Outlines of the political history of Michigan, Part 36

Author: Campbell, James V. (James Valentine), 1823-1890
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Detroit : Schober
Number of Pages: 638


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Barry, John S , Governor, 515, 531, 545. Barstow, Samuel, 512.


Bassett, Major Henry, British Com- mander, 149, 150, 152.


Bates, Frederick, Territorial Judge, 237; Secretary and Governor of Missouri, 239.


Battle of Bloody Run. 129; of Tippe- canoe, 260; of River Raisin, 338, 344; of Fort Meigs, 357; of Fort Stephenson, 360; of Lake Erie, 367; of the Thames, 371.


Bayard, Major Robert, British Com- mander, establishes courts, 141, 142. Beauharnois, Charles, Marquis de, Governor General, grants lands at Detroit, 88, 89, 90.


Beauvais de Tilly, goes with Tonty to Seneca campaign, 45.


Beavers in Upper Canada and Michi- gan, 48, 58


Beaver Island, Mormon kingdom there, 547, 549.


Bellestre (or Belletre), François Marie Piquoté de : his property in De- troit, 60, 63, 145; accompanies In- dian chiefs to Quebec, and returns with De la Richardie, 101 ; last French Commander at Detroit, 109, IIO.


Bellefontaine, or Springwells, 297.


Belle Ile, above Detroit, formerly Ile à Ste. Claire, and Ile aux Cochons, 124; Fisher murdered there by In- dians, 125; granted to George Mc- Dougall, 170.


Beneworth, James, engraver, 489.


Biddle, Major John : contributor to historical sketches, 422; delegate to Congress, 398; candidate for Senate, 469


Bigot, Intendant : his misconduct and conviction, 92.


Big Snake joins Harrison, 362.


Bingham, Kinsley S., Governor, 515, 545, 563 ; Senator, 563-4, 570.


Bird, Captain Henry, makes incursion into Kentucky, 181.


Black Hawk War, 436.


Black Hoof joins Harrison, 362.


Blair, Austin, Governor, 545, 565, 568 Blood, Dr., wounded at Detroit, 300. Bloody Run, massacre of, 129.


Bluejacket, Shawnee chief : his village and doings there, 210.


Bois-blanc Island of Detroit River, 59; headquarters of Hurors, 99; mission removed to Sandwich, 101 ; dispute as to its nationality, 228; Tecum- seh's headquarters, 369; forest re- moved in Patriot War, 511.


Boishébert, Captain, French Comman-


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dant, favors settlement at Detroit, 89, 90 ; authorizes mill to be built, ib.


Boone, Daniel, captive at Detroit, 175 ; attacked by British, ib.


Boundary disputes : on the lakes, 2; at Bois-blanc, 229; on southern bor- der, 209, 231, 433, 444-448, 449-463, 470-477-


Bounties to industries, 493.


Bounty lands : Michigan reported un- fit for them, 379, 380.


Bourgmont, Commander of Detroit in Cadillac's absence, is attacked by Indians, 67 n.


Bradstreet, Colonel, visits Detroit and makes treaty, 130, 131.


Brady, Fort, at Sault Ste. Marie : Cass obtains Indian cession for, 404; in- terferes with ship canal, 502.


Brandy traffic at Mackinaw and De- troit, 64, 65, 85.


Brant encouraged by the British against the Americans, 191, 257.


Brevoort, (Major and Commodore) Henry B., 366, 368.


British conquer Canada and occupy Detroit, 109, III ; early endeavors to get a foothold in Michigan, 29, 39, 42, 43, 51 ; Roseboom and McGre- gory expeditions captured, 43; Iro- quois cession, 56; govern Michigan by martial law, 132, 156, 162; pass Quebec Act, 153; send expeditions from Detroit in Revolution, 172, 174,


181; retain posts in violation of treaty, 189; excite Indians against Americans, 192; give up the posts in 1776, 197; subsidize Indians, 257, 401, 406; take Detroit, 302; occu- pation and re-surrender, Chap. XII. Brock, General Sir Isaac, takes De- troit, 301 ; is knighted, 336; killed, ib.


Brown, Dr. Wm., 350, 351, 356.


