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New Harmony Disseminator, 15:297, 299,399,407.
New Harmony Gazette, 11:35n,57n; 15:297,299. See also index, 15:no.3.
New Lawrenceburgh (Dearborn Co.), 18:92.
New Madrid (Mo.), 19:158n-59n,167-68, 177-78,181,201,212,231,238n,239,244; 25:16-17n.
Company, incorporated, 11:391-92. New Orleans (La.), market for Indiana produce, 5:396-408; 8:330,331,334-35, 366-67,368,370,439,441,455; 14:248, 281-82,286,339,347; 17:146-47; Donald Macdonald visits, 14:345-54; in post- Revolutionary days, 19:180,181,184, 244; illustrations of, by Lesueur, 25:29.
Newport (now Fountain City, Ind.), 15: 50,54,66,73,78n,83-84,101,134; 18:92. See also Fountain City.
Newport Free Labor Advocate and Anti- Slavery Chronicle, 15:77-78, 79-80, 80-81,83-84.
New Purchase, article on, 6:43-54; origin of name & extent of, 4:304; flora & fauna of, 4:310,311; 1st permanent settlement, 4:313; surveys in, 4:315; opening of land sales, 12:131, see also Indian treaties, St. Marys (1818). New Purchase, by Baynard R. Hall, new edition, 6:43-54.
Newspapers and periodicals, antislavery, 2:248,257-59; Brookville, 18:8-9; Centerville, 18:9; Greencastle, 4:142- 43,143-44; Indianapolis, 1:156,157; 2:376; Lawrenceburg, 1:245; Logansport, 18:12-14; Richmond & Wayne Co., 15:51n; 18:9; Vincennes, 4:295; 8:451-52; comparison of numbers of, in South & New England, 17:42,124,165-66; scarcity of, 17:42,65-66. See also under names of newspapers.
New Trenton (Ind.), 18:92-93.
New York (N.Y.), visited by Robert Owen's party (1824), 4:23-26; 14:174-84;
302-15 passim; described (1837), 20: 20-24; John Candler visits (1853-54), 16:23-24,110-11,116-17.
New York state, agriculture, dairying, fruit production, 17:96,98,110,111; size & value of churches, 17:119,120; school enrollment & libraries (1850), 17:40-41; Yankee character of, 17:74- 75,176.
New-York Historical Society, 10:84,88-89, 96.
Niagara Falls, described (1845), 20:60.
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Niblack, William E., Congressman, 8:28,29,32,57-59. See also IHS, members.
Nicholson, Meredith, and Lucius B. Swift, 9:110,119,125. See also IHS, members.
Noble, James, militia officer, 12: 65; in legislature, 12:92; member Constitutional Convention, 6:99,100,103,104,105; U.S. Senator, 1:152; 12:97,155; supports William Conner's land claims, 12:108,109.
Noble, Noah, governor, 7:276- 77; 12:169; portrait, 14:398, 402-403,432. See also IHS, members.
Noblesville (Ind.), 12:135-36, 176-77,228; 18:93.
Norris, John, at Pigeon Roost massacre, 1:53; 2:133.
Norris, Mrs. John, killed by In- dians, 2:132.
North Carolina, emigration from, 15:18,53-54,62; 17:13-14,114; John Candler visits (1854), 16: 103-105.
"The Northern Boundary of Indiana, " by Mrs. Frank J. Sheehan, 8:no.6. Northwest Territory, letter of Na- than Dane concerning Ordinance of 1787, vol.1:69-74; boundar- ies of future states established by Ordinance of 1787, vol.8: 290-92,304-306,307; boundaries & division of, 1:151-52; 2:3; government of provided by Or- dinance of 1787, vol.2:4-7; 3:69-71,76-82; 4:180-81; 19: 8,57; laws of governor & judges, 2:7-13; of General Assembly, 2:13-14; first court, 2:6-7; judges ride circuit to hold court, 2:14; laws of, operate in Indiana territory, 2:14- 15; 3:68-69; 4:188. See also Ordinance of 1787. Nowland, Elizabeth (Mrs. Mathias), of Indianapolis, 12:148,236. Nunemacher, John R., of New Albany, 6:51,52.
