indians, 3, destroyed, 72.
Illinoia, 128.
Illinois, cut off from Indiana, 158, 210.
Illinois Country, government under English, 28-47; under Virginia, 67. Illinois Land Company, 43. Immigration to Indiana, 244. Inflationists, 409.
Indian Creek, 204.
Indiana Territory, boundaries, 154; census of, 155; counties, 156; set off from Illinois, 158; raised to second grade, 159; legislature of, 169-170; development of, 178-180 ; commerce, 180. Indiana, admission of, 215. Indiana College, 292.
Indiana Freeman, a campaign paper, 474.
Indiana Sabbath school union, 286. Indiana University, 292.
Indianapolis, site of, 237; the State capital, 238; name, 239; settled, 244.
Indianapolis Water Company, 376.
Indians, visit Montreal, 3; of In- diana, 70-78; become wards of the
nation, 89-91; their government, 90; last struggle for Ohio river, 92-125; 228-233; boundary line, 228; schools, 230; drunkenness, 231-232; treaty at Fort Harrison, 229; at St. Mary's, 229; removal of, 323 seq.
Internal Improvements party, 304, 305, 462.
Internal Improvements System, 352 seq .; lobby for, 363; Mammoth Bill, 363; construction of, 366; political results, 462, 464.
Irish, 359.
Iroquois, destroy Hurons, 3; attack Miamis, 12.
Irvine, William, 86.
Jackson, Andrew, loses vote of Wa- bash counties, 308.
Jacksonian party, 296-304.
Jalapa, 197.
Jenkins, captured, 32.
Jefferson, Thomas, 127; plans Jeffer- sonville, 204.
Jeffersonville, 203.
Jennings, Jonathan, 198, 204, 211, 213, 215; elected governor, 223, 229; to Congress, 250, 324, 353. Jennings county, settled, 209.
Jesuits plan an Indian Nation, 1.
Jaunay, Pierre du, priest at Ouia- tanon, 30.
John, Robert, 357.
Johnson, James, 136, 261, 262.
Johnson, John, 169; Indian agent, 231.
Johnson, Robert, 274.
Johnson, R. M., 311, 312.
Johnson, William Cost, plan of, 473.
Johnson, Sir William, report on In- dians, 29. Johnson county, settled, 243.
Joliet, sees Ohio river, 13.
Jones, John Rice, 170.
Jones, Peter, 213.
Jucherau de St. Denis, at mouth of Ohio, 15.
Judah, Samuel, 304, 308, 311, 318, 319, 357.
Judges, territorial, their work, 140- 142. Julian, George W., 486.
Kankakee portage, 6, 13. Kaskaskia, capture of, 48. Kekionga, Indian town, 77; visited by Gamelin, 106.
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Kelso, Daniel, 259, 456, 469. Kennedy, Andrew, 470.
Kentuckians, hostile to the Indians, 102; loyal, 103, 112. Kethtipecanunc, 114.
Kickapoos, village, 104; hostile, 105; raided, 115; leave the State, 229. Kilgore, David, 456. Kimberlin, John, 206.
Knight, Jonathan, a surveyor, 256. Knox county organized, 137.
Krouch, Jean, 120.
La Balme, attempt on Detroit, 82; killed, 83.
Lafayette, settled, 274; a port of entry, 307.
Laffont, Jean, agent of Clark, 53. LaFollette, Robert, 206.
Lagro, 276; riot at, 360.
La Jeune, 2.
Lake Indians, hostile, 105, 115. Lakin, Benjamin, 280.
Lalumière, Bishop, 280.
Lamberville, Jean de, 11.
Lamorinie, John Baptist, among the Miamis, 30.
Lancaster, Morris, 319.
Land claims, 132-137; by town of Vincennes, 132; by Illinois Land Company, 132; Wabash Land Com- pany, 132; rejected by Congress, 133; by French settlers, 134; gifts by Congress, 135; to militia, 135. Land Companies, 42; Walpole, 43; Mississippi, 43; Illinois, 43; Wa- bash, 43.
Land, low, 152; 153.
Land, price, 345, 358.
Land Offices, 160, 342; embezzle- ment at, 349-350; auctions at, 349; land sold, tables, 350.
Land Office at Crawfordsville, 273.
Land sales, 344, 359.
Lane, Daniel C., 223.
Lane, James H., 448, 448, 485.
