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East of Kansas there have been no buffalo bones found in the many ancient mounds which have been examined. It is contended by some ethnologists and other scientists that there were no buffaloes in the Mississippi valley at the time of the mound builders, and at the time of the discovery of America, by Columbus, the range of these animals to the east was not so extensive as it was at a later period. From reading the reports of Marquette and others from 1680 up to 1700 it is found they contend the buffalo had not long been far east of the prairies of Illinois and their farther
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PIONEER HISTORY OF INDIANA.
eastern inhabitation about the foot hills of the Alleghany mountains was long after this date. It is doubted if the wild buffalo were ever on the Atlantic coast. The buffalo or bunch grass which grows so well in the northwest and cures upon the ground a perfect hay which will keep the stock in good condition the season through.may be the solution of this mat- ter, as it was the chief food of the buffalo. This grass does not grow to any extent east of Kansas. In the Dakotas the mound. builders made roads from one mound to another, paved with the leg bones of the buffalo. McAdams, in a very concise work on this subject says: "These paths were made of the leg bones of the buffalo which were very heavy and strong. The bones were laid side by side touching each other and imbedded in the ground so that only their top sur- faces were exposed and on the gentle slopes of the prairies for miles away, we could plainly discern the slim, white line from one mound to another. These bones had been placed neatly and with some precision and were fully imbedded in the hard earth which was a sort of a cement of gravel soil. One of these paths was nearly a mile in length and as we walked over it there was a metallic ring to our foot steps and not a single bone was misplaced."
The mounds were scattered all over the United States, from the northwest to the southeast and from the southwest to the northeast. Most of them are built in bottom lands or in the edge of the bottoms adjoining the hills and on all sides are about as steep as the earth would lie except one, where the laborers carried up the material.
Some of the mounds are of immense size. The one in Madison county, Illinois, at Kahoka, near St. Louis, is one hundred feet high and covers sixteen acres of ground. The old stone fort in Clark county, which is situated near Charles- ton and just above the mouth of Fourteen Mile creek, which forms the western wall and the Ohio river which makes the eastern wall is two hundred and eighty feet above the river bed.
The great majority of the emblematic mounds are in the state of Wisconsin and in the northwest. There are some in
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PIONEER HISTORY OF INDIANA.
the central and southern states. One of the most unusual is in Adams County, Ohio, and known as the Serpent mound, being in the form of a serpent swallowing or devouring some object. This mound is one thousand feet long and must have been, as well as the old stone fort, built for a place of defense or security from some enemy. Around the great Kahoka mound there are hundreds of smaller ones and all over the American bottoms many mounds exist or have been leveled down.
The site of the city of St. Louis when Laclede located it was dotted all over with mounds. They are in evidence in all sections of Indiana. Some of them cover several acres. There is one very large one about two miles west of Peters- burg, Indiana. At a point on the Wabash river, some miles above its mouth in Posey County, Indiana, the mound known as Bone Bank or Bone Bluff which at one time was an im- mense burial ground covering many acres of territory prob- ably was an island. As yet there is evidence that the river or one body of it ran on both sides of this mound as what is left of the bank slopes gradually back to a slough. The river has for ages been gradually undermining the mound and the larger portion of it has fallen into the water and the bones and vases which were in abundance have been carried away with the current. Since the recollection of men living near this great cemetery, the river has cut away several hundred feet of the bank. Many very fine vases have been found at this place. In making these burial vases work of a real artistic nature has been shown. On some shown the author by Colonel Owen at Indianapolis some years ago, when he was state geologist, the features of human being were carved or engraved and the work was so well done that the faces showed an animated human expression.
While gazing on these artificial hills and structures, in fancy one can see the long lines of basket laden aborigines, who in the far past, bygone ages, slowly heaped up these thrones of earth for some prince of their race and the mind wonders what bloody scenes of carnage to savage supersti- tion of old, may not have enacted there, countless centuries
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PIONEER HISTORY OF INDIANA.
before Columbus plowed the wild waves of an unknown ocean in search of an unknown country.