Brown County, 388.


Brownstown, battle of, 287, 289.


Brush, Colonel Elijah, Attorney Gen- eral, 219; mystifies the court, ib .; colonel of militia, 242; commands regiment during War of 1812, 321 ; . aids prisoners, 350; banished by Proctor, 356.


Brush, Captain Henry, endeavors to take supplies to Detroit, 287, 296; refuses to surrender, 305 ; vindicated by court martial, 306.


Buckongahelas, a Delaware chief: af- fairs at his village, 210.


Buffaloes common in Michigan, 113.


Bull, George H., botanist, 488.


Burnet, Judge Jacob, 210.


Burr's conspiracy leads to special leg- islation, 264.


Burt, William A., inventor of the solar compass, 527-8.


Burtis, Captain John, introduces horse and steam ferries, 413, 414.


Bushlopers or bushrangers, 14, 16, 52.


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CADARACHQUI or Cadaraqui, a name of Lake Ontario, 52, 56.


Cadillac, Antoine de la Motte, Lord of Bouaquat and Mont Desert, a prom- inent officer, 50; desires to fortify the Strait, 51 ; visits France and ob- tains authority, 52, 53; builds Fort Pontchartrain, 54, 59 ; career at De- troit, Chap. V .; his character, 64;


made Governor of Louisiana, 76; descendants, 80.


Cadotte, Monsieur, interpreter at Sault- Ste. Marie, III.


Caledonia, British man-of-war, captur- ed at Fort Erie, 281, 336; used in attack on Mackinaw, 283; one of Perry's fleet, 367.


Callières, Louis Hector de, Governor


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of New France, 56; confers with Iroquois about Detroit, 55; unjust to Cadillac, 67.


Campau, Joseph, occupies place of Cadillac's house, 62.


Campau, Charles, builds water-mill, 90. Campbell, Donald, Captain and Major in 60th Royal Americans, first Brit- ish Commander of Detroit, 116; visits Pontiac's camp, 127; murder- ed by Saginaw chief Wasson, 128.


Campbell, John, Colonel, and Com- mander at Detroit, took part in Croghan's negotiations with Indians, 139; repaired fort, 140; levied taxes, 14I.


Campbell, James V., Judge, 569; law professor, 555-


Canada or New France, included Mich- igan, 3 ; conquered by Great Britain, 109; governed by royal proclama- tion, 132; brought under Quebec Act, 153, 155; divided into Upper and Lower Canada, 194; invaded by Hull, 278; disaffection caused by proclamation, 279, 321, 322, 326; evacuated by Hull, 290; invaded by Harrison, 269.


Canada Company control trade at De- troit. 66.


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Cannon captured in Revolution, re- captured at Detroit, and again re- taken at the Thames, 336.


Canoes : their size fixed for trading purposes, 74, 401.


Capital punishment inflicted by Judge Dejean, 166; abolished, 524.


Capital of Michigan removed to Lan- sing, 533.


Capitol building at Detroit, 410; at Lansing, 575.


Carantouan, whether the same as Kar- ontaen, 37.


Carheil, Father, missionary at Mack- inaw, 64.


Carignan Regiment, 27.


Carleton, Sir Guy, (Lord Dorchester), 157; establishes courts, 159; makes appointments at Detroit, 161 ; gives land to tory refugees, 194; encour- ages Indians, 191, 194.


Carts, fashionable vehicles in Detroit, 421.


Cass, Lewis, (Colonel and General) : meeting with Judge Sibley, 218; el- ected colonel of volunteers, 274 ; defeats British at Canard River, but is prevented by Hull from moving on Malden, 279; sent away with Mc- Arthur before: surrender of Detroit, 297; reports facts at Washington, 329 ; promoted, 330; in Harrison's army, 371 ; his brigade left at Sand- wich, ib .; volunteer aid in Battle of the Thames, 372; Governor of Michigan, 376; his administration, Chap. XIII .; advanced political views, 392, 413; expedition to sour- ces of the Mississippi, 400; gallant conduct at Sault Ste. Marie, 403 ; expedition with Colonel McKenney, 414 ; made Secretary of War, 419; literary and social surroundings, 420; Senator, 536 ; Secretary of State, 564. Catholepistemiad, 385.


