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PART I.
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| CHAPTER I. |
11 |
- Topography
- The drainage of the Lakes and the Mississippi, and the Indian and French
names by which they were severally called |
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| CHAPTER II. |
17 |
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- Drainage of the Illinois and
Wabash
- Their Tributary streams
- The portages connecting the drainage to the Atlantic with that of the
Gulf. |
| CHAPTER III. - |
21 |
- The ancient Maumee
Valley
- Geological features
- The portage of the Wabash and the Kankakee |
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| CHAPTER IV. - |
26 |
- The Rainfall
- Cultivation of the soil tends to equalize rainfall, and prevent the
recurrence of drouths and floods |
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| CHAPTER V. -
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29 |
- Origin of the
prairies
- Their former extent
- Gradual encroachment of the forest
- Prairie fires
- Aboriginal names of the prairies and the Indians who lived exclusively
upon them |
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| CHAPTER VI. -
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37 |
- Early French
discoveries
- Jacques Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence in 1535
- Samuel Champlain founds Quebec in 1608
- In 1642 Montreal is established
- Influence of Quebec and Montreal upon the Northwest continues until
subsequent to the war of 1812
- Spanish discoveries of the lower Mississippi in 1525 |
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| CHAPTER VII. -
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43 |
- Joliet and
Marquette's Voyage
- Father Marquette's Journal, descriptive of the journey and the country
through which they traveled
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of Marquette and Joliet |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - |
54 |
- La Salle's Voyage
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of La Salle
- Sketch of Father Hennepin and the merit of
his writings |
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| CHAPTER IX. -
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63 |
- La Salle's Voyage
continued
- He erects Fort Miamis |
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| CHAPTER X. -
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72 |
- The several rivers
called the Miamis
- La Salle's route down the Illinois
- The Kankakee Marshes
- The French and Indian names of the Kankakee and Des Plains
- The Illinois
- "Fort Crecoeur"
- The whole valley of the great river taken possession of in the name of
the King of France |
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| CHAPTER XI. - |
87 |
- Death of La Salle,
in attempting to establish a colony near the mouth of
the Mississippi
- Chicago Creek
- The origin of the name
- La Salle assassinated and his colony destroyed
- Second attempt of France, under Mons. Iberville, in 1699, to establish
settlements on the Gulf
- The Western Company
- Law's scheme of inflation and its consequences |
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| CHAPTER XII -
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96 |
- Surrender of
Louisiana to the French Crown in 1731
- Early routes by way of the Kankakee, Chicago Creek, to Ohio, the Maumee
and Wabash described
- The Maumee and Wabash, and the number and origin of the several names
- Indian villages |
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| CHAPTER XIII. -
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105 |
- Aboriginal
inhabitants
- The several Illinois tribes
- Of the name Illinois, and its origin
- The Kaskaskias, Cahokias, Tamarooas, Peorias and Metchigamis,
subdivisions of the Illinois Confederacy
- The tradition concerning the Iroquois River
- Their decline and removal westward of the Missouri |
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| CHAPTER XIV. - |
119 |
- The Miamis
- The Miami, Piankeshaw and Wea bands
- Their superiority and their military disposition
- Their trade and difficulties with the French and the English
- They are upon the Maumee and Wabash
- Their Villages
- They defeat the Iroquois
- They trade with the English, and incur the anger of the French
- Their bravery
- Their decline
- Destructive effects of intemperance
- Cession of their lands in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
- Their removal westward and present condition |
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| CHAPTER XV. -
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137 |
- The Pottawatomies
- Originally from the north and east of Lake Huron
- Their migrations by way of Mackinaw to the country west of Lake
Michigan, and thence south and eastward
- Their games
- Origin of the name Pottawatomie
- Occupy a portion of the country of the Miamis along the Wabash
- Their villages
- At peace with the United States after the war of 1812