There are two points about which there can be but little controversy :
First .- The mound builders were a very different race to what the white people found here. Instead of depending upon the chase they were farmers and made their living by industriously working the soil which yielded them rich har- vest for their labor. They not only cultivated the soil of the great Mississippi valley but they were in vast numbers in the far west and in the arid soil of that dry region brought the waters of the different rivers to their aid in irrigating their crops, by thousands of miles of large and small ditches made and used by them for that purpose.
Second .- The great mounds were built as sepulchers for their dead. Not, as has been claimed by some, for idolatrous. worship. They intended to put their loved ones away so that nothing could ever disturb them and not like the Indian who swings his dead to the limbs of trees or puts them upon scaf- folds to be blown away as he had no abiding home, but like the wild Arab when chooses, folds his tent and steals away.
THE END.
INDEX.
Abbot. Governor --
Superintendent at Vincennes
28
goes to Detroit
28
Adams, John- Commissioner of Treaty of Paris 67 Anderson, Bailey .220
Army Roster, Battle of Tippe-
canoe
273-308
Anderson, Robert
Pioneer and Indian Fighter
229
Anderson, Sam
230
Anderson, Watt
231
Alley, Doddridge --
treed for a panther by own dogs.423
Astor, John Jacob
475
Alexander, Jessey
487
Asiatic Cholera
534
Adams, Dr. J. R.
571
deer
Adkins, Andrew -- Jerry Sullivan and others in raid on bridge watches at Dongola bridge .
Bowman, Captain Joseph-
company commander 27
captures Cahokia
commanded rear guard 39 plans to blow up forts 45 confers with Hamilton 50 Bayley, Lieut- leads attack on Ft. Sackville. . ..
43
service at Ft. Sackville
57
Bosseron, Maj. Francis-
dug up buried ammunition. 44
with Helm at capture of boats 52 letter to Winthrop Sargent ... 91 address to Winthrop Sargent ... 92 Brashear, Lieut. Richard-
commands garrison Post Vin- cennes 57
Buckongehelas ---
great chief of the Delawares .. 65 Butler, Gen. Richard --
makes treaty with Indians
65
Byrd, Capt. Wm .-
Secretary of Northwestern ter-
Baker, Gov. Conrad-
ritory . 103 letter to author 147
Beaujean, Captain
151
Barnard, James-
in boat fight at Diamond Island.199
Bee Hunting
336
Bonty, Jacob-
Built water mill .324 Boone, Daniel- presents gun to Chief Treat-
Bartholomew, Col .--- .374 way .... ..
expedition against Indians . 374 wounded at Tippecanoe 268 Berry, Lieut .-
killed in battle
268
Boyd, Col. John P .-
brings 4th Inf. to Ft. Knox .... 253
commands brigade
. 254
Blackford, Isaac-
elected Speaker of House of Rep-
resentatives
393
Boundary and Area of State.
.395
Bank of Vincennes, with Branches
Fails
Boone, Ratliffe-
403
becomes governor 404
Burr, Aaron-
his conspiracy
471
Bears, a desperate battle with ... 474
Bailey, Sergeant
477
Battle, by bears,
panthers
480
and
Brave women
529
Board of Internal Improvements-
first meeting
535
Boys and Bear Cubs
559
Beard, John
521
Barrett, John W.
566
Cadillac, La Mott-
authorized by Count
Ponchar-
train to erect frontier forts
19
Clark, Gen. Geo. Rogers-
born Nov. 19, 1752
24
officer in Dunmore's war
24
first visit to Kentucky
25
commands
expedition
against
Kaskaskia and Vincennes
27
captures Kaskaskia
35
captures Vincennes
37-52
plans to capture Detroit
59
drew plans of Louisville
60
commanded
expedition
against
Detroit
61
let out of service
62.
marched troops to Vincennes.
63
at Vincennes
64
makes treaties with Indians. . 65-66 achievements secured Northwest Territory to United States. . 67
died at home of his sister 68
Campbell, Col .-
sent letters to Clark
28
Chaplain, Lieut .-
with Brashear at Vincennes. 57
Colbert, Scotsman-
commanded Indians 60 .