Odd Fellows, La Porte lodge, 11:381. O'Hara, James, army contractor, 19:39n, 101,117-18, 140-41n, 148n, 151, 157-58, 179.
Ohio, formation & boundaries, 3:66-67; 8:292-93,298,304,305-307,309-11; settlement of southwest corner, 1: 250-364; in Civil War, 5:1-39; growth in population, 1820-30, vol.6:25; population from South & North, 17:38,75; John Candler's visit to (1853), 16: 34-38; farm values in (1850), 17:27; corn production in, 17:152,161; de- pendence on New England for luxury goods, 17:31-32; climate & weather, 17:26,143,144-45,160; wet lands, 17: 63,66-67,75; trade & commerce, 17: 54-55,146-47,163-64. See also Cin- cinnati.
Ohio, Historical & Philosophical Society of, 10:93.
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, 8:330,331, 348,352,359,361,362,366.
Ohio Falls Canal, 5:65-69; 12:171; 22:48- 49n.
Ohio River, floods & ice, 1:262,273,276,326; 14:241,331,333,338; La Salle's discovery of, 2:321-22.323; importance of, to Indiana settlers, 6:123-26; Thomas Dean's descent of (1817), 6:287-92; Celoron on (1749), 6:339-40; descrip- tions of, 14:234,243,336,338-39, diffi- culties of navigation, 14:234,336,338-39, 342; number of emigrants on (1787), 19: 85-86n. See also Travel and transpor- tation.
Ohio Valley, Indian tribes in (1750), 12: 1-2; struggle for, between French & English, 12:2-5, see also British; French; Indians; in American Revolution, 12:6-7; in War of 1812, vol.12:68-83. Ohio Valley Historical Association, Proceedings (1916), 6:no.1.
Oil inspector, reports of, 2:198-99. Oldenburg (Ind.), architect for convent & school, 11:200.
"Old Northwest, The Impress of the Upland Southerner and Yankee in," by Richard Lyle Power, vol.17. See also Northwest Territory.
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Olleman, Ezra A., of Morgan Co., 5:465-66.
O'Neal, Hugh, of Indianapolis, 7: 203-204.
Ontario (Ind.), printing house, 11:310,358.
Orange County, formation, 3:75,
240n; territorial officers, see index, 3:no.3; in 1826, vol.18: 93-94.
Ordinance of 1784, draft by Jef- ferson, 8:289.
Ordinance of 1787, letter of Nathan Dane concerning slavery provi- sion, 1:69-74; establishes boun- daries of future northwest states, 8:290-92,304-306,307; provision for government for territories, 2:4-6; 3:69-71, 76-82; 4:180-81; 19:8,57; 22: 102n; provision for free navi- gation of rivers & streams, 5: 6On; provision for prohibi- tion of slavery, 1:69-74; 2:4; 4:195-96; 19:161n-62n,184,196- 97; 22:20,40,94n,97; petitions to repeal Art. 6 prohibiting slavery, 2:447-52,455-61,461- 70,476-83, 507-509, 515-17; 4: 195-227 passim; action of Congress on petitions, 2:452- 55,471-76,495-97,509-10.
Oregon, letter of Thomas White de- scribing journey to (1852), 23: no.1.
Orphans, see Soldiers" and Sailors' Orphan Asylum.
Orr, Robert, with Loughery expe- dition, 2:106,125.
Osborn, Charles, antislavery pio- neer, article on, 2:231-67.
Osborn, J.W., of Greencastle, 4:144. Ottawa Indians, see indexes, vols. 21 & 24.
Otto, William T., 2:355-56. See also IHS, members.
Ouiatanon Indians, 2:328-29,333-
34,338,339,340-47; see also 18: no.2; Indians.