Lane, H. S., 442, 471. Lane, Joseph, 447, 449.
Lanier, J. F. D., 304, 394, 404, 405.
L'Anguille, visited by Gamelin, 106; destroyed by Wilkinson, 115. La Plante, Pierre, 184. LaPorte land office, 344. LaSalle, 3-8. Latshaw, Joseph, 264. "Lawrence," steamer, 267. Lawrenceburg, founded, 204. Leavenworth, founded, 208.
Lee, Arthur, Indian Commissioner, 92, 127.
Legion, 122.
Legislation, of first Assembly, 172. Legislative Council, first, 150.
Legras, J. M. P., commandant at Vincennes, 67, 97, 134. Legris, Miami chief, 106, 124.
Lexington, settled, 206.
Liberty party, 480.
Ligneris, Marchand de, commandant at Quiatanon, 30.
Lilly, William H., Auditor of State, 223.
Liquor Question, in 1839, 317, 466. Liquor traffic, 163, 164, 171, 181.
Little Turtle, defeats La Balme, 83, 122, 123, 124, 181, 182, 190, 191; home spared, 194, 195.
Liverpool, 239. Lobelia, 434.
Local legislation, 453.
Lochry, Archibald, raises company for Clark, 84; ambushed and killed, 85.
Lockport, 276.
Loftis, Arthur, attempts to reach Illinois, 40.
Logan, Benjamin, 81, 82, raid on Ohio Indians, 95.
Logansport, settled, 274; site of In- dian agency, 324.
Log-house, 422. Log-rolling, 425.
Logstown, 28. Long, Elisha, 366.
Lorain, a French trader, 33.
Lord, Hugh, 133.
Louis XIV, 9.
Louisiana Purchase, under Indiana, 157.
Lucas, E. F., 385.
Madison, founded, 200.
Madison bank, 234.
Madison railroad, 264, 376.
Magic Bowl, 1.88.
Mail service, early, 272, 273. Maisonirtle, a French trader, 33. Malden, 183, 326. Mansfield, Jared, 340.
Maria Creek, 209.
Marietta, settled, 130.
Marin, Sieur Laperriere, at St. Joseph, 29.
Marpack, Indian chief, 190.
Marquette, 3; death, 13. Marshall, Joseph G., 469, 471, 477.
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Marshall, William, 326. Matchedash Bay, 3.
"Matilda Barney," on the St. Jos- eph, 269. Matson, John A., 485.
Mauck, Frederick, 206.
Mauckport, 200.
Maxwell, David H., 366, 371.
Maxwell Code, 142, 146.
Maysville, founded, 207.
Madison, founded, 188.
Menard, Pierre, 170.
Menominee, 334.
Mercer, John, 99.
Merrill, Samuel, 401, 406.
Methodist Churches, early, 280.
Metociniah Creek, 147.
Metropotamia, 128.
Meurin, Sebastian, at Vincennes, 30. Mexican War, 438; organizing troops for, 441; political effects, 478.
Miamis, 10-12; return to Indiana, 16; at St. Jaques, 17; their con- federacy, 71; description, 75; tra- ditions, 77; war, 104-125; visited by Gamelin, 106, 190, 323, 324, 328, 332, 336. Miamisport, 276.
Michigan, cut off from Indiana, 157, 158.
Michigan Road, 257-261.
Michigania, 128.
Michillimacinac, captured, 32.
Militia, law, 164, 165; numbers, 180; paraded, at Vincennes, 186; in War of 1812, 198; in Mexican War, 439; arms of, 440.
Miller, James, at Fort Harrison, 187, 196.
Milliken, J. P., 489. Mills, 428.
Mills, John, 137.
Milroy, Samuel, 308, 311, 349. Mingoes, 73.
Mishawaka, iron foundry, 269. Missionaries, Hurons, 2.
Mississinewa, battle, 196-198.
Mississippi Company, given the Illi- nois Country, 22.
Mississippi Land Company, 43.
Mitchell, Dr. D. G., Anti-Mason candidate, 309. Moffatt, James T., 319.
Monroe, James, 127; visits State, 251. Monroe electors, 222. Monrovia, 386.
Montezuma, 187.
Montgomery, John, joins Clark, 50. Montgomeryville, 252.
Moore, Asa, 355.
Moore, Harbin, 303.
Moore, T. P., 273.
