History and government of Indiana .. . y defeated. Harrisons victory at Tippecanoebroke the Indian power in Indiana. TOPICS AND QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW 1. Name the principal Indian tribes in early Indiana. Give an accountof the wars with the Indians indicating the significance of (a) Waynesvictory at Fallen Timbers, {b) The Treaty of Greenville, (c) Tecumsehajad the Battle of Tippecanoe. 2. How did the white settlers treat the Indians? What did the mis-sionaries do for them? How were their lands obtained by the whites?Did the Indians have a right to keep the land? THE BEGINNINGS OF THE STATE The
History and government of Indiana .. . y defeated. Harrisons victory at Tippecanoebroke the Indian power in Indiana. TOPICS AND QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW 1. Name the principal Indian tribes in early Indiana. Give an accountof the wars with the Indians indicating the significance of (a) Waynesvictory at Fallen Timbers, {b) The Treaty of Greenville, (c) Tecumsehajad the Battle of Tippecanoe. 2. How did the white settlers treat the Indians? What did the mis-sionaries do for them? How were their lands obtained by the whites?Did the Indians have a right to keep the land? THE BEGINNINGS OF THE STATE The Birth of the State. The birthday of Indiana was DecemberII, 1816. That was the day of her admission to Statehood,and after that her Representatives and Senators could take theirseats in Congress. In 1815 a census of Indiana Territory was taken and thereturns showed that there were 63,897 white inhabitants. Ac-cording to the Ordinance of 1787 a population of 60,000 entitledthe Territory to Statehood. Accordingly, the Territorial Legis-. S7 Weal fruiii 80 »kb HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 495 lature sent a petition to Congress asking that body to authorizethe formation of a new State. Jonathan Jennings, who wasIndianas Territorial delegate in Congress, presented this petition,and good old Dennis Pennington, of Corydon, was the Speakerof the Indiana House whose name was signed to the petition. Congress consented to this request, and on April 18, 1816,the President signed the enabling act for Indiana. OnMay 13 the voters of Indiana elected delegates to a conventionfor the purpose of drawing up a constitution. The Constitution was Formed. This convention met atCorydon, the Territorial capital, on June 10, 1816, and afterdeliberating nineteen days, on June 29, declared the new con-stitution for Indiana adopted. Usually a convention in makinga constitution will submit the document to the people to beapproved or rejected at the polls, but in this case the conve
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