"Outpost on the Wabash, 1787-1791," edited by Gayle Thornbrough, vol.19.
Overstreet, Gabriel M., of Morgan Co., 5: 478,511-13.
Owen, David Dale, geologist, 1:239-40; 5:224-25; 15:297,336; home in New Harmony, 11:189.
Owen, Florence Dale, 25:46n-47n.
Owen, Richard, geologist, 5:224,228,229; comdt Camp Morton, 13:262-85,294.
Owen, Robert, of New Lanark, Scotland, 4: iii-vi; 5:214-29 passim; visits New Harmony & purchases land & improve- ments, 4:7-97 passim, 134; 5:212; 11:7-96 passim; see also indexes, 14, no.2; 15, no.3; 23, no.4; 25:no.4. Owen, Robert Dale, sketch, 5:221,224, 225-27; agent to purchase arms for state, 2:224; state representative, 2:355; candidate for Congress (1843), 11:363; withdraws as U.S. senatorial candidate (1851), 10:120,121; journey to America (1825), 14:307,308,334,335, 337; arrives U.S. & goes to New Har- mony, 11:44,45n,56,57,58,60,71, see also 23:no.4; 25:no.4; relations with New Harmony community, see 15:no.3. Owen, William, sketch, 4:iii-vi; Diary describing visit to New Harmony & Albion (I11.), 4:no.1; see also
11:no.1; 14:no.2; 15:no.3; 25:no.4. Owen County, 18:94.
Oxford (Ohio), school for young women, 20:34-37,83-86.
Oyler, Samuel P., of Morgan Co., 5:464-65.
Page, Benjamin, of Pittsburgh, 11:46-47. Page, Mrs. Benjamin, letter, 11:47-80. Palestine (Ind.), 18:94.
Palmer, Nathan B., 5:52; 13:21,50n.
See also IHS, members.
Paoli (Ind.), 11:204-205,311,387; 18:94-95. Pardons & remission of fines, Indiana Territory, see index, 3 :no.3. Pardons, reprieves, commutations, of gov- ernors, see reports of, 2:184. Parke, Benjamin, 10:239n; judge, 2:28-29; attorney general, 3:124; delegate to Congress, 1:152; 3:73; member Consti- tutional Convention, 6:98,99,106,107, 108; treaty comr., 10:240; 12:99,104; promotes education, 12:161. See also index, vol.22.
Parke County, 18:95.
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Parker, Joseph, of Kaskaskia, 19: 56-57.
Parker, Samuel W., anecdote re William Conner, 12:194,213. Parker, William, of Morgan Co., 5: 261-64.
Parks, Parmenter M., of Morgan Co, 5:440-42.
Parr, Enoch, land patent, 10: 249-50.
Parsons, Samuel Holden, judge, 2:6,14.
Pauley, C. E. & Co., printers for IHS, 6:569,571,579.
Paxson, Frederic L., "A Hoosier Domesday," 6:253-66.
Paxton, James, of Indianapolis, 12:142,233,236; 18:385-86,420. Payne, Mr. & Mrs. Ellis, killed by Indians, 2:132.
Pears, Thomas and Sarah, Papers of, edited by Thomas C. Pears, Jr., 11 :no.1.
Pears, Thomas C., Jr., "New Har- mony. An Adventure in Happiness," Phipps, Isaac N., of Indianapolis, 12:142- ll :no.1.
Peat, Wilbur D., "Portraits and Painters of the Governors of Indiana, 1800-1943," 14:no.3. Peddle, Charles, engineer, 13:52. Pelham, William, of New Harmony, 11:57.
Pendleton (Ind.), Indianapolis & Bellefontaine R.R. reaches, 13: 60-62.
Pennington, Dennis, builder of Corydon state house, 11:189;
12:91; legislator, 12:92,150. Pennsylvania, Historical Society of, 10:92,96.