Moravian Towns, 86.
Morris, Thomas, at Fort Miami, 35.
Morrison, Alexander F., 312.
Morrison, James, 312, 401, 469.
Morrison, John I., 456.
Morrisons, 204.
Morrow, Jeremiah, 215. Munsees, 197.
Murray, William, 132.
Muster day, 166.
Mt. Pleasant, settled, 209.
McAfee, Robert B., 313.
McCarty, A., stage owner, 261.
McCarty, Jonathan, 305, 321.
McCarty, Nicholas, 273, 324, 488.
McClellan, Abraham, 259.
McCoy, Captain, 113.
McCoy, Isaac, missionary, 230.
McCulloch, Hugh, 416.
McDonald, John, 258.
McFarland, William, 211.
McGary, Hugh, 207.
McGaughey, E. W., 476.
McGrady, James, 283.
McMahan, Richard, killed, 189.
National Democrats, 305.
National Road, 255.
Navigation of Streams, 263-269.
Naylor, Isaac, 321.
Neely, John I., 258.
New, Robert A., 178; secretary of State, 223.
New Albany, founded, 206.
Newberry, 390.
New Castle, laid out, 244.
New Coshocton, 93.
Newell, Captain, 327, 329.
New Harmony, 248.
"New Light," 285.
Newport, laid out, 240; bank at, 412.
New Orleans market, 173.
New Purchase, 229, 239-248.
New Year, 430.
Niblack, John, 241.
Niles, 232.
Noble, James, elected Senator, 223, 343.
Noble, Lazarus, 343.
Noble, Noah, 259, 266, 304, 309, 331, 343, 363, 366, 369, 401.
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Norris, Seton W., 312.
Northwest Territory, in treaty of 1783, 88; organization of, 126; ces- sion of by Virginia, 126; State names suggested, 128 ; government, 130; first legislature, 130; under the judges, 138; civil government, 142; second grade, 149; division of, 152. Note shaving, 347-348. Notre Dame du Lac, 293.
Oatman's Ferry, 200. Occupations, pioneer, 424.
Office holding clique, 160. Ohio river, discovered by La Salle, 5. Oliver, William, 192.
Orchard, John, stage, 262. Ordinance of 1787, 129.
Oregon, 439. Orleans, laid out, 241. Orr, General, 331. Orth, Godlove S., 477. Osborn, Andrew L., 415.
Ottawas, 328.
Ouiatanon, stockade built, 17; not rebuilt, 18; captured, 32; Croghan at, 38; Indian council at, 94. Ouiatanons, return to Indiana, 16; home of, 77. Outrelay, Etienne de, wrote of Vin- cennes, 19. Outrelay, Pierre de, mentioned Vin- cennes, 19. Owens, Abraham, 186, 189. Owen, David, ranger, 200.
Owen, Robert Dale, 456, 470, 479, 483, 485. "Owl Creek" Currency, 395, 411.
Pack horses, for Harmar's army, 108.
Palestine, settled, 241. Palmer, Nathan B., 309, 374, 469. Panic of 1837, 403. Paoli, settled, 241. Paper money, in Illinois, 68. "Paragon," runs to Logansport, 267. Parish's Grove, 327. Parke, Benjamin, 169; elected to Congress, 170; judge, 223, 288.
Parke county, settled, 240. Parker, Samuel, 281. Parsons, Samuel H., 128, 131, 141. Pasteur, Thomas, at Fort Knox, 124. Paul, John, 206. Paul, John P., 371.
Paupers, 148. Payne, Colonel, 195. Pelisipia, 128. Penalties, 148.
Pennington, Dennis, 206, 214, 282. People, The, of Indiana, 418, 419. Pepper, Abel, 325, 334, 456.
Perier, M., mentions Vincennes, 19. Perry county, settled, 208.
Peru, 276.
Peters, Lieut., wounded, 189.
Petersburg, settled, 205. Pettit, Father, 338. Pettit, John, 479.
Peyrode, Ensign Chevalier de la, at Ouiatanon, 29.
Pfrimmer, Samuel, 206. Physicians, 432.
Piankeshaw Indians, friendly to Clark, 55; towns raided, 102.
Pierce, Franklin, 489.
Pierce, Capt., killed, 197.
Pierro, Don, captures St. Joseph, 83.
Pickett, Heathcote, 204.
