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Blue River Academy, Teachers, 8, 9. Blue River Circuit, 231, 234, 239. Blythe, James E., 270. Bolton, Mrs. Sarah T., 202. Book of Martyrs, 188. Booker's Circuit, 242. Bookman, 209.
Catterson, Col. Robert F., 295. Cave In Rock, 107.
Cavins, Lieut. Col A. G., 295. Centennial prize offer, 80; commis
sion, 339.
Centerville, 162. Central Academy, 15. Chambered Nautilus, 201. Charge of the Light Brigade, 197. Charleston, town, 132, 296; circuit,
235; district, 243.
Child Labor Act, 55. Childe Harold, 196. Children of the Abbey, 189. Chilton, R. H., 297. Choteau and Choteau's Pond, 116. Cristian church, 22; academies,
Farrar, Capt. Josiah, 295. Faust, 195. Fayette Seminary, 159. Federal Labor Union, 52. Female Poets of America, 202.
Fillmore, Millard, 321.
"Finality" in Indiana, 304, 307, 308. Fink, Mike, river pirate, 107.
Fitch, Dr. Graham N., 306. Five Million Loan, the, 276.
Flatboating, 219.
Footprints of the Creator, 194. Fort Hamilton, 352. Fort Harrison, 351. Fort Washington, 352. Fort Wayne, Treaty of, 365-367. Fortress Monroe, 142. Foster, John W., 89. Foster, Capt. Wallace, 97. Foster, Samuel M., 339. Fox, John, 42. Franklin Academy, 34; seminary,
159; college, 192. Freedmen's Bill, 327. Freedonia School Society, 160. Freeman's Corner, 79. Freeman, Thomas, 79. Free Soilers in Indiana, 302. Free Soil Party, in Indiana, 301. Free Soil State Convention, 314. Fremont, J. C, 330. French Creek Settlement, 67. French Exploration of Northwest,
96. "French Settlements in Floyd
County," by Alice L. Green, 64. Friends of Freedom, National Con
vention, 322. Fulton, Robert, 120.
Funk, Capt., 354.
Ganiard, Sidney K., 375. Garber, Michael C, Jr., 285. Garber, Col. Michael C, 286, 289,
290, 299. Garner, James, 238. Garnett, Edward, 209. Garrett Biblical Institute, 211. General Conference, 214, 244. Gen try ville, 176. Geography, Morse, 187, 189. German Civilization, Influence of,
on Indiana, 80.
Gibbs, Dr., naturalist, 298. Gibson seminary, 159. Gil Bias, 205.
Gilpin, John, 187.
Gipson, Professor Lawrence, 97.
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Haworth, Paul L., author of Ameri ca in Ferment, 179.
Hay den, Capt. Nehemiah, 311.
Headley's Circuit, 242. Heerboordi Meletomata, 188. Hemans, Mrs., 193, 198. Hendricks, Thomas A., 311. He Never Smiled Again, 199. Henry County Hist. Soc., meeting,
185. Heston Academy, 30.
Higher Law Doctrine, 72. Historical Commission, 389. Historical Painting, 81.
History of the Church, 193. History of Democratic Party in the
Northwest, by Homer J. Webster, 180.
History of Education in Iowa, by Clarence Ray Aurner, 181.
"History of Indiana University," in Indiana University Alumni Quar terly, by J. A. Woodburn, 279.
History of Indiana, by Logan Esa rey, a review of, by D. W. Howe, 167.
History of Jacobinism, 189.
History of the Middle Ages, 193.
History of the Reformation, 193.
"History of the Regulators of Northern Indiana," Kendallville News-Sun, 279.
History of United States, by Mat thew Page Andrews, 94.
History of the Underground Rail
road, reviewed, 379.
History Teachers, meeting, 377.
Hobbs, Barnabas, 11, 35.
Hodges. Mrs. Edward F., communi cation of, 77, 78.
Hodgin, Prof. Cyrus W., 37. Holland, George, 166.
Holmes, Oliver W., 201, 203, 204. Holton, Mrs. John B., 77.
Holy Angels' Academy, 34. Home and School Visitor, 384. Home Sweet Home, 202. Hoosier School Boy, 225, 226. Hoosier School Master, 222, 225, 226.
Hopkins, Milton B., 27, 36.
Howard, Gen. O. O., 288, 291.
Hough's circuit, 242.
