. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . e of payment, only 1,064,285acres were patented to it. No time was lost in beginning the December 3, 1787, two hours before day, the first company of pioneersassembled at Dr. Cutlers house at Ipswich, in tlie northeast corner of Journal, Vol. 4, p. Journal, Vol. 4, p. 662-3. INDIANA AND INDIANANS 195 ilassachusetts, for the start. Probably no body of emigrants started outso impressed with the idea that they were going to found a state—atpoints one might almost think they
. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . e of payment, only 1,064,285acres were patented to it. No time was lost in beginning the December 3, 1787, two hours before day, the first company of pioneersassembled at Dr. Cutlers house at Ipswich, in tlie northeast corner of Journal, Vol. 4, p. Journal, Vol. 4, p. 662-3. INDIANA AND INDIANANS 195 ilassachusetts, for the start. Probably no body of emigrants started outso impressed with the idea that they were going to found a state—atpoints one might almost think they were staging a pageant. After lis-tening to a discourse from Cutler, and firing a salvo of three volleys,they started off on foot, preceded by a wagon covered with black canvas,on which Cutler himself had put, in white letters, For the party, under command of Major Haffield White, made its wayslowly through Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvaniato the mouth of the Youghiogheny, where they were joined on February14 by a second party from Connecticut, under Gen. Rufus Start of First Ohio Colony from Ipswich, Dec. 3, 1787 (From an old cut) Here they stopped to build boats, and started down the river on April 1,the fleet consisting, according to Putnam, of the Union galley of forty-five tons burden, the Adelphia Ferry-boat, burden three tons andthree log canoes of different sizes. On April 7, Gen. Putnam steppedashore at the mouth of the Muskingum, followed by his forty-seven com-rades, to begin the building of the new capital of Northwest made a large stockade, which, as classical scholars, they called TheCampus Martins; and as good Federalists, which they were, they calledthe new town Marietta, for Marie Antoinette. So came to the west thenew influence which dominated Indiana for the next twelve years. There was no immediate effect on Indiana. Gov. St. Clair did notarrive until Julv 9, when he was received at Marietta with
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