Pepper, Abel C., supt. of Indian
removal, 14:18,19,20-21,22-25,77, Pike County, 3:75; 18:95-96.
8ln,87n-88n,89. See also IHS, members.
Perry, Oliver H., victory on Lake Erie, 12:78-79.
Perry County, formation, 3:74; territorial officers, see index, 3:no.3; population (1816), 3: 82; in 1826, vol.18:95. Peru and Indianapolis Railroad, 12:176-77; 13:80-81,99,103.
Peters, Absalom, secretary Home
Missionary Society, 17:17,23,33,79,89. Peters, William, of Ist regt., see index, vol.19.
Petersburg (White Oak Springs, Ind.), 15:183,212,229,236,242.
Petit, Benjamin Marie, missionary to Indians, letters & journal, 14:no.1.
Peyton, Craven, of Clark Co., 10:197-98. Pharmacy, history of, 1848-98, by George W. Sloan, 3:no.5; effect of destruction of forests on medicinal plants, 3:346- 55. See also Indians; drugstore, 3:331- 45.
Philadelphia (Pa.), Robert Owen party visits (1824-25), 4:28-36; 14:203-11, 311-13,316-17; described (1837), 20: 24-25; John Candler visits (1853- 54), 16:26-28,118.
Philanthropist, antislavery paper, quoted, 2:248-59.
"Philanthropist," keelboat, journey from Pittsburgh to New Harmony, 23:no.4. Phillibert, J.E., notary, 2:428.
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Phiquepal, William S., of New Harmony, see indexes, 15:no.3; 23.
Piankashaw Indians, go to Post Vincennes, 7:90,95-96; return to Vermillion River, 7:104; land donation to French at Vincennes, 15:428-30,465; grant surrendered to U.S., 15:441,446. See also indexes, vols. 18, 19, 21. Picket fort (s.w. Ohio), 1:262-63,267. Pierce, Franklin, president, 16:29- 30,119-20.
Pigeon Roost massacre, 1:53-54; 2:128- 31,132-34; 12:71; 18:297-98.
Pigeons, number of, 6:452; wild carrier, in Whitewater Valley, 15:24-25.
Pioneer life, Clark Co., see 18:no.3; Hancock Co., see ll:no.4; in Jeffer-
. 'son & Jennings counties, 25:7-29, 78-83; in Marion Co., see 16:no.2; in White- water Valley, see 15:no.1; housing, 2:396-97; 17:102-105. See also Schramm, Jacob, family letters.
Pipe, Capt., Delaware chief, and Moravians, 12:24-27,28-30,139,191.
Pipe, Capt., Delaware chief, aids in study of Indian language, 12:138-39.
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Piqua (Ohio), Indian agency & council at, see index, vols. 21, 24.
Pitcher, John, neighbor of Lincoln, 8 :166.
Pittman, Capt. of territorial militia, 2:129.
Pittsburgh (Pa.), described (1775), 12:15; (1831), 8:276-77,280-81; Owen party visits (1824-25), 4: 51,56; 23:235-37; Co-operative Society founded on principles of Robert Owen, 11:22-23n,27-28, 34-35.
Place names, Indiana counties named for Kentuckians, 6:83; for
Indians, 6:314n,317,337,339-40, 369,385.
"The Play Party in Indiana," edited & revised by W. Edson Richmond & William Tilson, 20:no.2.
Pogue, George, of Indianapolis, 4:313-14; 12:141,234.
Pokagon, Leopold, Potawatomi chief, 10:287,288,294-315; 14:48,68, 72,96,127.
Pokagon, Simon, Potawatomi chief, 10:288,316-28; writings of, 10:331-40.
"The Pokagons," by Cecilia B. Buechner, 10:no.5.