Cattle at Detroit, 61, 86.


Cavelier, (see La Salle), Monsieur, brother of { La Salle, defrauds the Chevalier de Tonty, 46.


Céloron, Commander at Detroit, 93, 99. Census of Canada. 69; of Michigan, 234, 442.


Chabert de Joncaire, the Chevalier François, influential with the Sene- cas, 114; suspected by British, 147; delegate from Wayne County in As- sembly of Northwest Territory, 114, 219.


Chacornacle, a lieutenant of Cadillac, 54.


Chambers, Major, sent by Brock to raise forces to relieve Malden, and fails to obtain them, 279, 287, 322.


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Champlain, said to have known the Strait, 10.


Chancery, Court of, 480; abolished, 480, 522.


Chandler, Zachariah, Senator, 564, 571. Chaplain, duties of, devolved on mili- itary officers, 179, 204.


Chapoton, a French citizen, communi- cates with Pontiac, 127.


Charlevoix, Father, the historian, 4; visits Detroit, 86.


Chaudière, a name of Lake Ste. Claire, 38.


Chegoimegon, mission at, 12.


Chemin du Ronde, the road next to the pickets at Detroit, 60.


Chêne, Captain Isidore, of Detroit, at- tempts to capture Daniel Boone, 175.


Chicago massacre, 293, 295, 305.


Chiéry, a monopolist at Detroit, 88.


Chillicothe, made capital of Northwest Territory, 222 ; discontent and riots, 223.


China, supposed to be accessible, 21. Chipman, Henry, Territorial Judge, 410, 435.


Chippewa (or Ojibway) Indians, fiercer than Ottawas, 119; destroy the Mackinaw garrison, 121; allow Mo- ravians to settle at Clinton River, 184.


Cholera at Detroit, 437-8, 441.


Christiancy, Isaac P., Judge, 569; Senator, ib.


Churches organized, 396-7; Saint Anne's, 81, 255, 398, 387.


Cincinnati, capital of Northwest Ter- ritory, 222.


Clark, George Rogers, captures Vin- cennes and Kaskaskia, 174, 176; sends Governor Hamilton and others prisoners to Virginia, 176.


Clay, General Green, at Fort Meigs, 359.


Clinton River, formerly Huron, 184, 412.


Colbert, offers rewards for discovery, 29 ; checks clerical powers, ib.


Colden, Cadwallader, plans against Detroit, 108.


Colonial absolutism, 5; contrasted with common-law system, 106, 134, 171; colonial industry encouraged by France, 106.


Combs, General Leslie, captain and scout at Fort Meigs, 358; runs the gauntlet, ib.


Commanders at Detroit : their names, 93; their privileges, 87, 97. Commission of charities, 561.


Compiled Laws, 542.


Concessions of land, 71, 79, 90.


Congés or trade licenses, 25, 69.


Connor, Richard, with Moravians, 187.


Connor, Henry, an interpreter, 187.


Constantine, Father, a missionary, killed, 67 n.


Constitution of Michigan of 1835, 462, 538; of 1850, 539, 540, 544, 571, 572.


Constitutional commission and its fail- ure, 573.


Contencinau, Jean, executed at Detroit by order of Dejean, 166.


Conti, Princess of, a patroness of Tonty, 33-


Convention to form constitution, 462 ; to consider conditions of admission, 475; Frost-bitten, 477; second con- stitutional, 539 ; third constitutional, 572.


Cooley, Thomas M., Judge, 569, 555; compiles Statutes, 542.


Copper mines on Lake Superior, 147, 148, 529.


Corporation laws, 538.


Corrigenda: page 197, line 21, for "administration" read "admiration"; page 326, line 8, for "lesson" read "lessen."


Council of Northwest Territory, 208 ; of Michigan, 1, 409, 411-13, 416.


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County of Wayne established, 205; the only county until Cass's admin- istration, 262; re-established, 382 ; counties organized, 382, 383, 388, 407, 433, 547, 570.


County commissioners, 389, 509 ; county officers made elective, 413 ; county systems, 425, 509.


