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Edwards, John, 362. Edwards, Gov. Ninian, 222. Eel River town (see L'Ang- uille).
Eggleston, Joseph C., 362, 427. Elections, 198, 199, 200, 242-3, 250, 252-4, 285, 337 seq., 343; of 1828, 344; of 1832, 347; of 1844, 528; of 1848, 545; of 1852, 550.
Elliott, Chester, 293. Elliott, John T., 471.
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Ellis, E. W. H., 466. Elston, Isaac C., 303. Embree, Elisha, 547.
Enabling Act, 242 seq .; provis- ions, 246.
Engineers, internal improve- ment, 415, 420, 421.
England controls Indiana, 45. English-Dutch and French ri- valry, 17; acquire western territory, 34; fur traders, character of, 35; influence Indians in 1811, 215.
Eugene, 314.
Evans, Robert M., 271.
Evansville settled, 236, 271, 413, 440, 453; branch bank, 456, 500, 501.
Ewing, Alexander, 312. Ewing, John, 362, 448.
Ewing, Nathaniel, 153, 388. Ewing, William G., 362, 368. Expeditions of La Salle, 6, 7; of Vincennes, 25; of Boquet, 39; of Croghan, 40; of Clark, 53 seq .; of Hamilton, 62; of Bird, 89; Clark against Chil- licothe, 89; of Don Pierro, 93; of Lochry, 95; of Cald- well, 97; of Logan, 107; of Gamelin, 117; of Harmar, 121; of Scott. 126; of Wilkin- son, 129; of St. Clair, 131; of Wayne, 135; of Harrison, 210; of Hopkins, 222; to Mississinewa, 223; of Russell, 227.
Fallen Timbers, battle of, 139. Farm work among the pioneers, 483.
Farrington, James, 363. Fayette county settled, 237, 276, 315.
Ferries, Oatman's, 233; Mauk's, 233, 279; Farrington's, 291, 322.
Ferris, Ezra, 248, 319. Festivities of the pioneers, 486. Fisher, Dr. George, 192. Fitch, Capt. G. N., 369. Flaget, Bishop Benedict Joseph, 316.
Flatboating, 280, 282, 300 scq., 306 seq.
Floyd, Davis, 192, 202, 233.
Floyd county settlements, 233, 276, 315.
Fontaine, Maj. John, 123. Ford, Col. Lemuel, 376. Ford, Capt. William, 500. Fort Harrison, siege of, 219. Fort St. Louis, 9.
Fort Wayne, built, 140, 215; besieged, 217, 230, 262, 311- 312, 367, 390, 394; canal at, 401, 413, 438; branch bank, 456, 501, 535.
Franklin college, 332. Fredonia, 274. Free banks, era of, 463. Freeman, messenger to Indians, 135.
Freeman, Thomas, 386. Free Soil party, 536, 539, 543. French in Indiana, 1634-1763, 1; posts in the northwest, 5; control the two great high- ways, 10; English-Dutch ri- valry, 17; settlers, 25; mi- gration, 28.
Friends' churches, early, 324. Frontier, life, 224; defense of, 225, 234; line of 1812, 239. Fugitive slaves, 286. Funk, Capt. Peter, 211
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Fur trade, mediums of ex- change, 29; value of, 30 ;. li- censes, 51.
Fur traders, 3; of Vincennes, 29.
Gallatin, Albert, 171, 201, 248, 459. Gambling, 326.
Gamelin, Pierre, 151; journey, 117.
Gardner, James B., 395.
Garland Letter, 536.
Geiger, Col. Frederick, 211.
General Assembly, first, 252; power of, under old constitu- tion, 258.
Germantown, 314. German vote, 536.
Gibault, Pierre, 58, 153 note. Gibson, John, 134, 176, 180, 183. Gibson county settled, 236, 245, 266, 276, 315.
Goodhue, Col. James, 357.
Gooding, Lieut. George, 214.
Gooding, Surveyor William, 410. "Gore," the, 174, 177, 180, 196, 386.
Gorman, Col. Willis A., 507. Gosport, 238, 259, 275.
Government, under Virginia,
74; at Marietta, 146; under the judges, 155; at Corydon, 1816-25, 252.
Graham, William, 248. Greencastle, 275, 409, 413.
Greene county settled, 238, 315. Greensburg, 363.
Greenville, Fort, built, 138, 205; council at, 229, 230, 259. Greenville treaty, 159; second treaty, 229, 230. Griffin, Judge John, 175, 189.