Politics, Jennings candidacy for Congress in 2d district (1822), 10:232-34,236-46,246-47n; for U.S. Senate (1824,1829), 10: 252-53,271; (1843-63), see Bright, Jesse D .; (in 1850s), vol.6:137-89; broadsides (1840), 11:352,353,385,392; role in Yankee mission to West, 17:5, 9-12,118,171; Southerners prefer Democrats, 17:83-84; blending of diverse elements, 17:139; lack of sectional rancor, 17:121. See also Democratic party; Re- publican party; Whig party. Polk, Josiah F., of Noblesville, 12:129,135-36,145.
Polke, William, contractor on Michigan Road, 5:57-58; comr. for improving navigation of Wabash River, 5:64-65; state senator, 12:92,96; conductor
Potawatomi emigration, 14:76-77,90,100n, 102,104,129,131. See also IHS, members. Pond, Charles H., of Conn., 16:115.
Pontiac, Indian chief, 2:336-37,338; 12: 4-5; 24:13-18n.
Population, Indiana, (1765), 1:184; (1778), 1:184; (1807), 1:184; (1816), 1:184; (1820-50), 1:184; (1840-60), 13:13n,65n; (1855), 1:186; Indianapolis (1835), 4:432; (1840), 4:338; other Indiana cities (1850-70), 13:65; "Some Elements of Indiana's Population," by W. E. Henry, 4:375-96. See also Census. Port Royal (Morgan Co.), 5:413. Portages, at Niagara Falls, 6:280,337; Lake Erie to Chautauqua Lake, 6:283, 337-38,340; in Indiana, 6:34-42,343-45. Porter, Albert G., governor, portrait, 14:416-17,432. See also IHS, members. Portuguese, colony in Illinois, 16:52-53. Posey, Thomas, governor, Indiana Territory, 1:152; 3:193; 10:189n,206-207; portrait, 14:390,393-94,432; agent for Indian affairs (1817), meets Brotherton Indians, 6:300,302-303,304-305. Posey, Thomas, of Corydon, 22:192-94n, 195-96. Posey County, formation, 3:74; territorial officers, see index, 3:no.3; population (1816), 3:82; land survey, 2:362-64; in 1826, vol.18:97. See also New Harmony; Rappites.
Post routes, see Mail routes.
Post Vincennes, founding of, 2:331; 7:89-94; identity of founder, 3:41-62; 7:3-126 passim; and George Rogers Clark, 1:178; 15:189-90,195,197-99,200; census (1769), 2:439; list of residents (1774), 2: 425-27; described (1765), 2:410; (1768), 2:420; farewell proclamation of French commandant, 2:407-408; British take possession of, 2:418,440-42; title of French residents to land at, defended, 2: 421-34; French residents petition Congress for land grant, 14:427; grant · 'made & settlement of claims, 15:447- 63,467-89; land grants to early settlers, 4:246-48; 15:no.4; 22:28n, 80; survey of land grants, 6:432-33; under jurisdiction of Virginia, 15:439-41, 453n; 19:7-8; increase in American population, 15:201-202,438-39; conditions at, following Revolutionary War, 19: 8-17 passim; IHS obtains early historical
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Post Vincennes-Cont.
documents regarding, 6:498, 500; for early history of, see Dunn, "Mission to the Ouabache," 3:253-330; for First Regt. at, see vol.19; see also Vincennes. Potawatomi Indians, location in Indiana, 14:11; in Ohio Valley, 12:2; join Tecumseh, 12:7; influenced by Tecumseh, 12:59, 60; superstitions, 10:292-93; Baptist mission among, 10: 292-93,295-97,309; Catholic missions among, 10:290-91,297- 306,312-13,314-15, see also index, 14:no.1; attitude toward Black Hawk War, 10:308-309; removal from Indiana, 10:290; 14:17-132 passim. See also indexes, vols. 21, 22, 24; Indian treaties; Leopold and Simon Pokagon.
Pottery industry, Indianapolis, 12:231.
Poverty, in southern Indiana & Illinois, 17:26,27,37-38. Powell, Lazarus W., of Ky., 16:39. Power, Richard Lyle, "Planting Corn Belt Culture," vol.17. Prairie du Rocher (Il1.), 19:27, 48,50.
