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Piernas, Don Pedro, commands at St.
Louis, 82; attests St. Ange's will, 83.
Pierre (a slave), case of, 225, 226. Pointe Coupée, location of, 99, note. Polly (a slave), Johnson's opinion as to, 239; case of, 241, 242, 439 ; sketch of, 438, 441.
Pontiac, meets Major Rogers, 69; con- spiracy of, 70-72 ; seeks aid from the French, 74; makes peace with Crcghan, 75, 76; death of, 83.
Posey, Gen. Thomas, cffort of, to bring slaves to Northwest Territory, 289; governor of Indian Territory, 412; sketch of, 417, 418.
Post Quiatanon, founding of, 49; de- scription of, 50; evidence of date of founding, 55-58; old name of, 61 ; surrendered to English, 69 ; cap- tured by Indians, 71 ; census of, 94 ; Hutchins's description of, 113 ; Cro-
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ghan's description of, 115; aban- donment of, 116, note ; slavery at, 126 ; under Virginia, 151; Indian council at, 162.
Post Vincennes, see Vincennes. Pourré, Capt. Eugenio, expedition of, 160.
QUAKER settlers, support Jennings for Congress, 391, 392, 395, 398 ; object to militia laws, 408, 409; ask for constitutional provision against slavery, 426.
RACINE, Jean Baptiste, see Ste. Marie. Randolph, John, opposes introduc- tion of slavery to Indiana, 308; sen- timents as to slave-trade, 353 ; pre- diction of, as to slavery, 374.
Randolph, Thomas, sketch of, 361, 362; candidate for representative, 386; candidate for Congressman, 388; campaign of, 391, 395-397; defeated, 398; challenges McNa- mee, 399; contests Jennings's seat, 401-403; second campaign against Jennings, 406-410; death of, 410.
Renault, Philip Francis, brings ne- groes to Illinois, 258.
SAM (a slave), case of, 250, 251. Sargent, Winthrop, secretary of North- west Territory, statement of, as to French land titles, 95, 96, 98; gen- eral dislike of, 277.
St. Ange, Jean, commands at Fort Chartres, 53, note ; petitions for ap- pointment for his son, 60.
St. Ange, Louis, appointed command- ant of Vincennes, 60; character of, 62; prepares to fight Indians, 66; leaves Vincennes, 72; at Fort Char- tres, 73; meets Pontiac, 74; sur- renders Fort Chartres, 76; testifies to land titles at Vincennes, 79; at St. Louis, 82; will of, 83; death of, 84; grants land to Piankeshaws, 98; deeds from, 101.
St. Ange, Pierre Grosson, at Vin- cennes, 55; death of, 60.
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur, connection of, with Ohio Company's purchase, 217, 218; declarations of, as to meaning of slavery proviso, 245-248, 291 ; sympathy of, for French settlers, 268, 269; visits Illinois country, 271, 272; political movements of, 275-281; statement of, as to pro- slavery feeling in Northwest Terri- tory, 292.
St. Clair, William, petitions for slav- ery, 287.
St. Jerome, French name of Wabash River, 16.
Ste. Marie, concessions of land by, 78-80 ; commands at Vincennes, 82. Scott, Judge James, in constitutional convention, 424 ; vote of, as to slav- ery, 427 ; on Committee on General Provisions, 427 ; on supreme bench, 439.
Shawnees (Showonoes, Chaouanons), early location of, in Ohio valley, 22 ; join La Salle, 27-31 ; location in La Salle's confederacy, 32; migra- tions of, 63; driven to hostility, 132; oppose advance of Americans, 198.
