of the Wabash and Erie Canal. The Governor Recommends a sys-

tem of Public Improvements..The Michigan Boundary Question..

The State Bank Organized..The "New Capital" of 1835.. Progress

of the Internal Improvements

CHAPTER XXIII.

ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR WALLACE.

The Public Improvement Trouble..The Governor Speaks Discour-

agingly in his Message..A Crisis Inevitable..Removal of the Potta-

watomies beyond the Mississippi..................

CHAPTER XXIV.

ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR BIGGER.

Prostration of the Internal Improvements.. Review of the Public
Works in 1840..Individual Indebtedness..Dark Days..Inability to
Pay Interest of the Public Debt. List of the Works Undertaken,
and their Condition in 1841..The State Debt....

CHAPTER XXV.

ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR WHITCOMB.

Light Breaking over Indiana. The War with Mexico..Redemption of

the Public Credit._Administration of Governor Wright..Death of

President Taylor..Progress of the Public Improvements..Governor

Wright Endorses the Missouri Compromise..The Constitutional

Convention of 1850..Administration of Governor Willard..History

of the State Bank..Death of Governor Willard..Death of David

Dale Owen..Acting Governor Hammond..Administration of Lieu-

tenant Governor Morton..His Patriotic Message to the Extra

Session of the Legislature

CHAPTER XXVI.

RECORD IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION.

Intelligence of the Fall of Sumter. Proclamation of the President..

Proclamation of Governor Morton. Contributions of Men and

Means..Providing Munitions of War..Patriotism and Promptness

of Indiana in the War..The Laurels Won

CHAPTER XXVII.

MORTON AND BAKER'S ADMINISTRATION.

The General Assembly of Indiana in 1867..A Stormy Session..Con-

gressional Districts.. The Soldiers' Home..The State Normal School

.. The Agricultural College..Statistics

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

GOVERNOR BAKER'S ADMINISTRATION.

The Political Contest.. Election..State Debt..War Claims..The House

of Refuge. Lynch Law..Seymour Vigilance Committee

CHAPTER XXIX.

GOVERNOR BAKER'S ADMINISTRATION.

The Fifteenth Amendment Lock in 1869..The Storm of Partisanism..

Election of D. D. Pratt to the United States Senate..Wholesale

Resignations..Breaking Up of the Session..New Elections Ordered

..Extra Session of the Legislature.. The Purdue University Estab

lished. Another Lock in the Legislature.. Development of Mineral

Resources..Agricultural Products

CHAPTER XXX.

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ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR BAKER-CONTINUED.

Another Lock over the Fifteenth Amendment.. Wholesale Resignation

of Republicans to Prevent its Repeal..A Member of the Legislature

Convicted of Bribery in obtaining his Election.. The Wabash and

Erie Canal Controversy.. Woman Suffrage Movement. Decision of

the Supreme Court in favor of Taxing the People to Support Rail-

roads. The Election of October, 1872..The Special Session of the

Legislature in November, 1872.. Re-election of Senator Morton ... 251

CHAPTER XXXI.

ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR HENDRICKS.

Governor's Message..Common Pleas Courts Abolished..Amendment

of the Divorce Laws..The Liquor Law..The Temperance Conven-

tion of 1873..Congress of Agriculture...

CHAPTER XXXII.

EDUCATIONAL.

256

The School Law of 1852..The Township System..Opposition to the

Law..Deficiency in the Number and Qualification of Teachers..

The School Fund..Township Libraries..School Statistics of 1860.. 259

CHAPTER XXXIII.

EDUCATIONAL.

Present Condition. Origin of Free Schools.. Present Common School

Fund. School Fund compared with that of other States..School

Houses.. County Superintendents.. Educational Statistics..Statistics

of Libraries.. Religious..Statistics of Churches

268

CHAPTER XXXIV.

BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.

Insane Hospital..Deaf and Dumb Asylum.. Blind Asylum..Other

Charities. Statistics of the Objects of Charity.. Statistics of Popu-

lation, Pauperism and Crime

CHAPTER XXXV.

WEALTH AND PROGRESS.

Population. Population by Towns..Wealth, Taxation and Public

Indebtedness of Indiana.. Statistics.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

AGRICULTURAL.