Craig, John, Jr .-
commissioner to purchase
sup-
plies
64
Croghan, Mrs. Wm .---
General Clark's sister
68
Cutler, Rev. Manasseh-
agent, of Massachusetts Co ...
74 .
drafts ordinance for government
of Northwest Territory and se-
587
%
634
PIONEER HISTORY OF INDIANA.
cures its passage by Congress ... 75
Commissioners who executed deed
for Virginia to the Northwest Territory 72
Samuel Hardy, Arthur Lee,
James Monroe, Thos. Jefferson. Committee Reporting an Ordinance for Northwest Territory 73
Thos. Jefferson, Chas of Ohio, Howle of Rhode Island.
Cockrum, Wm. R .- purchased a steamboat 173
Committee to Address President of
United States
. 252
Samuel Scott, Alexander Deven,
Luke Decker, Ephriam Jordon,
Daniel McClure, Capt. Walter
Wilson.
Clark, Major Masten G. .260
Committee to Select State Capitol. 404
Congress authorizes a grant of land
to the Wabash and Erie Canal. 425
Chapter on Natural History of Ani mals and Birds that were in In-
1 diana . . 427-457
Caldwell, John
477
Crow, James
.556
Coburn, General John 521
Cockrum, Col. J. W ...
566
Crittenden, Genl. T. L.
609
Choctaw, John
619
De Vincennes, Francis Morgan-
for whom post Vincennes was named
21
killed 1736 by Indians 21
DeLafont, Dr .-
accompanied Father Gibault
32
DuQuesne, Governor
22
Dejean, Philip-
British magistrate of Detroit.
. .
53
Dalton, Captain-
artillery officer
64
Denny, Captain ---
present when treaty is made 66
Decker, Luke-
member of legislative council. . 224 Gullick, Mrs. Nancy- signs request to president . 252 describes pioneer cooking 321
Diamond Island Boat Fight with Indians-The killed .. 109
Geo. Talbert, Thos. West. Mrs.
Thos. West, David Hope, Mrs. David Hope.
Davidson, Jasper N .- gives valuable data 162
Davis, Joel
202
Davis, Major Joseph H.
.267
killed at Tippecanoe 268
Dubois, Capt. Toussant ---
commands Harrison scouts 250
Delegates who formed the first con-
stitution
.390-391
Davis, George- escaped from Indians 4 . 3
Davis, Nancy-
raising geese 501
Decker, John
573
Edeline, Louis --- signs address to Winthrop Sar- gent . 91 Embree, Captain D. F. 128 Ernest, Ell, Scout 220 Evans, Col. Robt. M .-
commands Rangers
370
. mentioned ..
371
Early Days around Sprinkleburg,
now Newburg .502
Embree, Gen. Wm .- 571
Education Committee .458
John Badallet, David Hart, Wm. Martin, John Welch, Thomas C. Sereal, Daniel J. Casswell, John Todd.
Foote, Ziba- drowned in Foote's pond 128
Fauchit, Mr ... 152 Franklin, Benjamin-
commissioner of treaty of Paris 67 Fuqua, John-
scout of Harrison's 176-224
Flax Industries
327
Falls, Robt .--
built horse mill . 324
Flatboating
. 508
Gibault, Father M .-- village priest 30
favored the Americans 31
emmissary of Clark's 32
George, Captain -- commands at Kaskaskia 57
Gamelin, Antoine ----
special envoy to Indians 80
Chappell, Capt. J. E. .488 submits his report 87 address to Winthrop Sargent 92
Gladwin, Major-
experience with Pontiac 88
Gamelin, Pierre
91-92
Gamelin, Paul 92
Griscom, Mary-
killed. by Indians 108
Gibson, Gen. John-
Secretary of Ind. territory 130 letters to Capt. Hargrove 203
acting governor 247
sketch of his life 377
Griffith, John -- territorial judge 130
Genet, M .. ..
..