"Groceries and Grog Shops," 360.
Grover, M. G., 373. Guard, David, 307. Gwathmey, Samuel, 192.
Hackleman, Pleasant A., 525. Haddon, Col. W. R., 505, 507. Hailandiere, Father Celestin de la, 332. Hall, Samuel, 414.
Hamilton, Allen, 369.
Hamtramck, Major John F., 109, 113, 116, 124, 125, 141, 181.
Hancock county settled, 237, 315. -
Handy, Henry S., 344. Hanna, Robert, 248.
Hanna, =Samuel, 293, 312, 369, 404. .
Hannegan, Edward A., 345, 353, 362, 380, 427, 530, 535, 541, 546.
· Hanover, 347. "Hard money" men, 449, 463. Hard times in 1822, 280.
Hardin, Col. John, 121, 132, 135.
Hargrave, Richard, 319.
Harmar, Col. Josiah, 103, 105, 108; at Vincennes, 109; de- feat, 123; expedition, 121, 147.
Harmony (see New Harmony). Harris, Horatio J., 431. Harris, William, 273.
Harrison, Christopher, 253, 205, 270, 284, 289.
Harrison, Gov. W. H., 15, 151; elected to Congress, 169; in Congress, 170; appointed gov- ernor, 175; arrived at Vin- cennes, 176; at Vincennes,
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181, 183; superintendent of Indians, 185; at Tippecanoe, 205-215; in war of 1812, 218- 224, 233, 249, 318, 321, 322; campaigns, 353.
Harrison county settled, 233, 245, 276, 315.
Harrison, Fort, built, 211, 212: attacked, 219, 222.
Haw Patch, 275. Hay, John, 192.
Heald, Capt. Nathan, 216.
Heath, Andrew, 154.
Hendrick, Captain, Iroquois
chief, 136.
Hendricks, Thomas A., 515.
Hendricks, William, 244, 248, 253, 284, 336.
Henry county settled, 277, 315.
Higher education, early efforts for, 331.
Hindostan, ruined, 281, 307. Historical Society, State, 327. "Hob nails," the, 533.
"Hobson's choice," 137.
Holidays of the pioneers, 486. Hollingsworth, George, 274. Holman, Judge Jesse L., 326. Holman, Joseph, 257, 312, 362, 368, 390, 396.
Holman, W. S., 515.
Home life among the pioneers, 486.
Homogeneity of the pioneers, 474.
"Hoosier dialect" a misnomer, 475.
Hoosier type, the, 474. Hoover, David, 406. Hopkins, Gen. Samuel, 222. Hovey, Alvin P., 362, 575. Howard, Tilghman, 362, 530. Hull, Gen. William, 216. Huntington, Elisha, 362.
Hurst, N., 265. Hutchins, Capt. Thomas, 202.
Illinois Country, 74, 141. Illinois territory organized,
179.
Immigration to Indiana terri- tory, 181.
Indian, characters, 78; tribes, location of (map), 84; regu- lations, 101; boundaries, 101, 103; negotiations, 135; war, end of, 135; treaties by Har- rison, 184; troubles in 1811, 211; war on the frontier, 215; treaties, last, 260; mis- sion school, 262; cessions (map), 272; removed from State, 367 seq .; Indian an- nuities, 368; traders, profits of, 369; treaties (map), 374.
Indiana, territory organized, 174; a part of Knox county, 153; census of in 1800, 175; divisions of, 178, 179; Sec- ond Grade, 180; war of 1812, 205; under the judges, 189; settlements in 1800, 230 seq .; in 1816 (map), 241; Enab- ling Act, 242; admitted, 243: population in 1815, 244; nam- ing, 246; becomes a state, 249; civil government, 258; official salaries, 259; popula- tion, 1820, 276; census of 1830, 315; colonization soci- ety, 326; college, 331; bond- ed debt, 428; Brigade 1846, 498.
Indianapolis, name, 269, 271, 277, 309, 317, 339, 342, 354, 409, 413, 454; branch bank, 456, 501.
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Industrial census, 1810, 203. Infare, 488.
Instruction, right of, 337, 342.
Internal improvements, 284, 399; (map), 403; bill, 1836, 412; party, 345.
Irish voters, 536.
Iroquois Indians, 13.
Jackson, Andrew, 285. Jackson county settled, 237, 276, 315.
Jacksonian party, 336.