Howe, D. W., 29 ; Readings, 88 ; Political History of Secession, 70 ; "Browsing Around Among Old
Books," 187.
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Idyls of the King, 196, 197. Illinois District, 231, 234, 240; con
ference, 242, 243, 244, 246.
Immigrants to Early Indiana, 170.
Immortality of the Soul, 188. Indian Creek circuit, 239.* Indian scares, 218. Indian traders, 274-275. Indiana Baptist Ed. Soc, 160. Indiana District, 240. Indiana Federation of Labor, meet
New Castle Academy, 35. New England Letters in Indiana, 3.
Newland, Dr. Elijah, 311. New Orleans, 100, 215. New Purchase, 171.
Newsboys' Protective Union, 51. New Switzerland, 217. Newton, Robert, 214. New Washington, Seminary, 160. New York Ledger, 204. New York Tribune, 204. New York Settlers in Indiana, 3. Neyron Father, 65. Nicholasville, 129. Nichols, Mrs. Rebecca S.. 202. Noble, Gen. James, 162. Noble, Gov. Noah, 155.
Noble, Sed (son of James Noble), 165.
Norman. J. B., 213. North American Review, 204. North American, 189. North Carolina Settlers in Indiana,
Oft in the Stilly Night, 197. Ohio Conference, 231, 234, 246. Old Arm Chair, 199. Old Confederation, 168. Old Glory, 142. Old Red Sandstone, 194. Old Sac Trail, 274, 275. Olive Branch Society, 160.
Orange Seminary, 159. Ordinance of 1787, 232, 355. Origin of Species, 194. Orland Academy, 23. Orleans Institute, 160. Orthodox Evangelist, 190, 193.
Sabin, E. H., 18. Sacred Heart Academy, 34. Saint Agnes Academy, 32. Saint Augustine's Academy, 34. Saint Catherine's Academy, 34. Saint Clair's Defeat, 352, 353, 361. Saint Gabriel's Academy, 34. Saint Gabriel's College, 161. Saint John's Academy, 32. Saint Joseph's Academy, 34. Saint Joseph Manual Labor College
Institute, 160. Saint Mary's Academy, 34. Saint Mary's College and Academy,
33 ; Female Seminary, 160. Saint Mary's-of-the-Knobs, 64. Saint Mary's of the Wood, 160. Saint Paul's Academy, 34. Saint Rose Academy, 31. Saint Simon's Academy, 34. Salem, 178; Democrat, 185; cir
cuit, 239; station, 242.
Salisbury, prison of, 141. Saluda river, 288, 290. Samplers, 77. Sam Slick, 203.
Scott, Governor, of Kentucky, 354. Scott, Sir Walter, 193, 205, 206. Scottish Chiefs, 188, 189. Seamans, John B., 315. Second Bank of Indiana, 167. Semi-Centennial History of West
Virginia, 91.
Seminaries, 148. Settlers (early), in Floyd, 65. Seward, W. H., 73. Seymour, Indiana, 178. Shakespeare, 189, 193, 197. Shanklin, John, 270. Shattuck, Roy L., 376. Shawnees, 350. Shelby Seminary, 159. Sherman, Gen. William T., 285, 290,
Sinex, Rev. T. H., 20. Sixth Indiana Cavalry, 130. Skinner, Hubert M., "The Era of
the Tassements or Stockaded
Trading Posts," 272, 348.
Slaughter House Point, now Al giers. 115.
Slocuin, Maj. Gen. Henry W., Bat tles and Leaders of the Civil
War, 295.
Smith, Charles W., 86. Smith, O. P., 50.
Smith, Prof. Oliver H., 37. Smith, Rev. John L., 17. Smith, Sydney, 203. Smith, Wm. H., 168. Smith's circuit, 242. Smollett, 193. Snow Bound, 199. Social Statics, 194.
Sorghum Camp, 286.
Soule, Bishop, 238, 239.
Southey, Robert, 191.
Spear, Elder E. R., 23. Spectator, 189, 193, 203. Spelling Books, 187. Spencer county, 176. Spiceland Academy, 12, 13. Spiritualism, 193. Sprague, Kate Chase, 327. Spring Creek Academy, 161. Sprinklesburg, now called New
burg, 107. State Bank of Indiana, 221. State Bankina in Early Indiana,
166.