.152
Girty, Simon, captures Richard Rue and Geo. Holeman 157
Greenup, Col .-- father of Mrs. Larkin 202
Griffey, Jonas and Casaway- believed in witchcraft .339
Gurney, James and Son ---
killed by panther near Velpin. 486-7
Girl, killed by panthers 503 Grigsby, fight with bear 506
Gavitt, Smith
617
Hamilton, Lieut. Governor Henry recaptures Vincennes 35 ordered by Clark to surrender
garrison
47
letters to Clark 48 conference with Clark 49 articles of capitulation 51
Henry, Gov. Patrick- approves Clark's plan of cam- paign
27 informed of Clark's success 35 Helm, Captain Leonard- company commander 27 commands post Vincennes 33
wins friendship of Tobacco's
son
34
surrenders fort to Hamilton. 36 prisoner during Clark's attack. 44 present at conference 49 captures British, boats 52 Superintendent of Indian affairs 57
635
PIONEER HISTORY OF INDIANA.
chastises Delaware Indians ... 58 Harrod, Capt. Wm .-
Captain in Clark's command. 27
Henry, Moses-
prisoner in fort Sackville
43
appointed Indian agent
57
Henry. Mrs .--
conveys news to Captain Helm. 43 Hay, Major-
British Supt. Indian affairs ... 49
Harrison, Gov. Benjamin-
rebuked by Clark
50
Dubois Co ..
498-9
Internal Improvements-
. 538
work done, with cost
governor of Virginia
62
signer of Declaration of Inde- pendence-father of Gen'l Har- rison 240 Holder, Col. John-
commander at post Vincennes .. 64
Harmor, General ---
stops courts from granting lands 70 consults with Gen. St. Clair ... 93
leaves Fort Washington with army .. 94
Hamtramck, Maj. J. F.
commands at Vincennes
80
sends Gamelin's report to St.
Clair
87
citizens
address complimentary
letter
91
authorized to enlist malitia
93
marches up Wabash river
95
commands Ft. Wayne as colonel. 101
Harrison, Gen. Wm. Henry-
elected to Congress 103
Indiana territory formed
104
appointed governor
133
issues proclamation
144
letters to Captain Hargrove.
203
place of birth
.240
Hardin, Joel-
captured by Indians
at
Honey
Springs, Pike Co.
174
Houchins, Jesse
175
Harrison, Otho
180
Hargrove, Jacob W .--
gave author valuable data
.203
marking wolves
499
Hargrove, Col. Wm .-
receives orders and instructions
from General Harrison
. 202-229
Hogue, Sergeant
220
Hathaway, John --
built flouring
mill
at
Wins-
low
324-584
Hutson, Family-
killed by Indians
339
Hopkins, General-
army mutinies
362
Harrison, Christopher ---
elected Lieut. governor
392
Hendricks, Wm .-
elected to Congress .392
elected governor
. 404
message to legislature recom-
mending internal improvements. 425
Home Defender
406
Hoosier
408
Hunting wolves
499
Hunting deer
504
Hardin. Steve
572
Hunter, Rev. Hiram-
releasing kidnaped negroes
.594
Hanover, J. T ...
602
Hanover. J. T., letter
.612
Innis. Mr .-
receives letter from Jefferson
67
Indenture Papers .142-145 Joseph Barton, Thomas Turner, Geo. Endicott, Joe Boyce, Jis. Boswell, Noah Freeman, Mary Ann, Jason Brown, James Hart- wel', Chas. Hope, Thomas Tru- man, Joseph Forth, Thos. Agnewv. Indianapolis -- selected as location of capitol. 405 Indians killed near Knoxville in
Indian barbarity
.555
Jefferson, Hon. Thomas-
writes Mr. Innis of Kentucky .. 67 executes deed of conveyance from Virginia to Northwest territory 72 Jay, John --
commissioner of treaty of Paris 67
Johnson, James
92.