Pigeon Roost Massacre, 193. Pike county, settled, 205.
Pine Creek, 187.
Piqua, 192.
Piqua Plains, 87.
Pittsburg, 276. Plank roads, 257.
Plowing, 426.
Plum creek, 204. Point Commerce, 370.
Political demoralization, 475.
Politics, 1825 to 1840, 296; 1840 to 1852, 462-490. Polk, James K., 439.
Polke, Judge William, 259, 316, 321, 338.
Polk's Bottom, 208. Polypotamia, 128. Pontiac's War, 31-37.
Population, 214, 215, 277. Portage Prairie, 329.
Port Royal Bluffs, 266, 370. Posey, Thomas, governor, 162, 206; candidate for governor, 250. Posey county, settled, 207.
Pottawattomies, cede land for a road, 257, 323, 324, 328, 332, 334. Prairie Pottawattomies, 327. Presbyterian churches, early, 283, 285. Pride, Woolsey, 205. Prince, William, 184. Princeton, founded, 208. Prior, Abner, 139.
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Proclamation of 1763, 41. Proctor, Henry, 192.
Proctor, John, envoy among Indians, 112.
Prophet opposes liquor, 163; sketch, 182, 183. Prophetstown, 183, 189. Public Lands, 340.
Putnam, Rufus, superintendent of Indian affairs, 120, 128.
Quarter Sessions, 146. Quebec Act, 44. Querez, Pierre, 134. Quilting, 426.
Railroad Charters, 360.
Randolph, Thomas, killed, 189.
Randolph county settled, 209.
Rangers, in War of 1812, 198.
Rannels, Samuel, 283.
Rappe, Frederick, 248.
Rariden, James, 456. Rawley's Mill, 386.
Ray, James Brown, 302, 309.
Ray, J. M., 401, note; 416, 436.
Raymond, David, 223.
Read, James G., 304, 309, 456.
Recipes, medical, 433-434.
Reed, Daniel, 456. "Reformers," 285.
Removal of Indians, 332.
"Republican" on upper Wabash, 269.
Reynolds, David, 440.
Reynolds, John, 326. Rhea, James, 192.
Richardville, Deroite de, commands Vincennes, 45.
Richmond, laid off, 243.
Riley, James, 344, 354.
Riley, Michael, 370.
Ripley county, 209.
River ports, 400.
Roach, Addison L., 415.
Roads, early, 254, 257.
Robb, David, 214. "Robert Hanna" at Indianapolis, Shockeys, 77. Shooting match, 430.
266. Robinson, A. L., 488.
Robinson, Edmund, 252. Robinson, Joseph, 320.
Robertson, Samuel, 283, 284. Rocheblave, Philip de, 52. Rockport, laid off, 241.
Rockville, founded, 240.
Rogers, John, commands "Willing," 60.
Rogers, Robert, takes possession of Detroit, 31.
Rome, founded, 208.
Ross, A. L. and A. W., 261.
Ross, John, at Chartres, 40.
Ross, W. L., 262.
Rothschild, Baron, 374.
Rough and Ready Clubs, 483.
Russell, A. W., 329.
Russell, William, 194, 195, 200. "Sac Trail," 275, 328.
"Sacred Beans," 188.
Salem, laid out, 241.
Sales of land, amounts, 347.
Sandusky captured, 32.
Saratoga, 128.
Sargent, Winthrop, 131, 150. Sauk Indians, 326.
Saunders, John, guides Clark, 51.
Scalps, bought by English, 48.
Schenck, Edwin, 372.
Schlosser, Ensign, captured, 32. Schools, earliest, 249.
Schrader, John, 281.
Scott, Charles, attacks Wea towns, 112; with St. Clair, 116.
Scott, James, 282.
Scott, Samuel Thornton, 284.
Scott, Winfield, 489.
Scott county, settled, 206.
Scribner Brothers, 206.
Scrip, 348. Seamans, John B., 483.
Second principal meridian, 340.
Second Regiment, 447 seq.
Seminaries, 178.
Sering, John, 394.
Settlements, 13, 203; of New Pur- chase, 239-248; of Wabash Coun- try, 273.
Shawnees, 74 visited by Gamelin, 106; depredations on the Ohio, 107, 182, 183.
Shee, John, 133.
Shelby, Governor, 312.
Sheriff, 146.
Shipping ports on Ohio river, 240.