"Steamboating on the Ohio and Mis sissipppi Before the Civil War,
Memoirs of Capt. Wilson Dan iels," edited by Preston A.
Barba, 99. Steam Boats, Beaver and New
Orleans, first on Ohio River, 121. Stevens, Stephen C, 315. Stevens, Thaddeus, 335. Stevens, W. W., query, 78. Stone, Col. G. A., 291, 293, 294. Stormont, Col. Gilbert R., 25, 98,
277.
"Story of the Common Blue Willow Plate," Stevens, W. W., 278.
Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher, 202, 304.
Stretch, James A., 313. Stuart, W. Z., 311.
Studebaker Brothers, 277. Studies in Southern History and
Politics, 93.
Suchawk, Joseph F., 43. Swiss Settlers in Floyd, 67; on the
Tecumseh, 357, 360, 364, 365. Tell City, 99. Ten O'clock Line, 357. Tennessee Conference, 231, 239. Tennessee Historical Magazine, 385. Tennessee river, 108.
Tennyson, 191, 192, 197. Tent on the Beech, 199. Tesler, J. R., 96. Test, Chas. A., 162. Test, Dr. Erastus, 15, 36. Treaty of 1809, 355, 356, 357. Treaty of Greenville, 358. Thaddens of Warsaw, 188. Thames, Battle of, 353, expedition,
353.
Thanatopsis, 199. Thomas, John Hardin, article by,
8-39.
Thomas, Harvey, 11. Thomasville, Ga., 146. Thompson, Samuel H., 244. Thompson, Richard W., 328.
Twelve Mile Point, 119. Twelve Mile Purchase, 162. Two Years Before the Mast, 213. Tye, Henry James, 191.
Typographical Union No. 1, 40.
Unclassified Academies, 34. Uncle Tom's Cabin, 207, 304. Union High Academy, 35. Union Seminary of, 159. United Brethren Academies, 28. United Mine Workers, Terre Haute,
51. United Presbyterian Church of
Princeton, History of, by Gilbert R. Stormont, 95.
Universalist Church, 221.
University of Laporte, 158. Upper Manchester Academy, 35.
Williams, William, 313. Willis, N. P., 205. Wilmington, N. Carolina, 141. Wilmot Proviso in Indiana, 73, 301. Wilson, Alma Winston, 84. Wilson, George R., 80, 283. Wilson, John, 325. Wilson, Lazarus B., 84; letter to,
85. Wilson's circuit, 242.
Winnemac, Chief, 364, 365, 366. Winona Academy for Boys, 35. Winters, William, 238.
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THE INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY
The Indiana Magazine of History, founded in 1905 by Mr. George S. Cottman, of Indianapolis, is now published by the Department of History of Indiana University, with the aid of the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana State Li
brary. The purpose of the Magazine is to foster an interest in
the history of the State, and it invites the cooperation of all
persons and societies to whom this object appeals. Its editors solicit from any source the contribution of historical notes and
articles dealing with Indiana history. The editors and con
tributors receive no pay for their services. Under the new
management the size of the Magazine has been increased, and
the quality has been improved by the inclusion of articles based
upon careful research by students in the historical seminaries
of the State. It is hoped that further advance in these respects will be noted in subsequent issues. It is the aim of the editors
to make the Magazine popular in its appeal, while at the same
time fostering accuracy and sound historical methods.
"Six quarterly publications devoted to history, archaeology, or gene
alogy are issued in the Old Northwest. The best of these from the stand
point of scientific history is the Indiana Magazine of History published by the Department of History of Indiana University in cooperation with
the Indiana State Historical Society, and the Indiana State Library, and
edited by Dr. Logan Esarey."?Mississippi Valley Historical Review,
June, 1914.
"The Indiana Magazine of History continues to hold the premier place among historical periodicals of the Old Northwest in editorial workman
ship and qualities of papers."?Mississippi Valley Historical Review^
June, 1915.
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LOGAN ESAREY, Ph. D, Instructor in Western History in. Indiana University.
American Historical Review.
Tlie history of Indiana as one of the frontier states is suggestive of the distinctive part which the frontier lias played in the warp and woof of American
history. An added appreciation of the history of Indiana will give a new
appreciation of our nation's development, particularly as the one hundredth year of her history coincides with the great national era.