Slavery, origin of, among Indians, 25; on the Wabash, 126; regulation of, 127; condition of slaves, 128, 129; phases of, in American politics, 190; proposals to exclude, in Northwest, 191-193, 197; influence of, on pas- sage of Ordinance of 1787, 212-215; meaning of Ordinance as to, 219- 252; origin and nature of, in Indi- ana, 253-258 ; extent of, in Indiana, 259, 260; efforts to introduce, in Northwest Territory, 284-289; feel- ing as to, in Northwest Territory, 290-293; number of slaves in Indi- ana in 1800, 296; petitiou of 1801 for, 297, 298; Vincennes convention to secure admission of, 302, 308 ; General Harrison's views of, 309- 314; Indiana laws of 1803 as to, 315, 316; laws of 1805 as to, 329- 336; amendments of 1806, 348, 349 ; national sentiment as to, in 1806, 1807, 351-354 ; petitions of 1808 for and against,368-370 ; report against, 370-374; effect of same, 375, 376; change of sentiment in Indiana, 385, 387, 388; Jennings opposes, 389-398; indenture law repealed, 405; growth of, in Indiana, under indenture system, 406; question kept in territorial campaigns, 410, 411, 418, 419; in electing constitu- tional convention, 421-423 ; prohib- ited in Constitution, 426-430 ; dies out in eastern counties, 431; con- tinued in western counties, 432, 433 ; treatment of slaves, 434; extent of, in Indiana in 1820, 435; test case, 437-440; slavery ends, 441; sum- mary of question, 442-444.
Slavery proviso (in Ordinance of 1787), origin of, 191-193, 197; introduced in Ordinance, 204, 206; political causes for adoption of, 211-215; question as to meaning of, 219-222; decisions of the courts as to mean-
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ing, 223-241; Governor Coles's state- ment, 242; Tardiveau's statement, 244; St. Clair's statements, 245- 248, 291; Wirt's argument, 249- 252; nature of slavery under, 253- 258; extent of slavery under, 259, 200; attempt to secure repeal of, 284-288 ; petition of 1801 for repeal of, 296-299 ; petition of Vincennes convention for repeal of, 305-308 ; petitions of 1805 for suspension of, 336, 347; petitions of 1806 as to same, 348, 351, 354 ; petitions of 1807 as to same, 357-363 ; desired as fun- damental law of the State,419 ; incor- porated in Constitution, 428, 429.
Small, Col. John, first representative of Indiana, 274 ; pro-slavery feeling of, 290; a slaveholder, 290, note.
Smith, Sol., at Vincennes, 433; anec- dote by, 434.
Spaniards, make claims to the North- west, 160; western troubles with, 165-107, 172.
Sparks, Judge Elijah, candidate for Congressman, 418.
Springville anti-slavery meeting, ac- count of, 358; doctrine of squatter sovereignty originates in, 359.
Squatter sovereignty, doctrine of, originates in Indiana, 359, 418. Steamboats, first, in Indiana, 382.
TABAC (Piankeshaw chief), treats with Clark, 137, 138; tenders aid to Clark, 145.
Tabhs, Moses, sketch of, 436 ; anti- slavery services of, 439.
Tardiveau, Bartholomew, statement of, as to slavery clause, 244, 245 ; character of, 244, note.
Taylor, Waller, sketch of, 361; seeks a duel with Jennings, 398, 399 ; can- didate for Congressman, 411.
Tecumthe (Shawnee chief), troubles with, 381.
" Ten o'clock line," what was, 380.
Terre Haute, ancient boundary be- tween Louisiana and Canada, 58 ; first newspaper at, 435.
Theoteste, alias Catiche (a slave), case of, 229, 230.
Thomas, Jesse B., sketch of, 327; petitions for slavery, 341, 348; re- elected representative, 355 ; politics of, 367, 369, 376; a candidate for Congress, 308 ; promises of, 376; elected to Congress, 377; secures division of Ind. Ter., 378, 379.
Tippecanoe, meaning of name, 67, note ; town at mouth of, 116, note. Todd, Col. John, executions under,
119; controls civil government of the Northwest, 156 ; death of, 157.
