. Indiana Historical Society publications . Harrison, p. 92; History of Pikand Dubois Counties, pp. 96 and 97; Cockrums Pioneer History 0Indiana, pp. 358, 361 and 365 : Miscellaneous Record i, Indiana, p. 34Article 5, Treaty of Ft. Wayne, 1803; Senate Documents, Vol. 39. pi64 and 65; Esareys Indiana, pp. 38 and no; Beards The Battle 0Tippecanoe, page 52; Dillons Indiana, pp. 157, 158 and 447. ReaOn the Wea Trail, a novel by Caroline Brown, p. 106. McCoyTippecanoe, pp. 176 and 179. 36 See Freeman survey; Cockrums Pioneer History of Indiana, 351. 37 Miscellaneous Record i, Indiana, pp. 26 and 27
. Indiana Historical Society publications . Harrison, p. 92; History of Pikand Dubois Counties, pp. 96 and 97; Cockrums Pioneer History 0Indiana, pp. 358, 361 and 365 : Miscellaneous Record i, Indiana, p. 34Article 5, Treaty of Ft. Wayne, 1803; Senate Documents, Vol. 39. pi64 and 65; Esareys Indiana, pp. 38 and no; Beards The Battle 0Tippecanoe, page 52; Dillons Indiana, pp. 157, 158 and 447. ReaOn the Wea Trail, a novel by Caroline Brown, p. 106. McCoyTippecanoe, pp. 176 and 179. 36 See Freeman survey; Cockrums Pioneer History of Indiana, 351. 37 Miscellaneous Record i, Indiana, pp. 26 and 27; Plat Book 2, p. 5 38 Miscellaneous Record i, Indiana, p. 265. Trails and Surveys 363 now than when he made them. An observant deputy mightrecord a small Indian path or road, while one not so observantmight easily fail to record a more prominent trace. How-ever, the survey records refer to the old trails with such fre-quency that where no mention is made of them their locationmay be determined with a fair degree of accuracy by tradition,. PLATE 3- The broken lines in the map above represent the old trails asindicated on the maps of the government surveyors. Local tradition,the topography, roads long in use, military orders and letters or de-scriptions written by early travelers all prove the records, and by ageneral knowledge these known points may be united and a fairly goodnap of the early roads would result. 364 Trails and Surveys topography, or circumstantial evidence. A careful pionedraughtsman sav^ that his map indicated the trails, while ;indifferent one produced a fairly good plat with the traiomitted as of no permanent value or interest. All this mube taken into consideration when forming a conclusion. T]surveyors ranges are six miles wide, and while one surveymay have omitted recording a trail through his range, tlother ones, joining him made a record of it, thus the genertrend is found, beyond the shadow of a doubt. Traces werecorded on the maps as guides to men who
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