In his preface, Mr. Esa rey points out the difficulties which one now meets in investigating the historical data concerning Indiana, and he states that he has traced his facts to primary sources and has excluded from his book many traditional stories popularly regarded as substantial history, but which have been found to be without historical foundation.
The style of the author is clear and direct, but somewhat heavy. The
emphasis is well placed and the subjects are treated with due proportion. The institutional history is well covered topically and the chapters are subdivided in a way to show the connection with the general subject.
The author has used a great deal of original material but has interpreted it in his own language. He treats the old traditions sympathetically, but shows that they are largely false, and that the facts do not warrant many of the con clusions which the people have made. The subject-matter is interspersed with
many anecdotes which add interest. While the discussion lacks detail yet it is accurate.
One of the commendable features is the foot-notes, and the author has given a brief estimate of the relative value of his authorities which is quite worth while. Another very attractive feature of the book is the collection of fifteen
maps illustrating the development of the state to 1852. There is a good summary of the civil institutions of the state. The volume is provided with a good bibli
ography of twelve pages, although it might to advantage have been made more
complete. The index could have been improved upon. All in all, Mr. Esarey has made a distinct contribution to the history of
Indiana, and in so doing to the history of the nation, and one may hope that he will carry forward the work to a more recent time. *
The American Historical Review, October, 1915. Pages 164-166.
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Few persons in Indiana are better equipped to write a history of Indiana than Dr. Logan Esarey, Instructor in Western History in Indiana University, and editor-in-chief of the Indiana Magazine of History. In this state, as in so
many others of the Union, the materials for history are only now being gathered together. We can therefore appreciate the labors necessary to write a historical narrative like this, critically correct. In his work, Dr. Esarey has succeeded
admirably well in spite of the fact that serious obstacles presented themselves at every turn. From the first page of the book to the last, the interest of the reader is sustained. The opening chapter, dealing with the activities of the French in Indiana, presents many revelations to the student of history. In his researches on this early period Dr. Esarey depends to a large extent upon facts drawn from the Jesuit Eclations, and he has interpreted and marshalled his data in a convincing and scholarly manner. When he writes about Clark's con
quest and Pierre Gibault's part in the winning of the West, he tells the story very succinctly, perhaps too much so. In justice to the patriot-priest, he should have given him most of the credit. John Law, in his Address on Vincennes, 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." The first place of honor is undoubtedly due to Father Gibault.
* * * The work bears the stamp of true scholarship. The scope of the
book, embracing as it does the political, social and economic developments in the
state, forbade a larger space to religious and educational history. The author's method of treatment is topical, and hence this book ought to form a convenient reference work for the student of American History.
The Catholic Historical Review, October, 1915. pp. 340-342.
Iowa Journal of History and Politics.
It is perhaps no exaggeration to say that this is the most scholarly and
satisfactory volume on the history of Indiana that has thus far been written. Not only is it more complete than any previous work attempting to cover the same period; but it is compiled almost entirely from original sources?a task of no mean proportions in a state where, as the author indicates in his preface, "there is no considerable collection of historical material to draw upon."
A bibliography and a fairly good index complete the volume, which is hand
somely printed and bound. Some persons will no doubt wish that the history had been carried down to a much later date. Dr. Esarey would render a real
service, not only to the people of Indiana but to students of history throughout the Upper Mississippi Valley, if he would follow his present book with another volume covering the history of that state during the last half of the nineteenth
century?a field as yet almost untouched. Iowa Journal of History and Politics, July, 1915.
Alumni Quarterly.
The appearance of a volume covering the history of Indiana to 1850 is
timely. This volume should, and doubtless will, receive a generous welcome.
Whatever may be said of other states, the history of Indiana has been rather
sadly neglected. Some excellent work has been done previously on the period before 1816, but Dr. Esarey has produced the first work of historical value on
the period from 1816 to 1850. For several years he has been collecting the sources
of Indiana History. His sacrifices have been great, but so have been his suc
cesses. Indeed, his achievements in this direction have not been approached by those of any one else in the field of Indiana History. It would be difficult to
express too high an appreciation of the labors that have preceded and accompanied the writing of the volume under review.
Not only the general reader, however, but also the historian will find the
book a source of information for years to come. In the next several years, there
should surely appear a number of doctors' theses on the middle period of our
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state's history, but until these have been worked out, Doctor Esarey's book must be the main reliance for all who can not go directly to the sources.