Johnson, David-
great and noted hunter
167
meets Joel Hardin
174
experience with
tanned
shoes. . 332
has battle with bear
490
transformed hog
.460
Jennings, Gov. Jonathan-
delegate to congress
234
secures
memorial
for
legisla-
ture
389
elected governor
292
message to legislature
393
sounds first note for internal im-
provements
398
legislature in extra
session
404
Governor and Thos. Oglesby
479
Tones. James
.477
Judson, John
573
Jones, Col. J. G ..
.611
Tohnagn. fen. Sidney A. 609
Kennedy, Patrick-
Quartermaster
57
Knox, Gen. Henry-
secretary of war
95
Kimball, Jesse
216
builds water mill
.323
324
Kirk, Mason --
built flouring. mill
on
Patoka
river
324
Kilnoning negroes
562
Kidnaping of Rube
562
Knowlton, Mr.
595
LaSalle, Robt. D .-
explorations
on
Wabash
and
other rivers and lakes
19
French claims based on his dis-
coveries
22
Lalott. Cantoin_
British partisan officer 43
permitted to re-enter fort 46
Lagrass, Col .-
dug un buried ammunition 44 Trith Helm at canture of boats .. 52 commander at Post Vincennes. . 70 claims authority to dispose of
public lands
90
Lockerv. Col .-
killed by Indians at mouth
of
Lockrey creek, Ohio river
61
Lee, Gen. Arthur-
makes treaty with Indians
65
Tfavette, Ceneral
151
Lurans, Col. John
151
LaTure, Jean-
636
PIONEER HISTORY OF INDIANA.
captured by Indians 171
Leathers, Wm ... 177
Lemaster, Conrad 176
Laverne, Interpreter 181
Larkin Family-
Larkin killed and family cap-
tured near Otwell, Pike Co. .201
Loom and Whip saw
.329
Lincoln, Abraham-
burial of his mother
.331
Logan, Indian Chief- historical sketch 379
Lilly, Wm. H .-
elected auditor of state
397
Lane, Daniel C .-
elected treasurer of state
.397
Lamb, Staunton
488
Lane, General Joseph 511
Land Sharks
525
Land speculators
527
Lacey, Major M. M. 606
Mather, Rev. Cotton
22
Montgomery, Captain John-
commands company
27
carries dispatenes 33
trustee of town of Clarksville.
72
Myres, Wm .-
government express to Clark. 52
Members of Council .103 Henry Vanderburg, Robt. Oliver, James Finley, Jacob Barnett, David Vance.
Members of Legislative Council and Representatives Dissolved ..... 234 Solomon Manwaring, Thos. Down,
Harvey Heath, Wm. Prince, Luke Decker, Richard Rue, Ephriam ..
Overman, James Beggs,
John
Work, Moses Hoggett,
Gen. W.
Johnson, John Johnson, John
Hadden.
Mayhall, Jonas 173
Miley, Henry 181-324
Martin, Jackson 185
Montgomery, Isaac-
mentioned
217
builds horse mill
323
makes speech
522
Milling Industries
323
Miley, Henry-
built horse mill
near
Peters-
Marriman Family-
324
burg ..
killed by Indians 346
Murtree, Miss-
sold to Canadian officer by In-
dians .
Montgomery, "Purty" old Tom- .375 noted Indian fighter 229 Miller, Lieut. Col. James- captures battery at Lundy's
Lane
257
McMahan, Lieut .-
Milk Sickness 401 Miller, John 475
McFadin, Andrew-
horse gored by deer
482
Malott, Elijah --
plays a prank
487
Malott, Hiram
488
Malott, Resin
488
MeDonald, John and
James
496
Michigan Nulification
518
Mexican War-
Indiana officers 551
Montgomery, Harvey and Joseph-
liberating Pete
568
Mounts, Mathias
.570
McDermitt, Pat-
in battle with wild hogs
584
McGregory, Andrew
504
McMakin, Col. W.
594
Mason, Senator
.598
Met ollough, Dr. Samuel
602
Miler, Capt. A.
.613
Mccormnich, nev. T. B.