Prairie fires, 16:51,55. Presbyterians, Indiana Synod, publications, 11:368; divi- sions of, 4:441-42,455-69; at Madison, 8:227-30; 1st church in Indianapolis, 12:149; in Whitewater Valley, 15:17,96, 99; 17:13,22,117,137,139,171- 72. See also "Scotch-Irish Pres- byterians in Monroe County," 4: no.8.
Price, Benjamin F., of South Bend, 25:20,173-74.
Price, Catharine, of Brown Co., gravestone, 23:123,124,156.
Price, Evrith, of Brown Co., grave- stone, 23:125,156.
Price, Sterling, of Mo., 16:67-68, 81.
Price, Susannah, of Brown Co., gravestone, 23:123,156.
Price, William, of Ky., volunteers in Wayne campaign, see index, 16:no.3. Prices, of agricultural implements, 11:268, 294; army rations, 21:58,90,91-92, 250; 19:39n,54,95n,236; books, 14:212, 235; clocks, 11:293; cloth & clothing, 11:294; 14:121,124,126,127; construc- tion of buildings, 11:191-96,341; fares, ferries, 15:238n,244n; hackney coaches, 14:184,213, 215, 240, 271; stage coaches, 14:119, 120,317,318, 322,325,326,327,330,331,332; steam- boats, 14: 184, 204, 212, 214, 220, 221 , 280,318,322,332;
flour, 11:268; 14:134; food & lodging, 14: 119, 120, 121, 177, 204, 205, 211, 215, 311, 318,327,332,346,364; horses, 14:55, 124,271,288; 19:231; labor (1788), 19:70; livestock, 11:286; carrying mail, 15:216-17,231-32n, maple sugar, 11:287; meat, 11:286; miscellaneous at Vin- cennes (1788), 19:71,73-74; New York customs (1836), 11:243; packhorses, 15:200; postage, 14:124, 125,127,240; salt, 11:268; tailoring, 11:281,344, 368; transportation of baggage by water & overland, 15:192; of produce on flatboats, 14:282; town lots, Brookville (1814), 10:206; wood, 14: 235; wool (1826), 11:55.
Prince, William, 10:182-184n,216; 12: 59,92,117,118; 22:156n,170,178,241,244n, 25ln.
Princeton (Ind.), 14:268-71,278-80; 18:97. Printing, early, 1:157; 18:7-20; imprints (1804-49), 11:305-93.
Prior, Abner, of Ist regt., see index, vol.19.
Proctor, Henry, British general, 12:76, 78,79.
Proffit, George H., state representative, 2:355.
Prophet, the, leads Indian revolt, 4:266-81; 12 : 7,45,58-61,71,80-81,198,205,210. · "See also indexes, vols. 22 & 24.
Prophet's Town, destroyed, 12:72; 22: 185,201,203,205,206,210n, 227; 24:162n, 185,209.
Providence (Ind.), advertisement, 11:320. Public buildings, office of custodian created, 2:177.
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"Public Health in Indiana, One Hundred Years in," by W. F. King, 7:no.6.
Public Instruction, State Supt. of, list of reports, 2:203-205. Public lands, manner of survey, 4:98-99; 6:403-404; surveys in Allen Co., 2:359-60; Morgan Co., 5:236-37; Posey Co., 2: 362-64, see also Wilson, "Early Indiana Trails and Surveys," 6 :no. 3; relief for settlers on (1816), 10:212-14,257,260, 269; disposition & sale of, 4: 246-50; 5:231-33; 14:270-71; 18:113-15; see also index, vol.22; sales, Brookville, 12: 131-32; Crawfordsville land district, 18:56-57; Fort Wayne district, 18:63-64; Indian- apolis district, 18:76; Jeffer- sonville district, 18:78; Vin- cennes district, 15:446,457-58, 464,465,479-80,482; 18:118; northern Indiana, 11:271-74; Whitewater Valley, 15:15,16, 38; speculation in, 6:23-42 passim; see also index, vol. 22. See also Land grants. Public land offices, in Indiana, 10:258-59n.