Of course, no one could produce a local history of such proportions, in a field a part of which has been so thoroughly neglected, without falling into some errors. However, the book appears to be remarkably free from such, and espe cially from those minor errors that are so difficult to avoid. The statements
throughout the book are very clear, the English is good, and nowhere is there any straining after effect. The aim has been to state the facts without preju dice or bias, and this has been accomplished to a surprising degree. The matter
presented is well organized. Prof. W. O. Lynch in the Indiana University Alumni Quarterly, July, 1915,
pp. 340-848.
Indiana Magazine of History.
Before the appearance of this sumptuous volume of four hundred and ninety pages, the author had become favorably known as a careful and patient investi
gator of Indiana history by his papers published in the Indiana Historical Society publications, one entitled Internal Improvements in Early Indiana, the other entitled State Banking in Early Indiana. By this more ambitious historical venture he will become more widely and favorably known.
The subject chosen by Mr. Esa rey presents an inviting theme for the his
torian, one full of romantic interest, of thrilling adventure, of heroic achieve
ments, of hard struggles with nature and still harder with savage foes, and of marvelous developments.
Mr. Esarey has cultivated a field only partially developed by prior historians. In the portion of his volume which tells the story of the State from 1816-1851, his care and industry and his merits as an historian are conspicuous. In his
preparation of it he has rendered a great service to the state and his work will
be highly appreciated by all who are interested in preserving its history. It need not surprise us when we find in the chapter in Mr. Esarey's volume
devoted to Religion and Education only six pages about education. These were
enough, however, in which to tell what little there is to be told about education
in early Indiana. Nor need we be surprised to find that the word "literature"
is not mentioned either in the table of contents or in the index of Mr. Esarey's volume. Men whose energies were of necessity devoted mainly to hewing homes
out of the wilderness, to providing shelter and food for their families, and to
repelling attacks of wild beasts and treacherous foes, had little time in which to
read books and less in which to write then). But the early pioneers persevered.
They cleared the forests and drained the swamps and converted them into
fruitful fields; they made roads and bridges; they built towns an started cities
and before 1851 they had laid the foundation of a great commonwealth.
Judge Daniel Wait Howe in the Indiana Magazine of History, June, 1915,
pages 107-173.
The Nation.
Mr. Esarey's volume is one of the best examples of state history as it ought to be written/ The task of the historian in Indiana is even more difficult than
in most states, from the fact that there is no considerable collection of historical
materials to draw upon. The documentary sources of many commonwealths have
been published, but since a short-sighted Legislature half a century ago prevented
John B. Dillon from organizing them and from giving Indiana a state library to
be proud of, Indiana has been consistently remiss in its attention to such matters.
The most important sources, the Indiana State Publications, have not been issued
in anything approaching chronological order, and have not been indexed. The
Indiana Legislative Records are like those of half the other states: the dates
on the back inaccurate, the pagination confused, and the indexes imperfect. As
for secondary authorities, J. P. Dunn's excellent volume in the American Common
wealth series is frankly sketchy on the political and military side, and as a
social and economic history is preoccupied with the early struggle over slavery
and the later fight against pro-slavery sentiment; John Dillon's scholarly work
was?again through legislative narrowness?brought down only to 1816, and the
work of Goodrich and others is negligible. But Mr. Esarey, whose previous
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studies on State Banking and Internal Improvements in Indiana have familiarized him with two difficult aspects of its history has searched every possible source of information, made tlie closest study of newspapers and manuscripts, and
painstakingly verified even statements hitherto unquestioningly accepted. His
bibliography contains over three hundred items. The result is a record, brought down to the disappearance of the Whig party and the rise of the Republican, the definitiveness of which is unlikely to be questioned. It is to be hoped that
we may some day realize such a history for every state in the Union, supple mented by detailed studies of important topics.
