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1 Cong. Globe, 1st Sess. 31st Cong., App., pt. i. p. 681.
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THE EMANCIPATION.
More than this, if our work is well done, justice has · been given to an almost forgotten generation of Indiana men. It has at various times been loosely stated that this man from the North, or that man from the South, saved Indiana from slavery. Not so. The men of In- diana did that. We honor Randolph, and Grayson, and Jefferson for their sentiments, as we do also Coit, and Dane, and King, but these men did not exclude slavery from Indiana, and, if we may believe the testimony that has been cited, they did not intend to do so. That we owe a debt of gratitude to the Congress that made the Ordinance, and to those that persisted in maintaining it as it was framed, is evident; but our gratitude cannot flow to either side of the line between North and South. If we consider the benefits derived from the Ordinance, we see benefactors from Virginia and Massachusetts standing side by side. If we look to the congressional action on petitions, we see that every Congress, regard- less of politics, declined to amend the Ordinance. If we look to the composition of the congressional com- mittees that acted on the petitions, we find them divided as evenly as possible between the North and the South, usually with an Indiana man in the balance; and of their six reports, three favoring the admission of slavery and three opposing it, we find two favoring and one op- posing by chairmen from the North, and one favoring and two opposing by chairmen from the South; in no instance do we find a minority report. If we look to the sentiment of the nation at the climax of the struggle in Indiana in 1807, we find Congress almost a unit for the abolition of the slave-trade, and yet we find no effort in Congress, from any section, to nullify the indenture law, as the anti-slavery men of Indiana had asked them.
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INDIANA.
If we look to the influence of literature, we find nothing from the North that had more effect in Indiana than Jefferson's "Notes on Virginia." At this day, when it seems fashionable to belittle Mr. Jefferson at all oppor- tunities, we commend to the people of Indiana the con- sideration of how much of the great anti-slavery report of General W. Johnston, and the revolution of sentiment connected with it, may be justly attributed to the in- fluence of the words of Thomas Jefferson. Nor is this suggestion thrown out for the purpose of bringing him into prominence to the disadvantage of his contempo- raries from the North. It is merely to restore, for our own purposes, the historical balance which the reaction of recent years has falsified. Nothing can now detract from the influence he had in determining our early con- troversies, and nothing should obscure his just credit in our remembrance of it. We do not go beyond the bounds of our State to give praise for the final solution of our local slavery question, for Congress put the solution upon the men of Indiana and they worked it out on Indiana soil. For the privilege of solving it, under the Ordi- nance, without the interference of Congress, our thanks go abroad, but to no section. As to this we write, as was inscribed on our contribution to the great monu- ment to the greatest of Americans : INDIANA KNOWS NO NORTH, NO SOUTH, NOTHING BUT THE UNION.
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INDEX.
ABBOTT, Lt. Gov., appointed superin- teudent of Vincennes, 81 ; returns to Detroit, 82.
Agouassake, Indian name of Wabash River, 16, 34.
Agriculture of French settlers, 94- 97, 102, 103; of Piankeshaws, 98; of Miamis, 122 ; of Americans, 270. Aspasia (a slave), case of, 230, 231 ; argument in case of, 248-252.
BACKUS, Elijah, agent to advocate slavery, 350; controversy of, with Parke, 357 ; opposes Harrison, 362. Baudrane, French name of Ohio River, 20.
Baumer, notary at Vincennes, carries off French deeds, 80, 99, 101.
Beggs, Charles, sketch of, 356; at Springville anti- slavery meeting, 358; lays out Charlestown, 390.
Beggs, James, a representative, 355 ; sketch of, 356 ; at Springville anti- slavery meeting, 358; politics of, 367 ; a councilor, 404; gives casting vote for repeal of indenture law, 405.
Beggs, John, sketch of, 356 ; chairman of Springville anti-slavery meeting, 358.
Biggs, Wm., a representative, 327 ; sketch of, 328 ; petitions for division of Ind. Ter., 343 ; reelected repre- sentative, 355 ; politics of, 367.