Public welfare, relief laws, in Indiana Territory, 2:27. See also Benevolent & correctional institutions; Charities, State Board of.
Purdue University, history & re- ports of, 2:205-206.
Purviance, David, 11:341. Putnam, Rufus, judge, 2:7. Putnam County, 18:97.
Quaife, Milo M.(ed.), "Fort Wayne in 1790," 7:no.7.
Quartermaster general, reports of, 2:206-207.
"Queen of the Woods," song by Simon Pokagon, 10:321-23.
Rabb, Kate Milner, "Indiana Cover- lets and Coverlet Weavers," 8: no.8.
Racine, Jean Baptiste, of Vincennes, 2: 425,441; letter to Haldimand, 2:421-24. Railroads, accidents, 13:111; early construction, 1:175-76,186; building of, compared with canal construction, 6:128-31n; attempts to get Federal land grants for, 6:133-36; Union Station, Indianapolis, 11:195; lines in Indiana (1850), 13:63 (map), 64; proposed & constructed (1850s), 13: 74-88; effects of, on Richmond, 15: 137-39; routes from New England to West, 17:54; lack of routes to South, 17:54; importance of, in western de- velopment, 17:55; Madison to Indiana- polis, see 13:no.1; Indiana Central, 15:136-37; Straight Line (Evansville to Indianapolis), chartered, 8:364-65. See also "Early Railroad Building in Indiana," by Ralph Blank, 6:123-36. See also under names of railroads. Ralston, Alexander, 1:155; 7:245-46; plats Indianapolis, 12:141; 18:355-57n, 360,370,389; report on navagability of White River, 12:152.
Ralston, Samuel M., governor, portrait, 14:424-25,432.
Randolph, Thomas, of Vincennes, 3:146; 10:169,171,173-74,178n, 22On; 22: 102, 109-10, 113,119-20, 121, 123, 124- 26,129n, 130, 149, 150, 191-92; death, 22:206.
Randolph County (Northwest Territory), formation, 3:66,99n.
Randolph County (Indiana Territory), boundaries, 3:98,117-18; census
(1800), 3:83; officers, see index, 3: no.3.
Randolph County (Ind. ), described (1826), 18:97.
Rankin, John, abolitionist, 2:237-39,246. Ranney, Stephen, adjutant general, reports, 10:222-23,235.
Rapp, Frederick, of New Harmony, 4:72-78; 5:207,208,214; 23:239,286. See also index, vol.14.
Rapp, George, sketch, 5:207-209,211, 212; and footprint rock, 1:237-38; Owen party visits at Economy (Pa.), 4:52-55; at New Harmony, 4:115-34; Von Schweinitz visits (1831), 8:277- 80; at New Harmony, 14:203,227-32,332; 23:175,239,285-86.
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Rapp, Gertrude, niece of Frederick, 14:250,257-59,268,277; 23:239, 286.
Rappites, origin & emigration to U.S., 5:207-209; settle in In- diana, 5:209-14; architecture, 11:188-89; 23:no.2; Robert Owen purchases land & buildings, 4:7-97 passim, 134; 5:212; 11: 7-96 passim; 15:307-308,391-94; leave Indiana, 11:7-8,13n; com- munity contrasted with Birk- beck community, 11:68n; at Economy (Pa.), 14:229,230,333; brief account of, 14:232,263- 64. See also New Harmony.
Ray, James Brown, 5:81-82; 12:144, 150,154,164; 22:285n-86n; pub- lishes newspaper, 4:142-43,143- 44; governor, relations with Noah Noble, 5:57; favors build- ing of railroads, 6:128,131,132, 133; portrait, 14:398,401-402, 432; house on Circle, 18:360- 61; comr. to treat with Ind- ians, 1:153; 10:262-63n; 12: 156,162-63.