Jefferson, Thomas, 179, 192, 207, 231.
Jeffersonian Republicans, 340, 347.
Jeffersonville, 231, 240, 242, 266, 278, 281, 389, 409, 413, 453.
Jennings, Jonathan, 203, 225, 231, 243, 244, 247, 248, 249, 252, 270, 284, 336, 368, 400. Jennings county settled, 237, 276, 315.
Jesuit missionaries, 1, 22, 24, 33.
John, Robert, 404.
Johnson, John, land commis- sioner, 152, 153.
Johnson, John, Indian agent, 263.
Johnson, John, 192, 199, 203, 248, 257.
Johnson, Col. R. M., 353.
Johnson county settled, 276, 315.
Jones, John Rice, 192, 199. Jonny, Captain, an Indian chief, 140.
Journey of George Croghan, 40.
Judah, Samuel, 345, 349, 353, 362, 405.
Judges, Northwestern territory, 146 seq .; 155 seq .; Indiana territory, 175, 176, 189.
Judicial system, first territo- rial, 164.
Judiciary, early State, 256. Julian, George W., 509, 511, 549.
Justices of the Common Pleas, territorial, 166; of the Quar- ter Sessions, territorial, 166.
Kaskaskia, capture of, 57. Kelso, Daniel, 294, 516, 530. Kennedy, Andrew, 531.
Kethtipecanunc, 128. Kickapoo, towns raided, 129. Kilgore, David, 407, 410. Kimberlin, Col. Abraham, 357. Kitchell, Joseph, 273.
Knight, Jonathan, 291. Knightstown, 314. Knox, fort, 181.
Knox county, 153, 177, 180. Krouch, Jean, Wea chief, 135. Kundeck, Rev. Joseph, 317.
Lafayette, General, in Indiana, 285.
Lafayette founded, 311, 349, 371, 406, 408, 409, 413, 438, 453; branch bank, 456, 501. Lakin, Benjamin, 318. Lalumiere, Father S., 317. Land, early English specula- tion in, 47; speculation in by judges, 158; laws of 1800. 172; offices opened, 181; en- tries, 277; sold in State 1820 25, 278; surveys, 386; sales. 391; survey map, 393.
Land claims, Vincennes, 147: Illinois Land Co., 148; Wa- bash Land Co., 149; grants
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Land Claims-cont.
by commandants, 150; under Virginia, 150; by court of Vincennes, 151; by Congress, 152; by Piankeshaws, 152; of homesteaders, 152; Symmes, 158.
Land grants, for Vincennes Uni- versity, 201, 328, 330, 400 seq .; for Wabash and Erie canal, 445.
Land offices, 181, 277, 310, 312. Lane, Amos, 362.
Lane, Daniel C., 248, 253, 267.
Lane, Henry S., 362, 498, 500, 532.
Lane, James H., 506.
Lane, Joseph, 433, 505, 508, 547.
Language of the pioneers, 474. L'Anguille, 129, destroyed, 221, 228.
Lanier, John F. D., 266, 448, 458, 459.
La Salle, Sieur de, 6; in In- diana, 7.
Legislative council, 145, 192.
Legislature, first territorial, 146, 168.
Life on the frontier, 224. Lines of travel, early, 288.
Liquor traffic with Indians, 185. Little Turtle, chief, 86, 92, 124, 129, 130, 138, 140, 206, 215, 217.
Local government in Indiana, 191.
Lochry's defeat, 95.
Log cabin, a typical pioneer. 477.
Lagro, 314, 408, 438.
Log-rolling, 481.
Louis XIV and the Mississippi Valley, 10.
LaPlante, Pierre, 208. Laporte, 312, 373, 413. Law, John, 362.
Lawrence county settled, 237, 276, 315.
Lawrenceburg, 180, early set-
tlers, 231, 409, 410, 413, branch bank, 456, 501.
Leavenworth settled, 237, 274, 453.
Lebanon, 314.
Legion, Wayne's army, 137 seq. Legislature, territorial, first meeting, 160, 168; of Indiana territory, 189, 192 seq .; first State, 252, 258.
LeGrand, Col. J. M. P., 150, 151.
LeGris, Indian chief, 140.
Lexington, 234, 265.
Liberty party, 542, 543.
Lilly, William H., 253. .1: Lincoln, Benjamin, Indian
agent, 136.
Lindley, Jonathan, 275.
Linton, William C., 303.