Blackford, Isaac, judge of the Su- preme Court, 437.
Bob and Anthony (slaves), case of, 432. Boisbriant, Pierre Dugué de, first gov-
ernor of Illinois, builds old Fort Chartres, 47; urges establishment of Vincennes, 51, 52 ; removed, 53, note.
Bond, Shadrach, Jr., member of Vin- cennes convention, 304; sketch of, 305; a representative, 327; op- poses division of Ind. Ter., 343 ; re-
elected representative, 355 ; a coun- cilor, 365 ; politics of, 367; Con- gressman from Ill. Ter., 384.
Bond, Shadrach, Sr., petitions for slavery, 290, 298.
Bowman, Capt. Joseph, joins Clark's expedition, 133, 134 ; expedition of, in 1779, 159.
Busseron, Major François, member of the Court of Vincennes, 157 ; sent to the Illinois, 167.
CANNIBALISM among Miamis, 23; among Indians generally, 24; de- cline of, 25 ; reference to, 30.
Carignan, regiment of, tradition con- cerning, 3; invades Iroquois coun- try, 6.
Chambers, Benj., sketch of, 326 ; con- nection of, with slavery petition of 1805, 341 ; refuses to sign slavery petition of 1807, 358.
Chaouanons, same as Shawnees.
Charivaris, sketch of, 110, 111.
Charlotte (a slave), case of, 231, 232, and note.
Clark, Gen. Geo. Rogers, project for occupying the Northwest, 132; ob- tains aid from Virginia, 133 ; sets out, 134; at Kaskaskia, 135, 138- 140; marches to Vincennes, 141- 143; captures Vincennes, 144-149; granted land by Piankeshaws, 150 ; further projects against the British, 156, 159-162 ; expedition of, against Wabash Indians, 163, 164; seizure of Spanish goods, 165-171; mis- treatment of, 173, 174; death of, 175.
Clark County, organized, 303, note ; bounds of, altered, 388, note.
Clark's Grant, conceded by the Indi- ans, 150 ; population of, in 1800, 296. Coldfoot (Miami chief) visits Mon- treal, 64; friendship to the French, 65, GG; death of, 67.
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Coles, Gov., statement of, as to French slaves, 242, 243.
Constitutional convention, campaign for, 419-422; election for, 423; membership of, 424, 425; anti- slavery provisions of, 426-430 ; feel- ings of people concerning, 430, 431. Coureurs de bois, rise of, 85; charac- ter of, 86-90 ; customs of, 91, 92. Coutume de Paris, force of, in the West, 271, note.
Crèvecœur fort, establishment of, 19. Croghan, Col., statement of, concern- ing Wabash posts, 58; captivity and release of, 75, 76.
Crozat, Anthony, grant of Louisiana to, 46 ; importation of negroes by, 257.
Cutler, Dr. Manasseh, appointed to act for Ohio Company, 199; starts to New York, 202, 203 ; influence of, on Ordinance of 1787, 206-208, 211 ; purchases lands for Ohio Com- pany, 216-218.
DALTON, Capt. V. T., commands troops at Vincennes, 161; seizes goods, 167 ; charges against, 168.
Dane, Nathan, said to be author of Ordinance of 1787, 177, 178; on committee to draft ordinance, 195, 203 ; introduces slavery clause, 204 ; claims of, to authorship of Ordi- nance, 205-210; political motives of, 213, 214 ; opinion of, as to bind- ing force of Ordinance, 249; as to meaning of slavery clause, 251, 252. Davis, Judge Thos. T., proposed for Congress, 328; chancellor of Ind. Ter., 329.
Dearborn County, organized, 319.
Decker, Luke, St. Clair's letter to, on slavery, 245; member of Vincennes convention, 303; a representative, 355 ; politics of, 367 ; case of slaves of, 432.
Dejean, Judge, captured and impris- oned, 149.
