The world: historical and actual . INDIANA. Indiana is i urrounded by Illinois, Kentucky, OhioLike all the prairie states, it has no and Michigan Liunul scale. The state was greatly depressed by thereaction, and cannot be said to have recovered fromit until the prosperity of the war period brought re-lief. The capital, Indianapolis, is the principal cityin the state, and second only to Chicago as a West-ern railway center. Evansville, Terre Haute, FortWayne, South Bend, New Albany, Jeffersonville andVincennes are all prosperous towns. The statefurnished the third Republican Vice-President,Schu
The world: historical and actual . INDIANA. Indiana is i urrounded by Illinois, Kentucky, OhioLike all the prairie states, it has no and Michigan Liunul scale. The state was greatly depressed by thereaction, and cannot be said to have recovered fromit until the prosperity of the war period brought re-lief. The capital, Indianapolis, is the principal cityin the state, and second only to Chicago as a West-ern railway center. Evansville, Terre Haute, FortWayne, South Bend, New Albany, Jeffersonville andVincennes are all prosperous towns. The statefurnished the third Republican Vice-President,Schuyler Colfax, and, in the person of Senator Mor-. INDIANAPOLIS FROM THE COURT HOUSE. mountains nor any under-ground wealth except has a greater variety of valuable lumber than Illi-nois. It was admitted into the Union in 1816. AFrench settlement had been effected at Vincennesas early as 1702, which nourished and withered away,much as the Kaskaskia settlement did. Early inthe third decade of this century an era of wild spec-ulation was inaugurated in Indiana, culminating inthe crash of 1837. No other state in the Union wasso deeply affected by that revulsion. Railroads andcanals, especially the latter, were projected and un-der process of construction on a grand and irra- fcon, the greatest parliamentary leader in the senatesince the days of Douglas. INDIAN TERRITORY. Indian Territory is not a territory at all, in theordinary sense of the term. It is not dependentupon the national government, but is a nation with-in a nation. It has been considered in a previouschapter in connection with the American Indians,and it is enough t
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