Coureurs de bois, or bushrangers, 14, 15, 25, 40, 50, 52.


Courtemanche, a French officer, 39.


Courts: none under the French, 78; created by military commanders, 141; in Upper Canada and Michigan under the British, 159, 161, 194; in Northwest Territory, 205; in Mich- igan Territory, 240, 250, 262, 410, 463; in the State of Michigan, Chaps. XV. and XVI. passım.


Craig, Sir James, Governor General of Canada, warns the United States against Tecumseh, 259 ; sends John Henry to intrigue in New England for disunion, 259.


Crapo, Henry H., Governor, 541, 568, 571.


Crary, Isaac E., first Representative, 465.


Crawford County ( Wisconsin), 388.


Croghan, Colonel George, British agent, 120, 139.


Croghan, Major George, heroic defence of Fort Stephenson, 360.


Cuillerier, Alexis, wrongly convicted, and vindicated, 125.


Currency, paper and miscellaneous ar- ticles, 262, 384-5.


Curtish, Captain, of the British army, befriends American prisoners, 349.


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DALLIBA, James, Captain of Artillery, prevented from firing on the British batteries by Hull, 296-7.


Dalzell (or Dalyell), Captain, arrives at Detroit, 129; killed at Bloody Run, 130.


Davis, Jefferson, custodian of Black Hawk, 436.


Dejean, Philip, appointed Judge, 141, 162; condemns prisoners to death, 166; peculiar relations with Gover- nor Hamilton, 170; captured at Vin- cennes and made close prisoner in Virginia, 176.


Delaware Indians, friendly to United States, 260.


Delegates to Congress, 398.


Delietto, Sieur, commanding at Fort St. Louis, 47, 81.


DeMuy, Commander at Detroit, 93, 97. Denison, Elizabeth and Scipio, held as slaves, 246.


Denny, James, Major of Volunteers in Hull's army, 274.


Denonville, Governor of New France, asserts title to Michigan, 42.


Department of the Marine, contains many records, 5.


DePeyster, Arent Schuyler, (Major and Colonel), Commander at Mackinaw : sends aid to Hamilton, 174; suc- ceeds to command at Detroit, 178 et seq .; character, 179; friend of Burns and commander of his regiment, ib. Dequindre, Fontenay, has titres de noblesse, 212.


Dequindre, Antoine, Captain in Legion, at Monguagon, 321 ; receives thanks of the Legislature, ib.


Deschaillons de St. Ours, Commander at Detroit, 93.


Deserters kidnapped by British officers, 246.


Desnoyelles, Commander at Detroit, 93.


Desnoyers, Peter J., banished by Proc- tor, 356.


Desnoyers, Peter, State Treasurer, ib.


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Detroit : Le Détroit, or the Strait, dis- covered early, 10; passed by Joliet, 23; visited by Dollier and Galinée, ib .; by La Salle in the Griffin, 35; Teuchsa Grondie, Taochiarontiong, Karontaen, 37; fortified by DuLuth at Fort St. Joseph, 43; Tonty's ren- dezvous, 44, 45; capture of English parties, 45; efforts of English and Iroquois to control the passage, 48; place of city known as Wawyachte- nok or Waweatanong, 51; Cadillac authorized to establish a town, 53, 54; Fort Pontchartrain, 54, 59; af- fairs under Cadillac, Chap. V .; Brit- ish intrigues with Iroquois and ces- sion, 56; Indian attacks, 67; siege of 1712, 81 ; projected massacre of 1747, 101 ; supplies furnished during English war, 108; fort enlarged, 107; surrendered to British, 109; descrip- tion, 112, 212, 224; new fort built (Fort Lernoult), 178; American oc- cupation, 197, 205; business and social condition, 210, 212, 226, 254, 420; incorporated, 222; burned in 1805, and new plans adopted, 240 ; stockaded in 1807, 248; affairs of War of 1812, Chaps. XI. and XII .; social affairs under General Cass, 420; cholera, 437; schools, 512; capital removed from, 512, 533


Detroit : armed vessel captured by El- liott, 336; another by Perry, 367.


Detroit Gazette established, 384.