Liquor traffic with Indians, 185, 205, 261, 263, 359, 367, 526.
Liverpool, 273. Lobelia, . 491.
Lobby, 411 seq.
Local legislation, 513.
Lockport, 314, 438.
Logansport, founded, 311, 368. seq., 382, 406, 413, 438, 500. Long, Elisha, 362, 414.
Lord, Hugh, commandant at Kaskaskia, 149.
Lottery, 201, 269.
Louisiana territory, part of In- diana, 177.
Madison, settled, 233, 240, 242, 309, 317, 355, 409, 413, 422,
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Madison-cont.
453; branch bank, 456, 500, 501. Madison bank, 265 seq. Mail routes, 309 seq. Mammoth Internal Improve-
ment Bill, 412.
Mansfield, Jared, 386.
Maria Creek church, 261.
Marietta settled, 146 seq. Marion, 314.
Marpack, a Pottawatomie chief, 216.
Marquette, Jacques, 3, 16. Marshall, Joseph G., 362, 427, 530, 532, 539. Marshall, Gen. William, 371. Martin, William M., 323. Masonry, 347, 351.
Matson, John A., 548.
Matthews, John, 308. Maxwell, David H., 414, 421.
Maxwell, Code, 160, 165.
Maysville, 234, 307, 439, 441.
McCarty, Jonathan, 309, 346, · 364.
McCarty, Nicholas, 369, 551. McCoy, Capt., 127. McCoy, Isaac, 261 seq. Mccullough, Hugh, 472. McDonald, John, 293. McFarland, William, 242. McGary, Hugh, 271. McGaughey, E. W., 538.
McGready, James, 321. McMahan, Lieut. Richard, 214. Medical practice, early regula- tions of, 334.
Medical society, State, organ- ized, 283, 334. Menard, Pierre, 192. Merino sheep, 281. Merrill, Samuel, 282, 454, 460, 528.
Methodist Episcopal churches, early, 317. Mexican War, 498 seq. Miami, Fort (British) built, 138, 139. -
Miami Indians, 12, 85; canni- bal rites, 114; conquest of the, 117; destruction of, 221; last of, 385.
Miamisport, 314.
Michigan City, 314, 404, 413; branch bank, 456, 501, 541.
Michigan road, 293 seq.
Michigan territory organized, 178.
Migration to Indiana, 232. Military land grants, 152.
Military posts on the Ohio (map), 113. Militia, under Harrison, 186; muster, 189, 204, 225 ; in 1846, 496.
Miller, Col. James, 212. Miller, Col., 222. Milliken, J. P., 551. Milling facilities, pioneer, 484.
Mills, John, 154.
Milroy, Samuel, 350, 353, 396.
Mission, Indian, 261 seq. Mission at Vincennes, 33.
Mississinewa, Indian council, 215; battle of, 223. Mitchell, Dr. D. G., 351. Monroe, James, in Indiana, 285. Monroe county settled, 237, 276, 315. Montezuma, 212, 259, 438. Monticello, 314. Moore. Asa, 404. Moore, Harbin, 344.
Mooresville, 314. Morgan county settled, 275, 315. Morris, Bethuel, 326. Morrison, Col. A. F., 354.
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Morrison, James, 354, 456, 529.
Morrison, John I., 516.
Morrison, William, visits Illi- nois, 161.
Muncie, 277, 413, 454.
Murders by Indians, 225, 236.
Murray, William, land agent, 148. Muster days, early, 188.
National road, 279, 289. Navigation of inland streams, 300 seq.
Naylor, Isaac, 356, 359, 364.
Neeley, John I., 293.
Negro colonization, efforts for, 326.
New, Robert A., 202, 254.
New Albany, founded, 233, 268, 319, 355, 413, 420, 453 ; branch bank, 456, 500, 501.
New Bethel, 314.
Newcastle, 277.
New constitution, 519.
Newell, Capt., 371, 372, 375.
New Harmony bank movement, 265, 281.
"New Lights", 323.
New Maysville, 314.
Newport, 273, 267.
New Purchase, settlement of, 260, 271 seq. Niblack, John, 274.
Nicholson letter, 548.
Noble, James, 248, 253, 267, 336.
Noble, Lazarus, 346, 389.
Noble, Gov. Noah, 345, 351, 376, 412, 414, 418, 456. Norris, Seton W., 354.
Northfield, 314.
Northwest, French posts in the, 5; conquest of the, 53.
