Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . famil-iar with old St. Xavier, and it is largelyA X, j her recollection of its appearance, and Bb^JL Mfa thai of Elihu Stout, Mr. Cauthorn::I : ; grandfather, that is here given. Mr. Stout saw it as early as 1804, when hewent to Yincennes and soon after es-tablished the first newspaper in Indianaterritory, and remained there a prominent citizen until hisdeath in i860. It was in the old St. Xavier Church building that FatherGibault assembled the inhabitants of \ nicennes shortlvafter Clarks c
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . famil-iar with old St. Xavier, and it is largelyA X, j her recollection of its appearance, and Bb^JL Mfa thai of Elihu Stout, Mr. Cauthorn::I : ; grandfather, that is here given. Mr. Stout saw it as early as 1804, when hewent to Yincennes and soon after es-tablished the first newspaper in Indianaterritory, and remained there a prominent citizen until hisdeath in i860. It was in the old St. Xavier Church building that FatherGibault assembled the inhabitants of \ nicennes shortlvafter Clarks capture of Kaskaskia and by his influence andpersuasive eloquence induced them, in a bodv, to declareallegiance to the American cause; and it was in this churchthat there was soon to be negotiated terms of capitulation ofthe British garrison, which carried with it, for the Ameri-cans, ultimately, the perpetual sovereigntv of an this moment the clash of arms was hoard behind andaround its wooden walls, in strange contrast with theusual prayers and gentle words with which they ROUTES OF APPROACH TO THE FORT. 323 The outline diagram here given was also furnished by who thinks that Lieutenant Baley proceeded by the street pass- i^/>Sfis f/iva CHfWiEVU e FORT SACrtYUE r//?sr STREET iD rtf st *?e e ir i n g by thechurch, to aposition undercover of thehigh groundon that thor-oughfare, butthis street hassince been en-tirely changedin appearance,having beengraded, and isnow level itsentire werethen depres-A. division, under sions in the ground of four or five proceeded over the low grounds, under thecover of the hill on which the village stood, within a fewhundred yards of the fort, and by a quick movement tookup a position on the southwest side of the fort under coverof the fences and houses in the vicinity. . The rightwing under the command of Major Bowman proceededby way of the main street of the village to a positi
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