Dickson, Robert, British Indian agent, 283, 358.


Disloyalty to the United States in up- per country, 201, 286.


Districts for judicial purposes created by. Lord Dorchester, 159; by Gover- nor Hull, 241, 262.


Dodemead, John, receives Indian grants, 196; his house used for court sessions, 219; court under duress there, ib.


Dodge, Colonel Henry, in Black Hawk War, 436.


Dollier de Casson, with Galinée and LaSalle, on exploring expedition, 23; pass through Detroit River and de- stroy a stone idol, ib.


Dongan, Governor, of New York, dis- putes with Governor of New France about northwestern trade, 13, 42, 43 ; sends expeditions under Roseboom and McGregory, 44.


Dorchester, (see Carleton).


Doty, James Duane, accompanies Gen- eral Cass in 1820, 401 ; Territorial Judge, 409.


Douglass, Columbus C., assistant in geological corps, 488.


Dousman, Captain Michael : his course at capture of Mackinaw, 284, 286.


Drummond's Island, held by British after awarded to the United States, and used as rendezvous for Indian payments, 401, 406.


Dubuisson, Commander at Detroit in siege of 1712, 81, 82.


Dudley, Colonel, at Fort Meigs, 358. Duelling punished, 405.


Dugué, a lieutenant of Cadillac, 54. DuLuth, Daniel Grisolon, an eminent French leader, 40, et seq .; goes to France to vindicate himself, 41 ; builds fort near Lake Huron (Fort St. Joseph), 43; at capture of Mc- Gregory, 45; cousin of Tonty, 47.


Durantaye (de la), a distinguished of- ficer, commanding at Mackinaw, 40, 42; captures Roseboom, 44.


Dutch cede New York to England, 29.


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EATON, John H., Secretary of War, 429; contemplated as Governor of of Michigan, ib.


Education : Cadillac desires to provide for it at Detroit, 70, 71 ; Vaudreuil favors it, 107; provided for by Or- dinance of 1787, 208; land set apart for it in Northwest Territory, 220; school and University grants, 230, 415; Michigan University chartered, 385, 407, 481 ; Normal School, 532; Agricultural College, 543, 573; free schools in Detroit, 512; generally, 543; State Public School, 561.


Election of delegates to General As- sembly of Northwest Territory, 219; of Legislative Council, 409, 413, 416; of Constitutional Convention, 443; first State election, 465.


Elliott, Jesse D., (Lieutenant, after- wards Commodore), captures British vessels Caledonia and Detroit, 336; takes part in Battle of Lake Erie, 367-8.


Elliott, Colonel Matthew, (British In- dian agent), endeavors to enlist De- lawares for the British, 182; tampers with American Indians, 195, 257; endeavors to recover fugitive slaves, 247; ransoms American prisoners from Indians, 349.


Elliott,; Captain, (son of Matthew), summons Brush to surrender, 305 ; at Frenchtown, 344; promises to Captain Hart, 345.


English : rivals of France, 28; send out western expeditions, 42, 43; charter Hudson's Bay Company, 28; emissaries at Detroit, 67, 77, 81 ; to be prevented from reaching the Ohio, 99, 104; war with France, 108; un- popular with Indians, 115, 118, 136. Erie Canal, an important agent in western settlement, 2, 412.


Erie, Lake: its importance, 41, 42; various names, 57; the Griffin the first vessel on it, 33 ; Battle of, 367 ; Walk-in-the-Water, the first steam- boat, 395.


Etherington, George, (Captain and Major), commanding at Mackinaw in 1763, 118; duped by Indian ball- play, 121; capture and adventures, 122.


Evidence, rules of, modified, 523.


Exploring expeditions: sent to find the South Sea, 21, 29; LaSalle and St. Lusson, 21; Joliet, Marquette, 30; Dollier and Galinée, 23; La- Salle's great voyage, 33; McGregory and Roseboom, 44; Cass and School- craft, 401 ; Cass and McKenney, 414. Exports, 389, 416, 417.


FAMINE threatened at Detroit, IOI, 106.


