Indiana History A Book of Readings [Paperback]

These readings provide an overview of Indiana history based upon primary and secondary acounts of significant events and personalities. This treasure trove includes work by George Rogers Clark, Emma Lou Thornbrough, George Ade, Dan Wakefield, and many more.

RALPH D. GRAY is Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of American Studies at Indiana UniversityPurdue University at Indianapolis.

Preface
Introduction
Indiana: The Land and the People
A Poetic Question
Indiana: A New Perspective

1. The First Inhabitants
Indian Achievements
Indianas Prehistoric Culture
The First Europeans
The Failure of French Policy
The French Fort at Vincennes

2. The Era of the American Revolution, 1763-1789
A Historians View
The Characters of Henry Hamilton and George Rogers Clark Compared
A Participant Writes
Our March Upon Vincennes
An Enlightened Western Policy
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787

3. Harrison, Tecumseh, and Territorial Politics
Contrary Patterns in Territorial Life
Democratic Influences in Territorial Indian
Slavery in the Indiana Territory/Jacob Piatt Dunn
A Classic Confrontation
Tecumseh, Harrison, and the War of 1812
The Battle of Tippecanoe
An Eyewitness Account of Tippecanoe
Chief Shabonees Account of Tippecanoe
The Nineteenth State
Statehood Achieved

4. Life on the Indiana Frontier
Pioneers
The Settlers
Senator Smiths Reminiscences
Cultural Centers of the 1820s
Robert Owens New Harmony
William Conners Farm
Establishing the Public Schools
Transportation Problems and Plans
The Wabash and Erie Canal
Beginning the Railroad Network
Pioneer Agriculture
The Farming Seasons
The First State Fair

5. The Era of the Civil War
Political Developments
The Fugitive Slave Law in Operation
Birth of the Republican Party in Indiana
The Impact of War upon Indiana
Indiana in the Civil War
Morgana Raid into SoulC‹