Shriver, James, 355.
Sickness, 247; among pioneers, 432.
Silliman, Willis, 358.
Silver Heels, a Munsee chief, 197.
Simcoe, Governor, 123.
Simpson, Matthew, 436. Simrall, Colonel, 194.
Slavery, 138, 150, 173; a slave code, 174, 175, 251, 252.
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Small, John, sheriff, 149.
Smiley, Ross, 456.
Smith, Caleb B., 368, 476, 480.
Smith, Jay C., 281.
Smith, O. H., 322, 375, 469; Whig chairman, 474.
Smith, Thomas L., 415. Smith, William, land agent, 133.
Social life, 418 seq.
Sorin, Father, 293.
Spanish, active in the west, 83; cap- ture St. Joseph, 84; invite French settlers, 103.
Specie circular, 347, 403, 404.
Spencer founded, 209.
Spencer, John W., 409.
Spencer, Spier, killed, 189.
Splunge creek, 386.
Springville, 203. Sprinklesburg, laid out, 241. St. Ange at Vincennes, 22.
St. Clair, Arthur, governor, 99; leads expedition, 116-118; de- feated, 119; asks court-martial, 121; goes to Illinois, 131, 312.
St. Clair, Jr., trip to Vincennes, 143.
St. Clair county, 156.
St. Clair, William, 140.
St. Francis Xavier Church, 279.
St. Jacques, Miamis at, 17.
St. Peters, 293. Stage lines, 254, 261, 263. Stansbury, Howard, 371.
Stapp, Milton, 475.
State Bank, First, 233-236; branch- es, 233-234. State seminary, 291. State University, land agent, 214.
Sterling, Thomas, reaches Illinois, 41.
Stewart, William, 409, 410.
Stevenson, Alexander C., 475, 478.
Stickney, B. F., 190.
Stores, pioneer, 428.
Storms, Peter, 206. "Stubble call," 427. Sugar creek, 327.
Sullivan, General, destroys Iroquois, 47. Sullivan, G. R. C., 223.
Sullivan, Jeremiah, 239, 308, 311. 358.
Sullivan, Thomas L., 442. Summers, W. E., 252. Supreme court, territorial, 167. Survey, 340 seq. Sweetser, Philip, 319. Switzerland county, settled, 204.
Symmes, John Cleves, 97; a judge, 131, 140. Sylvania, 128.
Talbott, H. E., 413. Tarke, 124.
Tarkington, John S., 412. Taverns, 429.
Taxation, Northwest Territory, 147. Taylor, Waller, a senator, 223; cen- sured, 253.
Taylor, Zachary, at Fort Harrison, 193, 195, 196, 200; in Mexico, 441, 445, 447.
Tecumseh, opposes liquor, 164;
sketch, 182; at Vincennes, 184; killed, 201.
Temperance society, Indiana, 287. Terre Coupee, 329.
Terre Haute, 126, 186, 209; 240, 241; land office, 343.
Test, Charles, 318, 456, 480.
Test, John, 223; injured, 263.
Texas, 438; Independence of, 440; in campaign of 1844, 473.
Thom, Allen D., 223.
Thomas, Jesse B., 169.
Thompson, John T., 286.
Thompson, Ro W., 319, 480, 488.
"Thompsonians," 434.
Three per cent fund, 254, 255.
Tippecanoe, campaign of, 186-190; county, 274 ; celebration, 313.
Tipton, John, 199-201; founds Lo- gansport, 274, 307, 311, 323, 324, 331, 336. Tipton, Spier S., 442.
Todd, John, appointed governor of Illinois, 67.
Traces, early, 246.
Traders, licensed, 10.
Trail, Vincennes, 159; travelers on, 180.
Travel, pioneer, 429. Treaties, Indian, 163.
Treaty Grounds, 323. "Triton," 265.
Trotter, Colonel, quarrels with Har- din, 108.
Truman, Major Alexander, sent among Indians, killed, 120.
Turner, George, a judge, 139, 140. Twelve Mile Purchase, 210.
Twightwees, (see Miamis).
Twin Lake Mission. 335.
University, Vincennes, 176; town- ship of land donated, 177, 292.
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Vaile, Rawson, 483.
Vallonia, center of ranger service, 199-201; 209.
Vance, Samuel, 204, 275, 344.