Delawares, removal to Indiana, 63; executions for witchcraft by, 121 ; intemperance of, 124; land grant by, 319, 380.
Denny, Major Ebenezer, statement of, as to founding of Vincennes, 57.
De Pauw, John, in constitutional convention, 425.
Dill, Gen. James, sketch of, 391; works for Randolph's election, 393, 395; reports from, 396, 397; in constitutional convention, 424.
Dred Scott (a slave), cases of, 232, 233.
Duer, Col., connection of, with Ohio Company's purchase, 216-218 ; in Scioto company, 266.
Du Moulin, John, petitions for slav- ery, 287.
EDGAR, John, petitions for slavery, 287, 298 ; representative in legisla- ture, 290; favors advance to second grade, 299; favors joining Louis- iana, 317 ; opposes advance to sec- ond grade, 323; favors division of Ind. Ter., 364.
Elections, first, in Indiana, 156.
FERRIS, Dr. Ezra, in constitutional convention, 424.
Fisher, Dr. George, favors advance to second grade, 323; petitions for slavery, 341 ; petitions for division of Ind. Ter., 350 ; reëlected repre- sentative, 355; a councilor, 365 ; politics of, 367.
Floyd, Davis, sketch of, 327; secre- tary of Springville anti- slavery meeting, 358 ; effect on, of connec- tion with Aaron Burr, 363, 364; in constitutional convention, 425.
Fort Chartres, founded, 47; French commandants of, 53 note, 63; Louis St. Ange at, 72, 73; Pontiac at, 74; English attempts to reach, 75; English commandants of, 76; destruction of, 77.
Fort Finney, treaty at, 198.
Fort Harmar, treaty of, 265.
Fort Jefferson, establishment and abandonment of, 158, 159.
Fort Knox, built at Vincennes, 265, note.
Fort Miamis (of the Maumee), cap- tured and burned, 64 ; rebuilt, 65; war at, 66; captured by Indians, 71 ; censns of, 94.
Fort Miamis (of the St. Joseph's), lo- cation of, 26 and note.
Fort Patrick Henry (at Vincennes), garrisoned, 150; garrison witli- drawn, 159.
Fort Sackville (British name of fort at Vincennes), condition of, 140 ; name changed, 150.
Fort St. Joseph's, location of, 26, uote; captured by the Spanish, 160.
Fort Wayne, error as to La Salle visit- ing, 26, note ; founding of, 265.
French settlers, numbers of, in In- diana, 94; communal relations of, 95-98 ; land titles of, 100, 101 ; agri- culture of, 102, 103; mills of, 101; vehicles of, 105; houses of, 106, 107; industries of, 108; public
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houses of, 109; clothing of, 110; social customs of, 111, 112 ; horti- culture of, 117 ; language of, 118; superstitions of, 119, 120 ; effect of, on Indians, 122-125 ; slavery among, 125-128; patriotism of, 129, 130 ; injustice of U. S. to, 151-155 ; mis- fortunes of, under Virginia, 158, 159 ; complaints from, 173 ; Vir- ginian, consideration for, 201, 202; provisions of Ordinance of 1787 as to, 219, 220; sufferings of, under early American rule, 268, 269 ; con- trasted with Americans, 269-271 ; effect of slavery agitation on, 291, 292 ; political sentiments of, 297. French soldiers, character of, 93. Fugitive slave law, origin of, 193. Furniture of French settlers, 107.
GAGE, Gen. Thomas, questions land titles at Vincennes, 78, 79 ; goes to England, 80; deeds submitted to, 101.
George (a slave), case of, 237, 238 ; Gen. Harrison's relations to, 312- 314.
Gibault, Father, secures Vincennes to Americans, 136; aids Vigo, 140; excommunicated, 151 ; injustice to, 152; a Yankee view of, 267.
Gibson, Jolın, secretay of Indian Ter- ritory, 294; acting governor of In- diana, 412.
Grammar, John, speech of, on indent- ures, 433.
Grayson, Wm., votes to exclude slavery from the West, 192.