615
McClure, Miss
. 616
Neeley, Gen. John I .- secures valuable data from
Greenway
.128
visits Doyle's grave at bluffs .. 128 Noble, James-
elected first U. S. Senator
.397
New, Robt. C .-
elected secretary of state . 397 Noble, Noah, Governor-
suggests that no internal im- provements should be commenced except such as were of public utility .. ... 534
Noble act of returning Tippecanoe Soldiers ... 471
Opposers of Suspension of 6th Ar- ticle of Ordina ice of 1787 . 136 John Beggs, David Floyd, Charles Beggs, Abram Little, Robt.
Robertson, John Owens, James Beggs.
Owen, Robert-
purchases
New
Harmony
from
Frederick Rapp
386
Owen, Col. Wm .-- killed in battle 270
Old Man, dressed in skins
484
Oliphant, Col. Wm. A ..
556
Pontiac, Indian Chief-
loyal to French
.
22
assassinated opposite St. Louis. 23 Parsons, Samuel --
makes treaty with Indians 65 Putnam, Gen. Rufus-
organizes Massachusetts Co ..... 74
Prisoners, rescued
by
Geenway
party .. 108-113 James Griscom, Rachel Griscom, Mrs. Geo. Talbert and little son, James Hope, Jane Hope.
Pride, Woolsey- settled at White Oak Springs, 1800
mentioned
181
169
Page, Ben, scout 226
Posey, Gov. Thomas
appointed governor 1813
377
message to legislature
388
defeated in race for governor
.391
Parke, Benjamin ---
appointed
member
of
Supreme
killed in battle
268
Court
.. 232
Pioneer Schools
.458-468
Petersburg, early days
. . 484
Panther
kills men of
surveying
party
. 488
Pottawattamie Indians moved west
of Mississippi river
540
Prophet, George H.
541
Prodigal's Return
556
Peed, Solomon
556
Posey, Dr. John and Rev. Eldridge
Hopkins ...
574
Paddy Calvert, Bob Calvert, Joseph
PIONEER HISTORY OF INDIANA. 637
1
Carter, John Armstrong, have battle to rescue the Gothard boys from kidnapers .592 Dr. John Posey and Ira Caswell.592 Rockhblave, Governor-
commanded at Kaskaskia 28
Rogers, Captain John-
commanded armed galley 38
has charge of British prisoners. 53 Randolph, Hon. John- a tribute to Gen. Clark 54 opposes slavery in Northwest ter- ritory 135
Robb, Major David-
makes field notes of the graves of Dyle and Foote 128 209 visits Gov. Harrison
builds water mill
324
Rope walk
324
Russell, Col .. 375 Randolph, Thomas-
killed in battle of Tippecanoe. . 234 Rapp, Frederick-
founder of Harmony society ... 385
Representatives elected to Senate and House 392-393 Ray, James R .- elected governor 425
recommended internal improve-
ments
426
Robinson, Hon. A. L.
614
Robinson, Wood, Sr ...
618
St. Auge-
a commandant at Vincennes 21
Sh ~~~ on. Captain W .- British prisoner . 43
Shelby, Capt .-
at Wea Indian towns 57
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur-
governor of Northwest territory 76 visits western part of territory. 80
at Kaskaskia 88 transfers authority to Winthrop Sar ert 93
commands 3,000 troops 95 ma ches to Miami town 96
army defeated 98
resigns commission 99
Sargent, Winthrop-
sent to Vincennes by St. Clair. 88 presided over courts at Vin-
cennes
89
governor and commander-in-chief 90
receives address from citizens
. .