Farnsworth, Elon, Chancellor, 480, 516. Faux-saulniers, or salt smugglers, de- sirable colonists, 16; sent to build New Orleans, 16; wanted in Canada, 89; to be sent to Detroit, 105.


Felch, Alpheus, Governor, 536; Sen- ator, 537.


Female suffrage rejected, 572.


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Feudal rights of Cadillac, 66, 71, 87; government grants at Detroit in rotûre and not feudal, 91.


Financial troubles of Michigan,' 501, 508, 513.


Findlay, James, member of Council of Northwest Territory, 219; colonel of Ohio volunteers in Hull's army, 273 ; at surrender of Detroit, 299, 302.


Fisher, James, Sergeant, in British


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army, murdered by Pontiac's Indians at Hog Island, 125; Cuillerier wrongly condemned for drowning his child, ib.


Flag staff at Detroit, not used by Americans after Hull's surrender, 371 ; blown down, zb.


Fletcher, William A., Judge and Re- viser, 480, 509.


Flour, first exported from the Territory, 417.


Forests recklessly destroyed, 574.


Forged letter, sent to stop enlistments in Kentucky, 363.


Formality of public acts of French of- ficers, 78


Fort St. Joseph, on St. Joseph River, 39, 120; St. Joseph, on St. Clair River, built by DuLuth, 43; burned and evacuated by La Hontan, 49 ; Mackinaw, 19, 25, 39, 48, 69; posi- tion changed at various times, 12, 112, 188; captured by Indians, 121 ; moved to Island of Michilimackinac, 188; captured by British, 284; re- stored to United States, 378 ; Pont- chartrain, built by Cadillac in 1701. 54, 59; former fort in 1687, 44; British propose to build one at Wa- wyachtenok, 51; attacked by In- dians, 67; besieged by Indians in 1711, 81 ; enlarged, 107; surrender- ed to British, 109; Lernoult, at De- troit, back of old town, 178; retain-


ed by British in violation of treaty of peace, 189, 192; delivered up to Americans, 197; surrendered to British by Hull, 302; recaptured by Harrison, and held by Duncan Mc- Arthur, 370; abandoned and dis- mantled, 415; Gratiot, built in 1814, 376; Brady, at Sault Ste. Marie, or- iginally belonged to Repentigny, 107; abandoned, 111, 120; established by United States, 403-4; garrison pre- vent Michigan from building ship canal, 502-3.


Foxes (or Outagamies) besiege Detroit, 81 ; defeated and slaughtered, 83.


Franklin, Benjamin, desires to extend settlements, 131, 151, 154. French writers and explorers, 4.


French system unfavorable to freedom, 77, 171.


French popular with Indians, 22, 117, 118, 122, 333; British suspicious of their loyalty, 135; mostly loyal, 170 ; not zealous against the Americans, 279, 322 ; Proctor's efforts to intimi- date and seduce them in Michigan, 334.


Frenchtown, battles and massacre, 338 -345.


Frontenac, Governor of New France, 33, 40.


Fur trade, the chief colonial interest, 9, 25, 40, 138; attempts to control it, 42, 48, 52, 196, 198.


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GAGE, General, Commander-in-Chief, 117, 145.


Galinée, (see Dollier).


Galissonnière, Marquis de la, Governor General of New France, favors De- troit, 69, 94; liberal views, 104; suggestions concerning Detroit, 105. Ganatchio, a name of Lake Ste. Claire, 38.


Gatineau, a Detroit monopolist, 88.


General Assembly of Northwest Ter- ritory : members from Wayne Coun- ty, 219; troubles at Chillicothe, 223; differences with Governor, 220.


Geological survey organized by Doctor Houghton, 487, 527.


Gilpin, Henry D., nominated for Gov- ernor and rejected, 441.


Gladwin, Major, commanding at De- troit in Pontiac war, 116, 123.


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Gnadenhutten, New, founded by Zeis-


berger, on Clinton River, 184; Mo- ravian road to, 185; abandoned, 187.


Godfroy, Monsieur (Jaques ?), commu- nicates with Pontiac, 127.


Godfroy, Colonel Gabriel : his post on the Raisin, 297; aids American prisoners, 350; intercedes for Oke- mos, 364.


