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CONTENTS.
PART FIRST.
CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER I.
MIAMI VILLAGES AND FRENCH SETTLEMENTS.
Native Tenants of Indiana..The Discovery of the Territory..The
Route from Louisiana to New France by the Ohio, Wabash and
Maumee..A Chain of Fortifications through Indiana..The Mission-
aries.. Customs of the Indians, Missionaries, and Fur Traders..
Central Points of the Fur Trade..The English and the French..
Defeat of the latter..The British in Indiana..Inhabitants of Post
Vincennes
CHAPTER II.
GENERAL CLARKE'S CELEBRATED EXPEDITION.
Clarke's Preparations for the Western Campaign.. Description of his
Forces. His March to the Illinois..Capture of Kaskaskia..Pecu-
liarities of Clarke...
CHAPTER III.
CLARKE'S EXPEDITION - CONTINUED.
Operations at Kaskaskia..His Celebrated Liberty Speech..Clarke
Prepares for the Conquest of Vincennes.. Services of Father Giboult
..Change of Allegiance at Vincennes..Captain Helm appointed to
the Command at Vincennes..His Speech to the "Grand Door"..The
British Cause on the wane in Indiana.. The British Lieutenant Gov-
ernor re-takes Vincennes.. Bravery of Captain Helm....
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CHAPTER IV.
CLARKE'S CELEBRATED MARCH AGAINST VINCENNES.
Preparations for the March..Perilous Situation of Clarke..A Bold
Enterprise Boldly Executed..The March..Possibilities of Human
Endurance..Indescribable Hardships..Marching in Water..Ap-
proaching Vincennes..Approaching Starvation. Fortunate Relief
from the latter..Clarke's Letter to the Inhabitants of Vincennes..
Cunning Manœuvre of Colonel Clarke. The Contest.. Indians Vol-
unteering to Aid Clarke..Clarke Declines their Assistance.. Clarke
Orders Hamilton to Surrender..Refusal..The Firing Continued..
The Final Capitulation......
CHAPTER V.
CLARKE'S MOVEMENTS AT VINCENNES.
Organization of a Military Government..Clarke Punishes the Hostile
Delawares. They plead for and find Mercy through the endorsement
of the Piankeshaws..The Expedition against Detroit abandoned..
Organization of a Civil Government at Vincennes in 1779..Early
Land Grants..Virginia Cedes her Northwestern Territory to Con-
gress
CHAPTER VI.
EARLY SETTLEMENT AND LAND GRANTS.
The Ordinance of 1787..The Northwestern Territory..General Harmar
..Vincennes in 1790..Adoption of Laws by the General Court at
Vincennes..Testimonials to Mr. Sargent............
CHAPTER VII.
HARMAR, SCOTT AND WILKINSON'S EXPEDITIONS.
The Expedition against the Wabash Indians..General Harmar's
Forces. Hardin's Defeat..The Alarm in the Frontiers. Scott's Ex-
pedition. The Wea Indians Punished.. Wilkinson's Expedition on
the Wabash...
CHAPTER VIII.
ST. CLAIR'S AND WAYNE'S EXPEDITIONS.
St. Clair Marches from Fort Washington..St. Clair's Memorable
Defeat. Indian Cruelty..St. Clair's Resignation..He is succeeded
by General Anthony Wayne..Major Hamtramck at Vincennes..
Indians Insisting on the Ohio as the Boundary..General Scott joins
Wayne's Forces with Kentucky Volunteers..The March..The Battle
and the Victory..The Losses. Destruction of Indian Dwellings,
Cornfields, etc...Erection of Fort Wayne..The Army Dispersed..
Civil Matters
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GOVERNOR HARRISON AND THE INDIANS.
The Second Grade of Government.. Revision of the Territorial Statutes
..Land Offices.. Indian Complaints.. The Prophet.. His Speeches..
Settlement of the Prophet's town.. Tecumseh..Harrison's Speech to
the Indians. The Prophet Visits Vincennes.Extinguishing Indian
Titles..Movements of Aaron Burr
CHAPTER XI.
STATISTICS-LAND TITLES-INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Population. The Early Land Title Controversy.. Report of the Com-
missioners..Organization of the Territory of Illinois
CHAPTER XII.
HARRISON'S CAMPAIGN.
Movements of Tecumseh and the Prophet..General Harrison Labor-
ing for Peace..Tecumseh and Harrison in Council..Tecumseh
Denounces Harrison to his Face. Happy Termination of the Diffi-
culty. Tecumseh Repents of his Deed. But is Persistent in his
Purpose..
CHAPTER XIII.
HARRISON'S CAMPAIGN-CONTINUED.
The Territorial Legislature of 1810..Extinguishment of Native Titles
Recommended by Governor Harrison.. The Question of a Permanent
Capital. The Influences of Tecumseh and the Prophet..Harrison's
Speech of Warning.. Tecumseh Goes South
CHAPTER XIV.
War Inevitable.. Military Measures. The Indians Ordered to Disperse
..Erection of Fort Harrison..Harrison's Army on the March__The
Battle of Tippecanoe.. Bravery in War. The Forces.- Compliments
the Heroes..Taylor's Heroic Defense of Fort Harrison.....
CHAPTER XV.
CIVIL MATTERS.
The Affairs of the Indiana Territory. The General Assembly at Vin
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cennes in 1813..Acting Governor Gibson..The Capital Removed to
Corydon..Thomas Posey Appointed Governor of the Territory..The
Legislature at Corydon in 1813..The Session Laws.
CHAPTER XVI.
REVIEW OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL EVENTS.
The Ordinance of 1787..Early Forms of Government..Judicial Cir-
cuits.. Banks and Banking Laws.....
CHAPTER XVII.
ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE.
Close of the Territorial Existence..The First Constitutional Conven-
tion..Delegates.. The First State Election..The First State Legisla
ture..Governor Jennings ...
CHAPTER XVIII.
GOVERNOR JENNING'S ADMINISTRATION.
Taxation. Internal Improvements.. Extra Session of the Legislature
.. Financial Difficulties..Embarrassment of the General Credit of
the State..The Panic of 1821
CHAPTER XIX.
ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR HENDRICKS.
His Message to the Legislature.. Internal Improvements.. Education
. .The Seminary at Bloomington.....
CHAPTER XX.
ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR RAY.
Condition of State Affairs in 1826.. Population..Trade and Commerce
..Asylums..General Prosperity. The Southern States in an Unpleas-
ant Attitude
CHAPTER XXI.
ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR RAY-CONTINUED.
Continued Increase of Immigration.. Success in Agriculture.. Internal
Improvements. Infirm Colored People from the South pouring into
Indiana..Remaining Indian Tribes.. Election of a President of the
United States..The Civil Code..
CHAPTER XXII.
ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR NOBLE.
Shortness of Crops in 1832..The Black Hawk War..Internal Improve-
ments. The Indianapolis Donation....Indian Titles. Commencement
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