Ray, James M., of Indianapolis, 4:527-28; 10:263n; 12:110,
127,161,165,235,240. See also IHS, members & officers. Read, Daniel, address to legis- lature (1851), 3:373-74.
Rector, William, surveyor, 2: 362-64; 6:349-50,365-80 passim; 417,423,449; 15:224-26,262-69. Red Banks trace, 6:359,360,392- 95; 15:200-201,236.
Referendum (1848), on free schools, 3:388,528-31,637-38; (1849), on school law, 3:539-42,548-49, 638.
Reform School for Boys, reports of, 2 :207-208.
Reform School for Girls, reports of, 2:208-209.
Regulators (or Vigilantes), Morgan Co., 5:384-85. Reid, David S., of N.C., 16:105.
Relief laws, in Indiana Territory, 2:27; for settlers on public lands (1816), 10:212-14,257,260, 269.
Religion, in West, 17:115 ff., 148-49; role of, in Yankee "mission," 17:5-7; linked with economics, 17:8-9; and politics, 17:11-12; merging of sects on frontier, 17:137. See also under names of denominations.
Religious revivals, criticized by L. B. Swift, 9:7-9.
Reprieves, commutations, pardons of
governors, list of reports on, 2:184. Republican party, in 1850s, vol.6:141- 42, 156,163-65, 168,171-72,173,175-89. Revolutionary War, in Ohio Valley, 12:6-7, see also George Rogers Clark; report on pensioners in Indiana, 6:519,524. Rezé, John Frederic, Catholic missionary, 10:298.
Rhea, James, comdt Fort Wayne, 21:106n, 138,172n,173n, 178n; 24:60,61,214-15, 225-30,234,241-42,268.
Rhode Island Historical Society, 10:91. Rice, Henry, of Corydon, 25:18-19,179. Richard, Rev. Gabriel, 10:298,299. Richardville, Drout de, of Post Vincennes, 2:407,408; 3:42n; 8:137-41. Richardville, Jean B., Miami chief, 6: 436,437; 7:314,322,337,339,342,346, 352,353,360; 12:54,57,105,106,139, 222 ; 24:121, 122, 124,148,151,189.
Richmond (Ind.), printing point, 11 : 325,341-48 passim, 368,381; John Candler visits (1853-54), 16:30- 31,42-44,105; described (1826), 18: 98-99; 1st newspaper, 18:9; industries, 25:14. See also index, 15:no.1. Ridpath, John Clark, "The Man in History," 2: 269-316; to deliver address on Columbus, 6:482,483.
Riker, Dorothy (ed.), "Unedited Letters of Jonathan Jennings," 10:no. 4.
Riley, James Whitcomb, 4:148-49; 18:411, 414,434-35.
Ripley County, 3:75; 18:99.
River Raisin, battle of, 12:74-75.
Rivers and streams, efforts to make navigable as highways, 5:60-65; 12: 101-102,132,151-52,238; list of, in Indiana, see 18:no.1. See also names of rivers and streams.
Rivet, Rev. Jean Francois, at Vincennes, 15:429-30,433,437.
Roads, to be laid out in Indiana Territory, 22: 74-75n, 100-102, 103-104n; contracts
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for & disputes over, 22:108,137- 38,146-47; early, in Indiana, 5: 50-53; 12:88,90,94,97; legisla- tion re improvement of, 12:94-95, 95-96,101,151-52,172; proposed (1832), 10:273-74; Brookville to Fort Harrison, 12:95-96, 103; Cincinnati to Indian- apolis, 11:262-64; Hancock Co., 11:285,287; Indianapolis to Fort Wayne, 12:151-52; Louis- ville to Vincennes, 22:62, see also Buffalo Trace; military, 12:70,103; Mount Vernon to New Harmony, 11:17; Vincennes to St. Louis, 22:74,146. See also Central Plank Road Company; Michigan Road; Migration routes; National Road; New Albany and Vincennes Turnpike.
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