Turner, Judge, opinion of, as to slavery under the Ordinance, 223 ; St. Clair's letter to, 246, 247 ; re- signs, 276.
"Twelve mile purchase," what was, 381.
Twightwees (Twichtwichts, Twig- twigs, etc.), a band of Miamis, 22 ; meaning of name, 22, note.
VANDERBURGH, Henry, quarrels with Judge Turner, 223; opinion of, in Polly's case, 238; a slave- holder, 240; St. Clair's opinion as to slaves of, 246, 247 ; sketch of, 274 ; a judge of Ind. Ter., 294 ; op- poses advance to second grade, 323. Vehicles of French settlers, 105.
Vigo, Col. Francis, sketch of, 139; aids Clark, 140; injustice to, 152, 155; member of Vincennes conven- tion, 303 ; favors advance to second grade, 322.
Villiers, Neyon de, governor of Illi- nois, 63 ; leaves Ft. Chartres, 72. Vincennes, François Morgan, Sieur de, sent to Kekionga, 49 ; sketch of, 49, note ; desired to establish post on Wabash, 52-54; at Post Vincennes, 55, 57 ; expedition against the Chickasaws, 59; death of, 60; land concessions by, 101.
Vincennes, Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de, reinforces Detroit, 45 ; sent to Kekionga, 48; death of, 48, 49; buried at Kekionga, 48, note ; sketch of, 49, note.
Vincennes Post, destruction of rec- ords at, 2; traditional statements concerning, 3, 4; confounded with Juchereau's post, 36-40; causes of founding of, 51-54; date of found- ing, 55-58; early government of, 58-60; names of, 61, 62 ; St. Ange leaves, 75; English neglect of, 78; titles at, questioned, 79, 80 ; Abbott in command of, 81, 82 ; first settlers of, 93, 94; agrarian customs of, 94-98 ; land titles at, 100-102; ag- riculture at, 102-104; Hutchins's description of, 112, 113 ; Croghan's description of, 114, 115; language at, 118; slavery at, 126; parish records of, 126, note ; Americans take possession of, 136; captured by Hamilton, 139; Clark marches against, 141-141 ; captured by Clark, 145- 149; garrisoned by Americans, 150; Virginia officials at, 157, 158; garrison withdrawn
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from, 159; Indians threaten, 162, 163; Clark takes possession of, 164-168 ; complaints from, 173; neglect of, 188, 189; legal nature of slavery at, 253, 257; extent of slavery at, 259, 260 ; under Major Hamtramck, 261, 262; Ft. Knox built at, 265, note ; Harmar and Buell's descriptions of, 267 ; suffer- ings of settlers, 268, 269 ; political ascendancy of Americans at, 270, 271 ; made capital of Indiana, 283 ; population of, in 1800, 296; pro- slavery convention at, 302-308; land office established at, 320; slaves at, in 1830, 441.
"Vincennes convention," called by Harrison, 302; composition of, 303- 305; petition of, for slavery, 305- 307; Randolph's report on, 308; further proceedings on, 309, 346.
WABASH RIVER (see also Ouabache), traditions of exploration of, 3, 4, 5 ;
meaning of name, 14, 15, and note ; confounded with the Ohio, 16, 17; first mention of trade on, 19; posts on, 55-58, 61 ; Abbott's description of, 81; land grants on, 99-102; portage of, 114 ; first steamboat on, 382.
Washington, Gen. George, theory of, for settlement of the West, 187; correspondence of, with Ohio Com- pany, 197 ; statement as to specula- tion in western lands, 200.
Wayne County, organized, 319; de- tached from Ind. Ter., 325, note. White River, Indian name of, 34.
Willing, the, built by Gen. Clark, 141 ; arrives at Vincennes, 149. Winny (a slave), case of, 227, 228. Witchcraft, executions for, 119, 121 ; belief in, 120.
YATES, Abraham, Jr., cause of vote of, against Ordinance of 1787, 215, and note.
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