By far the best portion of the book is its treatment of those aspects of state
history which are most intricate and difficult, and superficially most repelling. The chapters on Economic Development, covering roads, stage lines, flatboat trade, and mailboat service; on Internal Improvements, tracing the policies
which culminated in 1836 with Governor Noble's signature of the Mammoth Internal Improvements bill, appropriating one-sixth of all the wealth the state then had and paving the way straight to bankruptcy; on the Public Lands and the frauds and speculations growing therefrom; on the Second Bank of Indiana, and on Religion and Education leave little to be desired. The agricultural development of the state is hardly spoken of, and should not have been neglected. The fiscal history could also have been treated with more detail. But these
general chapters are . a refreshing find to any one who knows how exclusively most state historians have dealt with politics, constitutional history, legislative events, and the development of only the salient educational, charitable, penal, and
general social institutions. For his account of Indiana banking, for example, the author has gone to the local records of many towns; for the history of the church to the records of the dioceses, parishes, and church districts. Breadth and correctness of view would have been furthered by some adversi?n to influences outside the state in the ripening of all these phases of Indiana life, but the author's sense of the limitations of his space doubtless prevented this wider treatment.
The matter on general social history would make a small treatise in itself; and in the chapters on The French in Indiana and The Pioneers and Their Social Life, the picture of homes, customs, occupations, primitive public utilities, festi vals and festivities, is living and interesting. Any reader of Eggleston or of Nicholson's "The Hoosiers" knows that Indiana has its own l?cturesque qualities of rural life. The charivari, the Christmas shooting, the maltreatment of the schoolmaster, the drinking and gambling, the tavern, the shooting match, the election day, the wedding and infare. the log-rolling, the quilting, the camp
meeting, and the open-handed hospitality of the prairies are described with a wealth of quotations from old chronicles and newspapers. The author justly remarks that the social customs of early Indiana are most clearly understood in the light of their history. One contention of some novelty is that the so-called
Hoosier dialect, at the time it was current in Indiana, was that of a large frac tion of the population of the whole Union, and represented the language of the commoner of the eighteenth century in England.
The Nation, October 21, 1915, pp. 498-499.
Indianapolis News.
Professor Logan Esarey, Ph. D., of Indiana University, where he is instruc tor in Western History, is the author of "A History of Indiana"?-a work that commends itself to students and to readers generally as one of the best works of the sort that has yet appeared on the subject. Moreover, it is a work for which there is genuine need. We have had histories of Indiana?plenty of them, too?but, unfortunately, they have not been without serious faults. In some cases, they have been written by men whose bias colored facts to suit their
prejudices and whose opinions have too often been projected as historical data. These errors, Professor Esarey's history avoids, and, on that account, to say
nothing of its other virtues, it will gain a place for itself, no doubt as one of the best and foremost and most reliable books dealing with the subject. It covers Indiana history from the first exploration of the state up to the year 1850, and it covers the period thoroughly, comprehensively and in the manner and style of the genuine historian?not that of the mere compiler. Professor Esarey, in his brief and pointed preface, calls attention to the fact that in the prepara
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lion of Iiis work lie encountered many serious and unexpected obstacles. "In the tirst place," saye he, "many traditional stories popularly regarded as sub stantial history, have been found to be without historical foundation"?a fault, we are tempted to add, that is due in large measure to the hit-or-miss methods followed by Professor Esarey's predecessors.
He found, too, that the state collection of historical documents is not large, that many of the state reports and publicaions are wholly unreliable, and that others are not indexed nor even properly bound. It is gratifying to know, how ever, that the author, in this instance, traced his facts to primary sources and excluded from his text the stupid repetition of erroneous statement that is so often encountered in the histories of Indiana, both early and recent, that have heretofore been available.
xV.s one of the best discussions of the subject we have ever read, we especially recommend the chapter entitled, "Pioneers and Their Social Life." This is a
plain, dignified, matter-of-fact account of early life and conditions in Indiana, free from speculation and theory, and, on that account, doubly valuable. However, as much could be said of other chapters of the work. It is, in short, admirable from beginning to end?so commendable, in fact, that the reader is led to hope that the author will prepare a companion volume and treat of Indiana's history from 1850 onward.
The Indianapolis News, March 22, 1915.
Evansville Courier.
On the approach of Indiana's centennial, no work could be more timely than "The History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1850," which has just left the
printer's hands. No writer is perhaps so well equipped for the work as the
author, Logan Esa rey, Ph. I)., instructor in Western History in Indiana Univer
sity. Mr. Esarey, by the way, is a Perry county boy and his family connections
throughout Perry and Spencer counties are numerous. The book will at once step into the position of the leading history of the
Hoosier state. It will take first importance, if it does not make all preceding ones obsolete.