Agriculture..General Remarks, Statistics of Productions, Soil, Farms,

etc., etc.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

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297

MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCE.

Manufacturing Statistics..Trade and Commerce

302

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

THE MINERAL WEALTH OF INDIANA.

Mineral Wealth.. Coal, Iron, Stone, etc...Statistics.. Analysis of

Coals.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

LAWS AND COURTS OF INDIANA.

Actions Arrests..Attachments..Claims.. Deeds, Mortgages, etc

Women's Rights..Depositions..Executions....

CHAPTER XL.

OFFICIAL REGISTER OF INDIANA.

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Governors. Lieutenant Governors..Secretaries of State..Auditors of

State..Treasurers of State..Attorneys General..Supreme Court

Judges..U. S. Senators

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327

PART SECOND.

COUNTY HISTORIES.

INTRODUCTORY..

CHAPTER XLI.

CHAPTER XLII.

ALLEN COUNTY - EARLY HISTORY.

Kekionga..The Ancient Miami Capital..Post Miami..Nicholas' Con-

spiracy..Dubuisson's Fort..Fate of Post Miami..Fate of Holmes

..Erection of the Fort in 1794.. Tecumseh's Siege of Fort Wayne..

Bravery of Oliver.. Intemperance of Captain Rhea..General Harri-

son Marches to the Relief of the Besieged Garrison.. Incidents of

the Siege..The Relief..Destruction of Indian Villages.. Improve-

ment of the Grounds around the Fort ....

CHAPTER XLIII.

FORT WAYNE-EARLY SETTLEMENT.

Indians and Whites..The "Old Fort House"..The Company's

Garden..The Garrison Burial Ground..Modes of Travel..The First

Mills. The Fur Trade..Major Whistler's Fort..Richardville..

Rebuilding the Fort..The "Big Elm" Post Office..Pay Season at

Fort Wayne..The Land Office..The Old Town Plat..The Land

Sale.....

CHAPTER XLIV.

ALLEN COUNTY — EARLY SETTLEMENT.

Organization of the County.Location of the County Seat.-County

Officers.. Pioneer Days of Fort Wayne..Taxation..First Circuit

Court. Scenes in the Court..Trial of Big Leg....Courting..........

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CHAPTER XLV.

ALLEN COUNTY-FORT WAYNE - MODERN HISTORY.

Area. Population..Wealth..Population of the Towns..Rural Dis-

tricts..Public Schools of Allen County and of Fort Wayne.. Cath-

olic Schools.. Religious....Railroads..Public Improvements...

CHAPTER XLVI.

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HUNTINGTON COUNTY-HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

Surface of the County..First Settlement..The Helveys. Flint Springs

Hotel..Organization of the County..First School Teacher..Hunt-

ington..The Lime Interest..Agricultural Wealth..Public Improve-

ments

CHAPTER XLVII.

CASS COUNTY-HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

Organization of the County.." The Mouth of Eel"..Early Settlers..

Increase of the Settlement..Organization of the County. First

County Officers..The Board of Commissioners..The Circuit Court

..Growth of the Town and County.. Logansport....-

CHAPTER XLVIII.

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374

TIPPECANOE COUNTY-HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

Quantenon..The Fate of the Post on the Wea Prairie..Jenkins' Letter

to Major Gladwyn..First Settlers.. Crawfordsville the Centre of

Civilization on the Wabash..William Digby.. Rival Towns on the

Wabash. Educational..Sketch of the Early Schools..Purdue Uni-

versity

CHAPTER XLIX.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY-EARLY HISTORY.

Organization of the County..Scenes and Incidents at Crawfordsville

..John Beard..Surface and Soil..Crawfordsville..The Streets and

Public Improvements.. Wabash College.

CHAPTER L.

VIGO COUNTY -- HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

Fort Harrison..Canadian Land Grants..Early Settlers..The Town of

Terre Haute Laid Qut.. Sale of Lots..Organization of the County

--First County Officers. The First Circuit Court..Early Court

Houses..The Present City of Terre Haute..Educational.....

CHAPTER LI.

KNOX COUNTY-HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

Vincennes.. Its Establishment..Early Fur Traders.. Knox the Mother

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