Northwest territory, organized,
112, 114 seq .; divided, 171. Note-shaving, 394, 395, 397. Notre Dame university, 333.
Occupations of the pioneers, 480.
Ohio Company, settles Mari- etta, 143 seq.
Ohio Enabling Act. 177, 180.
Ohio Falls canal, 267.
Ohio River, discovery of by La Salle, 7; struggle for boun- dary of, 103; trade, 307.
Ohio Valley, English-French struggle for possession of, 31. Oliver, Maj. William, 218.
Opening streams for navigation, 300.
Ordinance of 1787, 144.
Oregon question, 495.
Organization, of Northwest ter- ritory, 141; of Indiana ter- ritory, 174.
Organizing the State, 253. Orleans, 275.
Orr, Gen. Joseph, 376.
Orth, Godlove S., 539.
Osborn, Andrew L., 471.
Ouiatanon, 19, 24, 34, 36, 126, 130, 204.
Owen, David, 227.
Owen, Robert, 281.
Owen, Robert Dale, 281, 362. 515, 519, 524, 531, 541, 546, 547.
Owens, Col. Abraham, 211, 214. "Owl Creek" currency, 449, 466.
Palestine, 275; destroyed, 281, 307.
Palmer, Nathan B., 351, 362, 425, 529. Panic of 1837, 456.
Paoli, 275, 412, 413, 420, 453.
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Parke, Benjamin, 192; elected to congress, 193, 248, 254, 257, 260, 275, 327. Parke county settled, 273, 315. Parker, Samuel, 318, 549, 552. Parsons, Gen. Samuel H., 143 146, 159.
Pasteur, Capt. Thomas, 140. Paul, John, 233, 265.
Payne, Elias, killed at Pigeon Roost, 219.
Payne, Col. John, 221.
Peace society, 326.
Pennington, Dennis, 233, 244, 319.
People of Indiana, 473.
Pepper, Abel, 369, 380, 381, 516.
Perry county settled, 237, 245, 276, 315.
Personal rights, early laws re- lating to, 195.
Peru, 314, 438, 454.
Pestilences of 1820-22, 281.
Peters, Lieut. George P., 214.
Petersburg, 233.
Petit, Father Benjamin Marie, 383.
Petitions for statehood, 243. Pettit, John, 541. Peyton, C., 227.
Physicians, early, 489.
Piankeshaw Indians, 85. Pickering, Timothy, 136. Pierce, Capt., 224.
Pigeon Roost Massacre, 219.
Pike county settled, 233, 245, 276, 315.
Pioneer, schools, 329; their so- cial life, 473; farm work, 483; sports, 486; homogenity of the, 474; language of the, 474; thirst for education, 474; homes, 477; cooking, 478; clothing, 479; occupa- tions, 480 ; physicians, 489.
Pittsburg, 314, 438. Plank road company, 291. Plymouth, 314.
Point Commerce, 238, 438. Political demoralization, 539.
Political parties, first, 285.
Politics, of constitutional con- vention of 1816, 249; at first State election, 252-3; early, 283; 1825-40, 336 seq., 411; from 1840 to 1852, 522.
Polke, William, 248, 293 seq., 358, 359, 364, 384. Pontiac's War, 35.
Poor relief, early, 255.
Population, 1800, 175, 203; in 1816, 245; in 1821, 276; in 1830, 315.
Portersville, 274.
Posey, Gen. Thomas, Governor of Indiana territory, 184, 233, 252, 260, 284.
Posey county settled, 236, 245, 276, 281, 315.
Post Miami, 34, 38, 50.
Post routes, early, 279. Postal receipts, 1828, 309. Posts of the northwest, 11. Pottawatomies, removal of, 377. Presbyterian churches, early, 321.
Prince, William, 208, 270. Princeton founded, 236, 453. Prior, Capt. Abner, 156. Proclamation of 1763, 47, 49, 50.
Proctor, Gen. Henry, 217. Proctor, Col. John, 126, 130.
Profits of Indian traders, 369. Prophet, The, 206, 212, 215. Prophetstown, 208, 212, 215, 222, 228.
Public education, early provi- sions for. 201.
Public lands of Indiana, 172, 277; debts for in 1819, 280,
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Public Lands-cont.
283, 310; sales, 406; William Cost Johnson plan, 534.
Public utilities, first, 484. Punishments for crimes, 166, 193, 258.
Putnam, Gen. Rufus, 135, 144.