Greenville Treaty, cause of, 265; ef- fects of, 266.
Gwathmey, Samuel, sketch of, 326.
HAMILTON, Lt. Gov., employs Indians in frontier wars, 131; captures Vincennes, 138, 139 ; releases Vigo, 140; surprised by Clark, 145; sur- renders Vincennes, 146-148 ; im- prisonment of, 149.
Hamtramck, Major J. F., appointed commandant of Vincennes, 261 ; administration of, 262; stationed at Ft. Wayne, 265; procures corn for Vincennes, 269 ; saves Lasselle, 438, note.
Harmar, Gen., statement of, as to founding of Vincennes, 57 ; expels settlers from north of the Ohio, 200; sent to Vincennes, 261 ; abol- ishes court, 262; description of Vincennes, 267.
Harrison, Wm. H., error of, as to Iro- quois invasion, 26; becomes secre-
tary of N. W. Ter., 277 ; representa- tive from N. W. Ter., 278, 279; standing of, in national politics, 280, 281, 300 ; secures division of N. W. Ter., 282 ; secures change in land laws, 283, 284 ; governor of Ind. Ter., 294; opposes advance to sec- ond grade, 299-301 ; conciliatory steps of, 302 ; calls Vincennes con- vention to secure admission of slavery, 303; president of same, 305 ; indorsed by same, 307; pro- slavery views of, 309-314 ; approves indenture laws, 316, 330, 348, 349 ; favors advance to second grade, 320; quarrels with John Rice Jones, 361, 362; conference with Tecumthe, 381; veto by, 383 ; re- districts the Territory, 388 ; oppo- sition of, to Jennings, 395, 397, 400, 403, 408 ; leaves Indiana, 412 ; char- acter of, 413, 414; peculiarities of, 414-416.
Harrison County, organized, 388, note.
Harry (a slave), case of, 233, 234.
Hay, John, sketch of, 326; petitions for division of Ind. Ter., 343.
Hay, Major, conduct of, at Vincennes, 147 ; imprisonment of, 149.
Helm, Capt. Leonard, joins Clark's expedition, 133, 134; commands at Vincennes, 137 ; surrenders to Ham- ilton, 139; at Fort Sackville, 145; at capitulation of Vincennes, 147 ; expedition of, up the Wabash, 149 ; put in charge of Indian affairs, 151. Hendricks, William, secretary of con- stitutional convention, 425 ; official career of, 425, note.
Holder, Col. John, commands at Vin- cennes, 164.
Holman, George, settles on the White- water, 392; becomes friendly to Jennings, 394, 395.
Holman, Joseph, agent of Log con- vention, 393 ; reconciled to Jen- nings, 394, 395; in constitutional convention, 424.
Holman, Jesse L., judge of the Su- preme Court, 439.
Houses of French settlers, 106.
ILLINOIS Indians, territory of, 19 ; lo- cation of, 22; at war with Indiana Indians, 42; English name of, 43. Illinois, slavery decisions in, 235-237 ; population of, in 1808, 379; early politics of, 384 ; growth of slavery in, under indenture system, 406.
Indenture of negroes, law of 1803 for, 314-316; law of 1805 for, 329-334;
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invalidity of law, 334-336; amend- ments of 1806, 348, 349; repeal of law, 405; evil effects of law, 406; constitutional provision against, 429; constitutional provision un- heeded, 433; mistreatment of ne- groes, 434.
Indiana (Ter. and State), slavery de- cisions in, 237-242 ; fundamental law of, 282, 283; beginning of, 294; population of, in 1800, 295, 296; Louisiana added to, for government, 317, 318 ; advances to second grade, 319-324; criticism of, for admitting indented negroes, 330-334; slavery sentiment in 1805-1806,337, 344, 348, 354 ; proposals for division of, 337- 354; division of, 378, 379 ; land ces- sions in, 380, 381 ; industries of, in 1810, 382; government of, from 1808, 383; complications arising from division act, 401 ; restoration of order, 403, 404 ; petition for en- abling act, 419; constitutional con- vention in, 423-429; admission of State, 430; political effects of slavery in, 442.
