CONTENTS. PART I. - HISTORY OF INDIANA. CHAPTER I. PAGE. PREHISTORIC RACES .................... 17 Antiquities ......................... 19 Chinese, The ........................ 18 Discovery by Columbus ............... 33 Explorations by the Whites .......... 37 Indians, The ........................ 31 Immigration, The First .............. 18 Immigration, The Second ............. 20 Pyramids, etc., The ................. 21 Relics of the Mound-Builders ........ 23 Savage Customs ...................... 34 Tartars, The ........................ 23 Vincennes ........................... 39 Wabash River, The ................... 39 White Men, The First ................ 37 CHAPTER II. NATIONAL POLICIES, ETC. .............. 41 American Policy, The ................ 46 Atrocity of the Savages ............. 47 Burning of Hinton ................... 48 British Policy, The ................. 46 Clark's Expedition .................. 52 French Scheme, The .................. 41 Gibault, Father ..................... 65 Government of the Northwest ......... 67 Hamilton's Career ................... 64 Liquor and Gaming Laws .............. 74 Missionaries, The Catholic .......... 42 Ordinance of 1787 ................... 70 Pontiac's War ....................... 46 Ruse Against the Indians ............ 64 Vigo, Francis ....................... 66 CHAPTER III. OPERATIONS AGAINST THE INDIANS........ 75 Battle at Peoria Lake................ 104 Campaign of Harrison................. 92 Cession Treaties..................... 93 Defeat of St. Clair.................. 79 Defensive Operations................. 76 Expedition of Harmer ................ 75 Expedition of Wayne ................. 79 Expedition of St. Clair ............. 78 Expedition of Williamson ............ 78 Fort Miami, Battle of ............... 80 Harrison and the Indians............. 87 Hopkin's Campaign ................... 105 Kickapoo Town, Burning of............ 78 Maumee, Battle of ................... 75 Massacre at Pigeon Forge............. 103 Mississinewa Town, Battle at ........ 106 Oratory, Tecumseh's ................. 114 Prophet Town, Destruction of ........ 100 Peace with the Indians .............. 106 Siege of Fort Wayne ................. 101 Siege of Fort Harrison .............. 103 Tecumseh ............................ 111 Tippecanoe, Battle of ............... 98 War of 1812 ......................... 101 War of 1812, Close of the ........... 108 CHAPTER IV. ORGANIZATION OF INDIAN TERRITORY ..... 82 Bank, Establishment of .............. 120 Courts, Formation of ................ 120 County Offices, Appointment of ...... 120 Corydon, The Capital ................ 117 Governor Posey ...................... 117 Indiana in 1810 ..................... 84 Population in 1815 .................. 118 Territorial Legislature, The First .. 84 Western Sun, The .................... 84 CHAPTER V. ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE, ETC. ...... 121 Amendment, The Fifteenth ............ 147 Black Hawk War ...................... 126 Constitution, Formation of the ...... 121 Campaigns Against the Indians ....... 128 Defeat of Black Hawk ................ 130 Exodus of the Indians ............... 131 General Assembly, The First ......... 122 Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Treaty of ........ 142 Harmony Community ................... 134 Indian Titles ....................... 132 Immigration ......................... 125 Lafayette, Action at ................ 127 Land Sales .......................... 133 Mexican War, The .................... 136 Slavery ............................. 144 CHAPTER VI. INDIANA IN THE REBELLION ............. 148 Batteries of Light Infantry ......... 182 Battle Record of the States ......... 188 Call to Arms, The ................... 149 Colored Troops of Indiana ........... 182 Calls of 1864 ....................... 177 Field, In the ....................... 152 Independent Cavalry Regiment ........ 181 Morgan's Raid ....................... 170 Minute-Men .......................... 170 One Hundred Days' Men ............... 176 Regiments, Formation of ............. 151 Regiments, Sketch of ................ 153 Six Months' Regiments ............... 172 CHAPTER VII. STATE AFFAIRS AFTER THE REBELLION .... 189 Agriculture ......................... 209 Coal ................................ 207 Divorce Laws ........................ 193 Finances ............................ 194 Geology ............................. 205 Internal Improvements ............... 199 Indiana Horticultural Society ....... 212 Indiana Pomological Society ......... 213 Special Laws ........................ 190 State Bank .......................... 196 State Board of Agriculture .......... 209 State Expositions ................... 210 Wealth and Progress ................. 197
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