Quacks and bitters, 490.
Quaker churches, early, 324.
Quakers, early settlements of, 239. Quebec Act, 49, 51. Querez, Pierre, 151.
Raids on the Delaware towns, 227.
Railroads, Madison, 413; Law- renceburg and Indianapolis, 414; construction of, 414; Madison, 421 seq .; sold, 426; Evansville and Terre Haute, 442; Wabash, 442; Craw- fordsville and Vincennes, 442; rebates, 444.
Railroad surveys, 409 ; Madison, 413, 422. Ralston, Alexander, 270.
Randolph, Beverly, Indian agent 136.
Randolph, John, 197.
Randolph, Thomas, 203, 214.
Randolph county settled, 237, 276, 315.
Rangers, in war of 1812, 225. Rannels, Samuel, 321.
Rappe, Frederick, 248, 270, 281. Rappites, the, 281.
Rariden, James, 516, 517.
Raumer, notary at Vincennes, 148.
Ray, Gov. James B., 343, 362, 405.
Ray, J. M., 325, 456, 472, 493.
Raymond, David, 254. Read, James G., 345, 351.
Recovery, Fort built, 138, 140; Indian boundary at, 174, 177, 180.
Reed, Daniel, 516.
Reed, Isaac, 323.
Religion in early Indiana, 316. Removal of Indians from State 367.
Removal of territorial capital, 239.
Representative government, be- ginning of, 180.
Repudiation of State debt, 439. Reservoirs, Splunge creek, 438; Monrovia, 438; Northport, 437; Birch creek, 442, 444.
Revolutionary War, last stage of in the west, 87.
Reynolds, David, 497.
Reynolds, Gov. John (Illinois), 371.
Rhea, Capt. James, 217.
Richmond, 276, 324; branch
bank, 456.
Ridgeway, Joseph, 407.
Riley, Capt. James, 390, 402.
Ripley county settled, 237, 276, 315.
Rising Sun, 319.
Ristine, Henry, 265. Ritchie, John, 265.
Roach, Addison L., 471.
Roads, 204, to Tippecanoe, 222, 255, 275, 276, 278, 279, 284, 288 seq., 310 seq .; Vincennes New Albany pike, 420; New Albany-Crawfordsville pike, 420; Crawfordsville to La- fayette, 422.
Robb, David, 244.
Robertson, Samuel B., 321. Robinson, A. L., 551.
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Robinson, Henry, 311. Rockport, 274.
Rockville, 273.
Rush county settled, 237, 315. Russell, Col. A. W., 375, 497. Issell, Col. William, 220, 221, 27.
'abbath schools, 325. sac Trail, 312.
Salem, 275, 276, 320, 323, 409, 413, 420, 453.
Sargent, Winthrop, 134; Sec Northwest Ter., 147, 152, 169. School law revised in 1843, 329. School system, 328.
Schools, early, 283.
Scott, Gen. Chas. 126, 131, 138.
Scott, James, 248, 257, 319.
Scott, Gen. Winfield, 503.
Scott county, settlement, 233, 234, 276, 315.
Scrip and note shaving, 294, 395, 424, 431, 437, 443, 457. Seamans, John B., 545.
Second Regiment at Buena Vista, 504 seq.
Second State bank, 1834, 447. Seminaries, 201; county, au- thorized, 282, 518.
Seminary, State, 331.
Settlement, first in Indiana, 15; early, 230 seq .; along the Ohio 233; of new purchase, 271; up the Wabash, 273; of Wa- bash country, 310.
Settlers, location in 1800, 230- 232; method of coming, 232; choice of homes, 232; effect of war of 1812 on, 238, 271 seq.
Shakers, 281. Shawnee Indians, 83. Shee, John, 149.
Shelby county, settled, 237, 315. Shooting matches, 486. Shrader, John, 319.
Shriver, James, 404.
Sickly seasons of 1820-22, 281.
Sickness among the pioneers, 489.
Siege, of Fort Harrison, 219; of Fort Wayne, 217. Silliman, Willis, 405.
Silver Heels, a Munsee chief, 224.
Simcoe, Gov. of Canada, 137, 138, 140.
Simpson, Bishop Matthew, 493. Simrall, Col. James, 221, 223. Slavery, prohibited in North- west territory, 144; at Vin- cennes, 155 seq .; 157, 169, 195, 197, 286, 517.
Small, John, 154, sheriff, 167, 322.