Indiana (old Indian grant), location of, 182, note.
Indians (see also various tribal names), early locations of, 22; can- nibalism of, 23, 24; slavery among, 25; effect on, by La Salle, 26-33; movement of, at beginning of 18th century, 35, 36, 42-45 ; coureurs de bois among, 85-91; debauches of, 123-125; as French slaves, 126; employed in war by British, 131; treat with Clark, 138; wars with, 1779-1784, 159-162 ; American trea- ties with, 198 ; American wars with, 264-266; treatment of, by Gov. Harrison, 413.
Innis, Atty. Gen., double dealing of, 171; refuses to act against Clark, 173.
Intemperance of French settlers, 109; of Indians, 123-125; of Gen. Clark, 164, 167, 168, 175; early laws against, 262, 272, 302.
Iroquois Indians, prevent French ex- ploration south of great lakes, 5, 6; destroy La Salle's colony, 26 ; war with the French, 35.
JARROT, Joseph (a slave), case of, 235, 236.
Jefferson, Thomas, aids Clark, 133; opinion of Clark, 175; Ordinance of 1787 attributed to, 178; draws resolutions of 1784, 180, 181 ; urges concessions by Virginia, 182, 183 ;
opposes extension of slavery, 184- 186 ; goes abroad, 187 ; message of, against slave trade, 351, 352 ; influ- ence of, on termination of slavery in Indiana, 372, 375, 444.
Jennings, Jonathan, sketch of, 389 ; a candidate for Congressman, 390; campaign of, 391-397 ; elected, 398 ; attempt to involve, in a duel, 399 ; pro-slavery men's hatred of, 400; contest of seat of, 401-403 ; second campaign against Randolph, 406- 410; campaign against Taylor, 411; campaign against Sparks, 418 ; cam- paign for constitutional convention, 420 ; president of convention, 425. Jesuits, not first settlers, 92; at Kas- kaskia, 104; mills of, 104 ; brewer- ies of, 108.
Johnson, John, opinion as to slavery in Indiana Territory, 239; bonds- man for George and Peggy, 313 ; favors advance to second grade, 322 ; representative, 327 ; petitions for slavery, 341 ; revises laws, 358; a candidate for representative, 385 ; elected, 387; a candidate for Con- gressman, 388; declines to with- draw, 397 ; defeated, 398; in con- stitutional convention, 425-427.
Johnston, General W., becomes bondsman for George and Peggy, 313; favors advance to second grade, 322; a representative, 355 ; sketch of, 356; politics of, 367 ; a candidate for Congress, 368; votes against division, 369; anti-slavery report of, 370-376; elected speaker, 377 ; candidate for reëlection, 386 ; elected, 387 ; reelected, 404.
Jones, John Rice, with Clark at Vin- cennes, 164; gives receipts for im- pressed goods, 167 ; charges against, 168 ; petitions for slavery, 298; sec- retary of Vincennes convention, 305; recommended for chief jus- tice, 307 ; favors advance to second grade, 323; a councilor, 326 ; peti- tions for slavery, 341 ; revises laws, 358; quarrels with Harrison, 361, 362; politics of, 367 ; a candidate for Congress, 368; tests J. B. Thomas, 376; leaves Indiana, 380. Jones, Rice, sketch of, 366; politics of, 367 ; murder of, 377.
Juchereau, Sieur, establishes post at mouth of Ohio, 37; death of, 39; route of, 40.
KEKIONGA (Indian town, site of Ft. Wayne), Miamis at, 45; efforts for abandonment of, 48, 49 ; meaning
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of name, 48, note, 65 ; abandoned, 64 ; Croghan's description of, 116. Kethtippecannunk, Indian town, meaning of name, 67, note ; destruc- tion of, 116, note.
Kichtages, same as Illinois, 43.
