Pioneer history of Indiana : including stories, incidents, and customs of the early settlers, Part 50

Author: Cockrum, William Monroe, 1837-1924
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Oakland City, Ind. : Press of Oakland City journal
Number of Pages: 652


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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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