Smiley, Ross, 362, 405, 516.
Smith, Caleb B., 362, 417, 538, 542.
Smith, Jay C., 319.
Smith, O. H., 362, 425, 530.
Smith, Thomas, 274.
Smith, Thomas L., 471.
Smith, William, 149.
Social conditions, early, 193.
Social life among the pioneers, 473.
Social organizations, early, 283. Soldiers' land grants, 76.
Sorin, Father Edward, 332. South Bend founded, 312, 375, 413; branch bank, 456, 501. Spaniards capture St. Joseph, 93.
Specie payment suspended, 459. Speculation in public lands, 396. Spencer, John W., 464. Spencer, Spier, 214.
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Spencer, founded 1815, 238, 275. Spoils system, 334.
Sports, pioneer, 486. Springville, 180, 230.
Sprinklesburg, 274.
Stage lines, first, 278-279, 228 seq .; 296 seq .; oldest in the State, 296.
Stanfield, Thomas S., 547.
Stansbury, Howard, 420.
Stapp, Milton, 266, 427, 447, 537. St. Clair, Gov. Arthur, 112, 116; defeated, 133; demands court- martial, 137; governor, 146. St. Clair, Arthur, Jr., visits Vincennes, 161, 168. St. Clair, William, 157.
St. Clair county (Illinois), 147, 177.
State and national parties, 351. State agent, 427.
State bank, first, 264; second, 447; objections to, 463 ; third, 468; branches of, 472. State charities, beginning of, 492.
State creditors, settlement with, 428, 435.
State debt, repudiated, 439.
State Historical Society, 327.
State medical society, first, 283, 334. State officers, first, 250.
State political convention, first, 339.
State roads, 289. State seminary, 282, 331. State University, 331. Statehood, petitions for, 243. State's finances in bad shape, 423, 522.
Steamboats, 280, 300 seq .; at Indianapolis, 303; on the Wa- bash, 305.
Steam Mill, 267; burned, 280. Stephens, Stephen C., 362. Steuben, Baron, tactics used by militia, 18S.
Steuben, Fort, 230.
Stevenson, Alexander 539.
C., 537,
Stewart, William Z., 464. Stickney, B. F., 215.
St. Peters, 332.
Stream of immigration, 1825-35, 313.
Streams opened for navigation, 300.
"Stubble Call," 483. Stump, Daniel, 274.
Sullivan, George R. C., 253.
Sullivan, Jeremiah, 271, 350, 362, 406.
Sullivan, Capt. Thomas L., 500. Summers, W. E. 286.
Supreme court, territorial, 189. Surveys, 153, 155, 386 seq.
Switzerland county settled. 231; settlers, 231, 245, 276, 315. Symmes, John Cleves, 146, 158.
Talbott, H. E., 468. Tarke, 140.
Tarkington, John S., 467.
Taverns, 194, 200, 258, 319, 322; early, 485, 526.
Tax system, new, 523.
Taxes in territorial days, 165.
Taylor, Joseph, 273.
Taylor, Waller, 253.
Taylor, Zachary, at Fort Harri- son, 219, 221, 228, 498, 503. Tecumseh, 186, 206-215, 217.
"Ten O'clock" boundary line, 259.
Terre Haute, founding of, 273, 238, 309, 389, 413, 431, 453; branch bank, 456, 501.
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Territory, Northwest, 141 seq .; first legislature, 146; prog- ress, 181; first elections, 182; courts, 189; dissatisfaction, 199; militia, 204; banks, 265. Test, Charles, 36, 515, 542.
Test, John, 254, 300.
Texas question, 495.
Thom, Allen D., 253.
Thomas, Jesse B., 192.
Thompson, John T., 324. Thompson, R. W., 362, 542, 551. "Three Notch" road, 275.
Three Per Cent fund, 289. Tippecanoe, 211-215.
Tipton, John, commands rang- ers, 226, 227, 270, 311, 342, 349, 353, 367, 376, 382.
Tipton, Capt. Spier S., 500. Township government, North- west territory, 165; in In- diana, 254.
Traces and roads, early, 279, 288.
Traders, the fur, 3. Trading companies, French, 11. Trading stations in Indiana, 25. "Trail of Death", the, 383 seq. Transportation, early, 278.
Travel in early days, 299. Treaty with Indians, 103, 113; at Greenville, 140; Treaty of Greenville, 159, 230; by Har- rison, 184; at Fort Wayne, 207; at Vincennes, 208, 209, 210; at Fort Harrison, 260; at St. Mary's, 260.