Kickapoos, early location of, 6, 33 ; land grants by, 380, 381.
King, Rufus, proposes slavery clause, 192.
Kiuney, Amory, sketch of, 436; anti- slavery services of, 439.
Knox County, organized, 272; bounds of, altered, 303, note, 388, note.
LA BALME, expedition of, 159, 160, 437.
La Demoiselle (Miami chief), retires to Big Miami, G5; treachery of, 66; fight with, 68.
Lamothe Kadillac, Sieur de, estab- lishes Detroit in 1701, 44.
Land titles of French settlers, 94, 95 ; of Piankeshaws, 98, 99 ; establish- ment of, 101, 102; confused by Court of Vincennes, 157, 158.
La Salle, Sieur de, explores south of great lakes, 6, 7, 8 ; discovers Ohio River, 9-14; trade of, in Ohio val- ley, 17-20 ; quarrel with Iroquois, 21; position of, in 1679-81, 26 ; es- tablishes confederacy of Indians, 27, 28; colony of, 32, 33, 34; ex- plores Indiana, 31, 34.
Lasselle, Antoine, anecdote of, 438, note.
Lasselle, Hyacinthe, Johnson's opin- ion as to slaves of, 239, 240; Su- preme Court's decision as to same, 241; sketch of, 436, 437 ; test case on slave of, 438-441.
Laws, Virginia preserves, against an- cient French, 155; invalidity of, in N. W. Ter., 272, 273 ; of N.W. Ter. preserved in Indiana, 294, 295.
Lee, Richard Henry, on committee to prepare Ordinance of 1787, 203; in- fluence of, 205, 208.
Le Gras, P., commands at Vincennes, 157, 158; Clark's charges against, 159; charged with hostility to Americans, 103.
" Letters of Decius," description of, 302, note, 328.
Liquors, used by French settlers, 108, 113; used by American settlers, 109.
Lochry (Loughery), Col. Archibald, defeat of, 160.
Log convention, account of, 392-395; result of, 398.
Louisiana, province or colony of, in-
cluded Vincennes, 58 ; purchase of, by U. S., 316; Illinois people de- sire to be added to, 317; added to Indiana for government, 317, 318. Lydia (a slave), case of, 235.
McDONALD, Col. George, sketch of, 436; anti-slavery services of, 439.
McIntosh, William, opposes advance to second grade, 323 ; probable au- thor of Letters of Decius, 328 ; op- poses Harrison, 362 ; sued for slan- der, 413.
McNamee, Dr., challenged by Ran- dolph, 399.
Manufactures in Indiana in 1810, 382. Mary, an indented negress, case of, 334, note.
Mardi Gras, ancient celebration of, 111.
Mascoutins, early location of, 6, 33 ; move to mouth of the Ohio, 36; at Detroit, 37; effort for conversion of, 36, 39; meution of, 42; de- struction of, 45.
Menard, Pierre, member of Vin- cennes convention, 304 ; favors ad- vance to second grade, 323 ; a coun- cilor, 326 ; petitions for slavery, 348.
Merry, John (a slave), case of, 228. Messinger, John, sketch of, 366 ; poli- tics of, 367.
Miami Indians, missions to, before 1669, 6; territory of, 19; early lo- cation of, 22; cannibalism of, 23, 24 ; agree to join La Salle, 28; visit Montreal, 29, 30; location of, in La Salle's colony, and number of, 33; location in 1695, 35, 43 ; at war with Illinois, 42; English propose to trade with, 43; location in 1712 and 1718, 45; attempt to move, 48, 49; troubles with the French, 64- 68; capture Fort Miami, 71; agri- culture of, 122; intemperance of, 124, 125 ; land grants by, 380, 381. Michigan, slavery decisions in, 224 ; added to Indian Territory, 319; an independent territory, 325, note.
Mills, of early settlers, 104; for cider- making, 118.
Monroe, James, proposes plan for di- vision of western territory, 194; reasons for same, 195; plan of, for western government, 196; plan of, included in Ordinance of 1787, 205.