The abundance of Dr. Esarey's information is apparent on every page, the
accuracy, except in some careless proofreading in the spelling of names, is
undoubted. To the many disputed facts of Indiana history he has given a
patience and industry that is amazing. He combines the diligence of the inves
tigator with the imagination of the historian. The result is that the book while
crowded with facts is not a mere compilation but a genuine history. Professor Esarey's history is invaluable to the student and it will be
eagerly sought by the general reader. Eew states outside the original thirteen
have had a history so interesting. Its beginnings were laid in romantic adven
ture and its development was through stirring times. On Indiana soil George
Hogers Clark carried out one of the most brilliant exploits of the Revolution.
Its borders were touched by the war of 1812 and Hoosier soldiers participated in battles under Taylor and Scott in Mexico. Conflicts with the Indians were
frequent. While Professor Esarey gives due attention to wars and politics and gov
ernment, he fully describes the life of the people, their habits, customs and social
institutions. The book is admirable throughout. It is highly creditable to the
author, the university and the state.
From The EvansviUe Courier, April 21, 1915.
Bloomington World.
It is by far the most scholarly history yet written concerning the Hoosier
State. Dr. Esarey has brushed aside the numerous stories that have been
regarded in many quarters as historical facts, and has written only those things for which the true investigator can vouch.
There is not a single uninteresting page in the book. Dr. Esarey has a
genius for sifting the wheat from the chaff and he has a literary style that is
pleasing and convincing. His first chapter is naturally devoted to the French
in Indiana, and this is followed by an interesting chapter on the English period.
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He deals intelligently with the Northwest Territory and gives an excellent account of the Territory of Indiana. In regular order he gives a faithful histori cal record of Indiana as a State.
The book is not a compilation of dry facts, but is a living, breathing account of the life of the people of Indiana. The author traces with accuracy the eco nomic development of the State and deals entertainingly with the religion, the
education, the politics and the social life of the Hoosiers. His chapters devoted to Indiana's part in the various wars are based upon recognized historical facts.
Dr. Esarey's volume is a distinct addition to the history of the State, and it is fortunate that the work was in the hands of a real investigator. The volume
brings the history to the adoption of the present Constitution in 1851, and it is to be hoped that the author will soon give us one or more volumes that will
complete the history to the present time. Bloomington World, April 29, 1915.
The text is illustrated by 15 full-page maps. All important statements are fortified by ample reference to the sources. The
volume is printed in large, clear type on the best quality of rag
paper. It is bound in standard cloth, deckle edge, pages, ix, 528.
Bibliography and index.
$3.00 postpaid.
Address all communications to Logan Esarey, Bloomington, Indiana.
Enclosed find-dollars, for which send
copies of Esary's History of Indiana.
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Indiana Historical Society Publications CONTENTS OP VOL. I
No. 1. Proceedings of the Society,, 1830-1886. No. 2. Northwest Territory.
Letter of Nathan Dane concerning the Ordinance of 1787. Governor Patrick Henry's Secret Letter of Instruction to George Rogers
Clark. No. 3. The Uses of History. By President Andrew Wylie, D. D. No. 4. The National Decline of the Miami Indians. By John B. Dillon. No. 5. Early History of Indianapolis and Central Indiana. By Nathaniel Bolton. No. 6. Joseph G. Marshall. By Prof. John L Campbell. No. 7. Judge John Law. By Charles Denby. No. 8. Archaeology of Indiana, By Prof. E. T. Cox. No. 9. The Early Settlement of the Miami Country. By Dr. Ezra Ferris.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II No. 1. The Laws and Courts of Northwest and Indiana Territories. By Daniel
Wait Howe. No. 2. The Life and Services of John B. Dillon. By Gen. John Coburn and Judge
Horace P. Biddle. No. 3. The Acquisition of Louisiana. By Judge Thomas M. Cooley. No. 4. Loughery's Defeat and Pigeon Boost Massacre. By Charles Martindale. No. 5. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Official Publications of the Territory
and State of Indiana from 1800 to 1890. By Daniel Wait Howe. No. 6. The Rank of Charles Osborn as an Anti-Slavery Pioneer. By George
W. Julian. No. 7. The Man in History. By John Clark Ridpath. No. 8. Ouiatanon. By Oscar J. Craig. No. 9. Reminiscences of a Journey to Indianapolis in 1836. By C, P. Ferguson. No. 10. Life op Ziba Foote. By Samuel Morrison.