- Cece their lands
- Their exodus from the Wabash, the Kankakee and Wabash |
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| CHAPTER XVI. -
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153 |
- The Kickapoos and
Mascoutins reside about Saginaw Bay in 1612; on Fox
River Wisconsin, in 1670
- Their reception of the Catholic fathers
- On the Maumee in 1712
- In southern Wisconsin or northern Illinois
- Migrate to the Wabash
- Dwellers of the prairie
- Their destruction at the siege of Detroit
- Nearly destroy the Illinois and Piankeshaws, and occupy their country
- Join Tecumseh in a body
- They, with the Winnebagoes, attack Fort Harrison
- Their country between the Illinois and Wabash
- Their resemblance to the Sac and Fox Indians |
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| CHAPTER XVII. -
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170 |
- The Shawnees and
Delawares
- Originally east of the Alleghany Mountains
- Are subdued and driven out by the Iroquois
- They war on the American settlements
- Their villages on the Big and Little Miamis, the St. Mary's the Au
Glaize, Maumee and Wabash
- The Delawares
- Made women of by the Iroquois
- Their country on White River, Indiana, and eastward defined
- They, with the Shawnees, sent west of the Mississippi |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. -
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180 |
- The Indians
- Their implements, utensils, fortifications, mounds, manners and customs. |
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| CHAPTER XIX. -
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195 |
- Stone implements
used by the Indians before they came in contract with
the Europeans
- Illustrations of various kinds of stone implements, and suggestions as
to their probable uses. |
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| CHAPTER XX. -
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208 |
- The war for the fur
trade
- Former abundance of wild animals and water fowl in the Northwest
- The buffalo; their range, their numbers, and final disappearance
- Value of the fur trade; its importance to Canada |
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| CHAPTER XXI. -
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224 |
- The war for the
empire
- English claims to the Northwest
- Deeds from the Iroquois to a large part of the country |
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| CHAPTER XXII. -
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234 |
- Pontiac's war to
recover the country from the English
- Pontiac's confederacy falls to pieces
- The country turned over to the English
- Pontiac's death |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. -
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245 |
- Gen. Clark's
conquest of the "Illinois"
- The Revolutionary war
- Sketch of Gen. Clark
- His manuscript memoir of his march to the Illinois
- He captures Kaskaskia
- The surrender of Vincennes
- Capt. Helm surprises a convoy of English boats at the mouth of the
Vermilion River
- Organization of the northwest territory into Illinois county of Virginia |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. -
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260 |
| - Conclusion |
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HISTORY OF VIGO COUNTY
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| Topography |
1 |
| Watercourses |
5 |
| Organization |
7 |
| Law and its administration |
9 |
| Col. Francis Vigo |
14 |
| Early settlements |
22 |
| In the vicinity of the
county seat |
27 |
| History of Terre Haute |
30 |
| Early settlements |
33 |
| Town and surroundings |
53 |
| Recollections of deceased
residents |
54 |
| Fires, etc. |
61 |
| Old Indian orchard |
65 |
| S. B. Gookins |
75 |
| " Western Register" and
Terre Haute "Advertiser" |
78 |
| Old-time merchants, banks,
etc. |
87 |
| Recollections |
97 |
| City government |
110 |
| Newspapers |
114 |
| Churches |
118 |
| Educational |
143 |
| Societies |
151 |
HARRISON TOWNSHIP
- Biographical
-
Updated 7/13/2021 |
159 |
| The Pioneer period |
163 |
| Period of growth |
203 |
| 1860 to 1870 |
285 |
| Present decade |
333 |
| SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP |
369 |
| - Educational |
373 |
| -
Biographical |
377 |
| LOST CREEK TOWNSHIP |
386 |
| -
Biographical -
Finished
10/3/2025 |
391 |
| RILEY TOWNSHIP |
403 |
| - Lockport |
408 |
| -
Biographical |
410 |
| PIERSON TOWNSHIP |
425 |
| -
Biographical |
430 |
| LINTON TOWNSHIP |
435 |
| -
Biographical |
438 |
| FAYETTE TOWNSHIP |
442 |
| -
Biographical |
447 |
| PRAIRIETON TOWNSHIP |
463 |
| -
Biographical-
Finished
10/4/2025 |
463 |
| HONEY CREEK TOWNSHIP |
479 |
| - Youngstown,
churches, etc. |
480 |
| -
Biographical |
483 |
| PRAIRIE CREEK TOWNSHIP |
496 |
| -
Biographical |
496 |
| OTTER CREEK TOWNSHIP |
499 |
| -
Biographical |
501 |
| NEVINS TOWNSHIP |
509 |
| - Railroads |
512 |
| WAR RECORD of VIGO COUNTY |
519 |
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