Treaty Grounds, 368 seq. Treaty of 1783, 99.
Trip to Vincennes, an early, 161. Trotter, Col. William, 121, 122. Trueman, Maj. Alexander, 135. Turner, Judge George, 156, 158. Turtle (see Little Turtle.)
Tyler, John, 528.
Vaile, Rawson, 545. Vallonia, Indian raids around, 226, 237, 238, 275.
Van Buren, Martin, 349. Vance, Samuel, 390.
Vanderburg, Henry, 152, 153, 156, 157, 168, 175, 189. Varnum, James H., 146.
Vawter, John, 276, 356, 358, 364, 447.
Vermillion county settled, 238, 259, 315.
Vevay, settled, 231, 240, 242, 266, 267; distress in, 281, 282, 307, 453.
Vigo, Francis, 152, 154, 155, 162, 208.
Vigus, Jordan, 358, 369.
Vincennes, Sieur de, 18, 22, 23, 24.
Vincennes, post, 17; founding of, 21; commons, 27; early customs at. 28; mission, 33; first courts at, 75; Clark's expeditions, 107; in 1790, 154; land claims, 151; last capture of, 66; recaptured by English, 64; capital of In- diana territory, 174; con- dition in 1800, 175; popula- tion, 175; University, 200; from 1764 to 1778, 202; Crog- han at, 203; Harmar at, 203; population in 1809, 203; cen- sus of 1810, 203, 230; loses capital, 239, 266 scq., 278; distress in, 280; library, 283. 317, 320, 321, 355, 386, 413, 453; branch bank. 456, 501. Vincennes Trail, 163, 278, 296 Virginia cession of Northwest. 141.
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Viviat, Louis, land agent, 148. Vose, Josiah H., 367. Voters in 1816, 245.
Wabash and Erie canal, 402, 429, 436.
Wabash country settlement of. 310.
Wabash river, discovery of, 15
Walker, Gen. Jacob, 373, 375.
Walker, Capt. William, 500.
Wallace, Gov. David, 382, 417, 516.
Wallace, Lew, 498, 499, 500.
Walpole, Thomas D., 516.
War of 1812, 205-230; results of, 238.
War with Mexico, 498.
Warrick, Capt. Jacob, 214.
Warrick county, settlement, 233, 234, 245, 276, 315.
Washington, settled, 271, 322, 411, 413.
"Washingtonians", 360. Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 135 seq. Wayne's army, 137.
Wayne county, old, 177, 276, 315.
Weas, at Quiatanon, 19; de- stroyed by Gen. Scott, 126, 128.
Wedding, a pioneer, 488. Wells, Gen. Samuel, 211, 221. Wells, Capt. William, 216. Western land companies, early, 49.
Whetzell, Jacob, 276. Whetzell's trace, 275.
Whig party, 336 seq .; speakers of 1840, 362; failure, 525; last struggles of, 546.
Whipping post, 258.
Whisky and the Indians, 261.
Whitcomb, James, 362, 430, 493, 500, 501, 513, 530, 531, 532, 534, 539, 546.
White, Albert S., 537. White, Col. Isaac, 214. Whitely, Maj., 124. Whitewater canal, 410, 413, 418, 426.
Whitewater, settlements on the, 239.
Whitlock, Gen. Ambrose, 275, 310, 390.
Wick, William W., 362.
Wilcox, Col., 221, 222.
Wildcat banks, 261, 451.
Wildcat creek, Indian ambus- cade, 223, 228.
Wiley, Allen, 319.
Wilkinson, Gen. James, 127, 129, 202; raids L'Anguille, 129. Willard, Ashbel P., 550. Willard, William, 493.
Williams, Jesse L., 407, 415, 422.
Williams, William, 551.
Williamsport, 314, 441. Wilson, James, 149.
Winamac, a Pottawatomie chief, 216. Winamac, 391.
Winans, William, 318.
Winchester, Gen. James, 221.
Woodburn, John, 414, 447.
Wool, Gen. John E., 501.
Wright, John, 323.
Wright, John W., 548. Wright, Joseph A., 362, 465, 531, 538, 541, 547, 549, 551. Wright, Silas, 275.
Wylie, Alex, 354.
Wylie, Dr. Andrew, 327.
Wyllis, Maj. John, 122; killed, 123. Yellow Jacket banner, 365.
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