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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clark , or Clarke , George Rogers -1818 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dodge , Henry , 1782 -1867 (search)
Dodge, Henry, 1782-1867
Military officer; born in Vincennes, Ind., Oct. 12, 1782; commanded a company of volunteers in the War of 1812-15, and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of mounted infantry in 1814.
He fought the Indians from 1832 to 1834, when he made peace on the frontiers, and in 1835 commanded an expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
He was governor of Wisconsin and superintendent of Indian affairs from 1836 to 1841; a delegate in Congress from 1841 to 1845; and United States Senator from 1849 to 1857.
He died in Burlington, Ia., June 19, 1867.
Filson, John 1747-
Pioneer; born in Chester county, Pa., in 1747; purchased a onethird interest in the site of Cincinnati, which he called Losantiville.
While exploring the country in the neighborhood of Losantiville he disappeared and it is supposed was killed by hostile Indians, about 1788.
He was the author of The discovery, settlement, and present State of Kentucky; A topographical description of the Western Territory of North America; Diary of a journey from Philadelphia to Vincennes, Ind., in 1785, etc.
Gibault, Peter
Roman Catholic priest.
The bishop of Quebec in 1770 sent him to the territory now included in Illinois and Louisiana.
He lived a portion of the time in Vincennes, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and St. Genevieve.
During the Revolutionary War, through his influence, the settlers in this territory, who were mostly French, became ardent advocates of the American cause, and he also induced the Indians to remain neutral.
Judge Law says: Next to Clark and Vigo, the United States are indebted more to Father Gibault for the accession of the States comprised in what was the original Northwest Territory than to any other man.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton , Henry 1777 -1796 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison , William Henry 1773 -1812 (search)
Indiana,
Was first explored by French missionaries and traders, and Vincennes was a missionary station as early as 1700. Indiana constituted a part of New France, and afterwards of the Northwest Territory.
In 1702 some French Canadians discovered the Wabash, and established several trading-posts on its banks, among others, VVincennes.
Little is known of the early settlers until the country was ceded to the English, in 1763.
The treaty of 1783 included Indiana in the United States.
A distressing Indian war broke out in 1788, but by victories by General Wilkinson (1791) and General Wayne (1794), a dangerous confederacy of the tribes was broken up. Ano into two separate jurisdictions, the western one being called the Territory of Indiana, after one of the old ante-Revolutionary land companies.
St. Vincent, or Vincennes, was made the capital, and William Henry Harrison was appointed governor of the Territory.
It then included Michigan and Illinois.
In 1803 a movement was mad