Vanderburg, Henry, 136, 139, 140, 149, 167. Vandeveer, Joel, 370.
Varnum, James M., a judge, 131. Vaudreuil, 16.
Vaud, Canton, 204.
Vawter, Jesse, 206.
Vawter, John, 314, 316, 321.
Vermillion Towns, attacked by
Clark, 95.
Vermillion Sea, 4.
Vevay, settled, 204, 248.
Vigilance Committee, 299.
Vigo, Francis, assists Clark, 57, 136, 137, 145, 184.
Vigus, C., stage line, 262.
Vigus, Jordan, 316, 324.
Villiers, Neyon de, leaves Illinois, 40, 45.
Vincennes, mentioned, 19, 20, 21; settlement of, 21; church records, 23; land grant, 23; commons, 23- 24; Croghan at, 37; captured by Clark's men, 54; recaptured by British, 55; taken by Clark, 59- 67; in 1788, 98; land claim, 132; condition in 1790, 137; population, 155; land office, 160, 167, 179; capital, 210, 211; turnpike, 364, 370.
Vincennes, Francois Morgane de, at Ouiatanon, 18; at Vincennes, 20; death, 20.
Vincennes, Sieur de, among the Mi- amis, 16; died, 17.
Virginia Cession, 127.
Virginia conquers the Northwest, 47; organizes government, 67.
Viviat, Louis, 132.
Vivier, Louis, at Vincennes, 21, 30.
Wabash, home of Miamis, 77, 307. Wabash and Erie Canal, 355; land donated for, 356, 359, 364; com- pletion of, 378; failure of, 390- 393.
Wabash Land Company, 43. Walker, William, 442.
Walker, Jacob, 328, 329. Wallace, David, 336, 369, 456. Wallace, James H., stage owner, 262. Wallace, Lew, 442.
Walpole, Thomas D., 456.
Walpole Company, 43.
War with Miamis, 101, 104-125; of 1812, 203.
Warrick, Jacob, killed, 189.
Warrick county, settled, 206.
Washington, George, Indian policy, 102.
Washington, 128, 239.
Washington county, settled, 207. Watrin, Francais Philibert, wrote about Vincennes, 21.
Watts, Edward, 371. Watts, John Sebrie, 370.
Wayne, Anthony, 122-125, 181. .
Wayne county, old, 156; new, 157.
Wayne county, 199.
Weas, visited by Gamelin, 105; town destroyed, 113; sends dele- gates for peace, 120, 324.
Weddings, 431.
Wells, Samuel, 186, 194.
Western Company owns Illinois, 22. Western Eagle, founded, 206.
Western Sun, criticises Jennings,
217.
Whetzell's Trace, 243.
Whig speakers in 1840, 319 note; measures in 1841, 463; organiza- tion in 1844, 471; last campaign, 484.
Whipping, 148, 149.
Whitcomb, James, 322, 470, 471, 474, 477, 483.
White, Albert S., 476.
White, Isaac, killed, 189. Whitewater Valley, in Indiana, 159; settlement, 160; dissatisfaction in, 173; survey of, 355, 362; canal, 364, 375.
White Oak Springs, 205.
Whitlock, Ambrose, 241, 243.
Wildcat creek, ambuscade, 196, 200. Wiley, Allen, 281.
Wilkinson, James, 113; attacks Kethtipecanunc, 114; leads expe- dition, 114-115. Willard, Ashbel P., 488.
Willard, William, 436.
Williams, Jesse L., 359, 366, 369, 371, 372.
Williams, John, commands Fort Gage, 55. Williams, Jonathan, 262.
Williams, William, 488. Williamson, David, destroys Morav- ian towns, 86. Williamsport, 276.
Wilmot Proviso, 486.
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Wilson, John, land agent, 133. Wilson, John, opens stage line, 261. Wilson, Thomas, 206. Winamac, Indian chief, 191. Winamac, land office, 201, 344. Winans, William, 281. Winchester, James, 195. Wingate, Hiram, 206. Wolf, Jacob, 264. Woodburn, John, 366. Wright, John, 285.
Wright, John W., 485. Wright, Joseph A., '390, 410, 412, 413, 470, 477, 479, 485, 486, 488. Wyandots, 72, 184. Wylie, Alex, 312. Wyllys, John, 101.
"Yellow Jackets," flag of, 321.
Zeigler, David, 97. Zenor, John, 320.
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