"Old Settlers." By Robert P. Duncan. No. 11. French Settlements on the Wabash. By Jacob Piatt Dunn. No. 12. Slavery Petitions and Papers. By Jacob Piatt Dunn.
CONTENTS OF VOL. Ill No. 1. A History of Early Indianapolis Masonry and of Center Lodge. By Will
E. English. No. 2. Sieur de Vincennes, the Founder of Indiana's Oldest Town. By Edmond
Mallet No. 3. The Executive Journal of Indiana Territory. Edited and annotated by
William Wesley Woollen, Daniel Wait Howe, and Jacob Piatt Dunn. No. 4. The Mission to the Ouabache. By Jacob Piatt Dunn, pp. 78. No. 5. Fifty Tears in Pharmacy. By George W. Sloan, pp. 27. No. 6. Caleb Mills. By Chas. W. Moores, pp. 280.
CONTENTS OF VOL. IV No. 1. Diary of Wm. Owe^, Edited by Joel W. Hiatt. No. 2. The Word "Hoosier." By Jacob Piatt Dunn.
John Finley. By Mrs. Sarah A. Wrigley. No. 3. William Henry Harrison's Administration of Indiana Territory, By
Homer J. Webster, A. M., Ph. M. No. 4. Making a Capital in the Wilderness. By Daniel Wait Howe. No. 5. Names of Persons Enumerated in Marion County, Indiana, at the Fifth
Census, 1830. No. 6. Some Elements of Indiana's Population; or Roads West, and Their Early
Travelers. By W. E. Henry. No. 7. Lockerbie's Assessment List of Indianapolis, 1835. Edited by Eliza G.
Browning. No. 8. The Scotch-Irish Presbyterians in Monroe County, Indiana. By James
Albert Woodburn. No. 9. Indianapolis and the Civil War. By John H. Holliday.
CONTENTS OF VOL. V No. 1. Lincoln's Body Guard, with Some Personal Recollections of Abraham
Lincoln. By Robert McBride. No. 2. Internal Improvements in Early Indiana. By Logan Esarey. No. 3. The Sultana Disaster. By Joseph Taylor Elliott. No. 4. An Indiana Village (New Harmony). By John H. Holliday. No. 5. The Pioneers of Morgan County :Memoirs of Noah J. Major. Edited by
Logan Esarey. No. 6. The Life and Services of Gen. Robert S. Foster. By Charles W. Smith.
Uniform volumes, 8vo cloth, uncut, with continuous paging and complete index. The earlier numbers have been reset in the same style as the later ones and the volumes are now uniform throughout. Volume $1.50. Number 50c.
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY Publishers for the Society INDIANAPOLIS
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"The objects of this society shall be the collection and preservation of all materials calculated to shed light on the natural, civil, and political history of Indiana."
This society was organized by the leading men of our State. The following were the first officers :
Benjamin Parke, president ; Isaac Blackford, first vice ; Jesse L. Holman, second vice ; James Scott, third vice ; John Farnham, corresponding secretary ; Bethuel F, Morris, recording secretary; James Blake, George H. Dunn, Isaac
Howk, James Whitcomb, and John Law, executive committee.
In the early days its annual meetings were one of the great occasions of the winter at the State capital. Among its early members were eight governors, all the judges of the supreme and federal courts, most of the circuit judges, a
majority of the U. S. senators and congressmen and other leading men of the
State. The annual address was usually given by one of the great men of the
nation.
The society has never had a building to house its collections nor adequate funds to publish its papers. Its membership fee has been one dollar per year until quite recently when it was raised to two. One dollar of this fee goes to
the Indiana Magazine of History which is sent free to all members. A small
donation is made annually by the State. It has never received but one gift or
endowment. This was made by Hon. William H. English, its former president and one of the distinguished historians of the State.
The Society should have an income of $5000 per year. Indiana has at least
5000 ? ion and women who are interested in the State's history ; and it is thought that f the matter were brought to their attention they would help In the work.
The membership fee Is not a gift. The Society sends its publications free to its
members. These will cost on an average $1 per year. It also sends the Indiana
Magazine of History, of which It is a Joint publisher, free. The price of the
Magazine itself is the same as the entire membership fee.
For further information address
Charles E. Coffin, Secretary, Star Building, Indianapolis; or
Indiana Magazine of History,
Bloomington, Indiana.
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