Morrison, Robert, proposed as secre- tary of Louisiana Territory, 317; petitions for slavery, 298; member of Vincennes convention, 304.
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Morrison, William, petitions for slav-
ery, 287, 298 ; favors joining Louis- iana, 317 ; opposes advance to sec- ond grade, 323 ; seconds Rice Jones, 377.
NEW YEAR'S DAY, ancient celebration of, 111, 112.
Nicholas (Huron chief), conspiracy of, 64, 65.
Noble, James, in constitutional con- vention, 424.
Northwestern Confederacy (of Indi- ans), formed, 161; first wars of, 162, 165.
OHIO COMPANY, origin of, 196 ; connec- tion of, with Ordinance of 1787, 197- 201, 206, 211 ; purchase of lands by, 216-218.
Ohio River (Belle Rivière, Beautiful River), discovery and exploration of, 7-14; misnomer of, 14-17; La Salle's description of, 20 ; establish- ment on, in 1702, 37-40 ; first steam- boats on, 382.
Ordinance of 1787 (see also Slavery and Slavery Proviso), controversy as to authorship of, 177, 178; gerin of, 180-188; gradual development of principles of, 189-196 ; immediate causes of passage of, 200-203 ; com- ponent parts of, 204, 205 ; author- ship of, 205-210; political features of passage of, 211-215; binding force of, 249-251; respect for, in Northwest Territcry, 293; changes of, for Indian Territory, 383.
Osborn, Jchn W., sketch of, 435; aids in test case against slavery, 439.
Ouabache (Ouabouskiaou, Ouabousti- kou, see Wabash), same as Wabash, 15; applied to the lower Ohio, 14; early jurisdiction of, 46, 47 ; call for a post on, 51-53 ; Vincernes found- ed, 54, 55; evidence of dates of posts on, 56-58, 61 ; first steamboats on, 382.
Ouiatanon, Post, see Post Quiatanon. Ouiatancns (Weas, a tribe of the Mi- ami nation), early location of, 22, 23; meaning of name, 23, note; enter alliance against Iroquois, 30 ; Iccation in La Salle's confederacy, 32; location in 1095, 35; at war with Illinois, 42, 48; location in 1703, 45 ; location in 1718, 45; post established : mong, 49,50; Vincennes with, 53; troubles with the French, 64; attack the English, 70, 71 ; Ab- bott among, 81 ; mention of, 113.
PANIS (see Slavery), meaning of word, 254, note.
Parke, Benjamin, favors advance to second grade, 322; challenges Mc- Intosh, 323 ; a representative, 327 ; elected to Congress, 328; services of, 329 ; petitions for slavery, 341 ; favors division of Indian Territory, 354; reëlected to Congress, 357; opposes division of Indian Terri- tory, 365; in constitutional conven- tion, 425.
Parsons, Gen. S. H., undertakes pur- chase of lands for Ohio Company, 199, 200; turns purchase over to Cutler, 202 ; Cutler's plans for, 217 ; appointed judge, 263.
Pecongar, Mason, suit of, 432.
Peggy (a slave), case of, 237-239 ; Har- riscn's relations to, 312-314.
Pennington, Dennis, a representative, 404; in constitutional convention, 424, 425.
Perrey, Jean François, sketch of, 304 ; nominated for councilor, 325.
Phillibert, Etienne, notary at Vin- cennes, 79, 80, 101.
Piankeshaws (Peanghichias), location of, in La Salle's colony, 32; attack the French, 66 ; adopt agricultural life, 98; grant land to people of Vincennes, 99-101; treat with Helm, 137, 138 ; offer to aid Clark, 145 ; present land to Clark, 150.
Pickawillany, English fort built at, 66; battle at, 68.
Pickering, Col. Timothy, urges exclu- sion of slavery from Northwest, 191- 193 ; helps organize Ohio Company, 196, 197 ; and Harrison, 279, 281.
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