91
cantures French
vessels
152
patatine an answer
93
Tilton, Paul
181
Scott, General-
secretary of war sends letter .. 95 receipts to Capt. Hargrove for expedition against Indians 97 ammunition 202
:egular troops under
Wayne
100
St. Clair, Arthur, Jr .-
Smith, Col. John ongress 103
151
Sebastian, Frederick-
killed by Indians
.169
Sma
Alit. General
. 204
Sprinkle. Major John
220
mentioned
481
Severns. John.
first permanent settler in Gib- son county
.165
mentioned . 217
Stuckv. Jacob-
built grist mill near Petersburg.324
Standish, Miles --- court martials soldiers .337
Simerall, Col .-
on an Indian campaign . 366
Spencer, Capt. Speir --
received orders from commander-
in-chief
. 263
killed at Tippecanoe
268
Stone Eater, Indian chief, a lead-
er of Tippecanoe Indians
269
Smith, O. H .-
writes letter
411
Shooting matches
493
State Bank and Branches
520
State's financial ruin
536
State prison
543
State Blind Asylum 544
State Asylum for Deaf and Dumb. 544
State Hospital for Insane 545
State Library
.546
State Educational Institutions. . 547
Sawyer
570
Slave hunt at Kirks mill bridge ... 579
Stubblefield, Joseph
.584
The Grand Door, Tobacco's Son- a Piankashaw chief . 33
Captain Helm wins his friend- ship 34
declares
friendship
for
Big
Knife
41
Offers Clark 100 warriors 44 shares prison with Capt. Helm. 45 warns Delaware Indians 49
Todd, General John- county lieutenant, Northwest ter- 69
ritory
.
issues proclamation
70
organizes courts
89
Trustees of Clarksville
72
Wm.
Fleming, John
Edwards,
John Campbell, . Daniel
Walker,
Abraham Chaplin, John Bailey,
Robt. Todd, Wm. Clark.
Territorial Court
77
S-"el TTolden Parsons, James Mitchell Varnum, John Cleave
Simms.
Trappers and Hunters at
Coffee
Island,
Wabash river
rescue
Tavlor. Z'ckarv
362
Tipton, Maj. John-
curt reply to Gen. Evans 370
renorts to Gov. Gibson
. 372
Treaty Commission
.377
Gen. Harrison, Gen. Cass, Gen.
Adair.
Thomas, Jesse B. - elected to congress 232
Tecumseh. Indian chief
240
historical sketch
311
The Prophet ---
Tecumseh's brother 240
commanded Indians at battle of
Setteedown.
Indian chief
.226
Tippecanoe
264
Shoemaking
Taylor. Maj. Waller
260
n'ested first U. S. Senator
. 397
Trial and Execution of white men
1
. 321
prisoners from Indians
. .
. . 105-129
James Greenway. Thos. Doyle,
Stephen Murtree, Pierre Devan.
Truxton, Commodore-
Tipton. John-
638
PIONEER HISTORY OF INDIANA.
for murdering Indians .. 412-423 Vigo, Francis-
tenders his services to Clark ... 37 addresses Winthrop Sargent 92 member of public committee 252 Vanderburg, Henry
member of legislative council .. 103 territorial judge 130 Vanorsdell, Samuel 144 Vaught, Jean 475
Washington, Gen. George 22
Williams, Captain-
commanded post of Kaskaskia .. 33
kills and captures Indians 51
conducts prisoners to Kentucky Wilkerson, Genera1.
53
conducts expedition 96
punishes Indians 97
Wayne, Gen. Anthony-
promoted Major-General 99
combined army march 100 victorious batt'e with Indians. . 101 destroyed Indian town near
Warrick, Capt .-
Owensville
229
killed at Tippecanoe 268
Witchcraft and Witches 338 Whiting, Capt. C. C .. 338 Wilson, Capt. Walter-
bears message to Tecumseh 247
Wells, Major General ---
commands Kentucky troops 263 White, Loon, Indian Chief- in battle of Tippecanoe 269
Winnamac, Indian Chief- in battle of Tippecanoe 269
Wounded deer goring oxen 481
Wild hogs
498-
Wolves scalped by Peter Furguson and David Bilderback 500
Walker, General 529
Wallace, David, governor 536
Wilson, Rev. Lewis 557
Warrick, John, St.
572:
Willis, Bev.
584
Zenor, Jacob-
has fight with panther 507
ERRATA.
Page 102-3rd line read: "Commanded by Capt. Potter. Secretary of Northwest Territory, Winthrop Sargent," etc. Page 183-4th line from the bottom, add to line the words "side the."
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