Goodwin, Daniel, Judge, 475.


Gordon, Lieutenant Governor James Wright, 514.


Gorrell, Lieutenant, in command at Green Bay, 118; adventures in Pon- tiac war, 122.


Governors of New France: annoyed by intrigues. 5, 18, 21.


Governor General of Canada: his powers under King's proclamation, 132; under Quebec Act, 155.


Governor and Judges: powers under Ordinance of 1787, 207; acts in Michigan, Chaps. X. and XIII ; last act as land board, 479.


Governors of Michigan Territory : Hull, Chaps. X. and XI .; Cass, Chap. XIII .; Porter, Chap. XIV .; of State, Chaps. XV. and XVI. passim.


Grand jury system, partially abandon- · ed, 562.


Grandfontaine, Governor of Acadia, sends out Joliet, 30.


Grants of land : by Cadillac, 71; by Governor and Intendant, 80, 89, 90 ; of lots within the fort at Detroit, 94 ;


from Indians, 120, 140, 170, 193, 196; mostly invalid, 231; by Governor and Judges in Detroit, 241, 243; by Congress in Michigan, 243, 286. Gratiot, Fort, built, 376.


Graverat, Garret : under bonds during Revolution, 165; ill-treated by De- Peyster, 180.


Graves, Major : at the River Raisin battles and massacre, 338, 342, 343; carried away by Indians, 346; prob- able fate, 346, 348.


Graves, Benjamin F., Judge of Supreme Court, 569.


Green, Judge Sanford M., reviser of Statutes, 510, 523.


Green Bay, Gorrell at, 118; people disloyal to United States, 201, 286. Greenville, Wayne makes treaty at, 196. Gregoire, Madame, heiress of Cadillac, 80.


Griffin, the first vessel on Lake Erie, built by LaSalle, 33; leaves Niagara River, 35; reaches Detroit, 37; reaches Mackinaw, 38.


Griffin, John, Territorial Judge, 237, and Chap. X .; loses office, 411.


Grisolon (see DuLuth) de la Tourette, brother of DuLuth, 46.


Griswold, Stanley, Territorial Secre- tary, 237.


Grosse Ile, a large island at mouth of Detroit River, 58; proposed site of town, 58; attack on Frenchmen there by Indians, 102; granted to Alexander Macomb, 170; British undertake to assert authority there, 378.


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HALDIMAND, Governor General, re- | Hall, General, communicates with fuses to give up western posts, 189, Hull, 290. 270.


Half century of the Republic com- pleted, 3.


Hamilton, Henry, Lieutenant Governor at Detroit, 158, 165; relations with Dejean, 170; military action, 174;


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captured at Vincennes, 177; confined closely in Virginia, 177.


Hanks, Lieutenant Porter, taken pris- oner at Mackinaw, 285; killed at Detroit, 300.


Harrison, General William Henry : delegate to Congress, 220; Governor of Indiana, 236; defeats Indians at Tippecanoe, 260; commands north- western army, 335, 357; holds Fort Meigs, 357; occupies Malden, 369; occupies Detroit, 370; gains Battle of the Thames, 371, and see Chap. XII. passim; conciliates Indians, 372-3.


Hart, Captain: captured .at French- town, 345; murdered by Indians, 346 ; buried with honors at Detroit, 374, 394.


Haven, Rev. E. O., (D.D.), President of University, 554.


Hay, John, Colonel: made Indian agent at Pontiac's request, 136; cap- tured with Hamilton at Vincennes, 176; imprisoned, 177; exchanged, ab .; made Lieutenant Governor, 186; dies, ib.


Heald, Captain, ordered by Hull to evacuate Chicago, 293; misfortunes, 295.


Helm, Mrs. Margaret, at Chicago mas- sacre, 295 ; harshly treated by Proc- tor, 295, 355-


Helm, Captain, garrisons Vincennes with one soldier and receives honors of war on surrender, 174.


Hennepin, Father Louis, companion of LaSalle, 4, 6, 34.


Henry, Alexander, a British trader : adventures at Mackinaw, etc., in


Pontiac war, III, 121, 122; attempts mining on Lake Superior, 147.




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