History and government of Indiana .. . e WabashRiver. In 1679 and 1680 his regular route of travel from Canadato Louisiana led him across Indiana by way of the Kankakeeand St. Joseph Rivers. The portage (the carry between rivers)was made near the present site of South Bend. Early Settlements. The first settlement within the boundariesof the State of Indiana was made at Ouiatanon (pronouncedWee-ot-a-non) on the Wabash River, about 1720. Ouiatanonwas a French trading post and fort, and was located on the northbank of the river, about four miles west of where the city ofLafayette now stands. It c
History and government of Indiana .. . e WabashRiver. In 1679 and 1680 his regular route of travel from Canadato Louisiana led him across Indiana by way of the Kankakeeand St. Joseph Rivers. The portage (the carry between rivers)was made near the present site of South Bend. Early Settlements. The first settlement within the boundariesof the State of Indiana was made at Ouiatanon (pronouncedWee-ot-a-non) on the Wabash River, about 1720. Ouiatanonwas a French trading post and fort, and was located on the northbank of the river, about four miles west of where the city ofLafayette now stands. It contained a number of cabins in-closed in a stockade and was once an important post, becausethe Wabash River was an important part of the route betweenCanada and Louisiana. The post disappeared more than acentury ago, but its approximate site is marked by a stone pillarerected by one of the local chapters of the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution. • Copyright, J0i6, by Longmans, Green and 476 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT. Vincennes, named from its founder, was the second post inthe state, and was established about 1727. It was at first atrading post, then a fort, and remains to-day one of the mostinteresting places in the West. It is the county seat of Knoxcounty and has a population of about 15,000 people. Later the early French settlers, especially about Vincennes,began to cultivate the soil. Their farming was of the rudestkind. Their plows were made entirely of wood with the exceptionof the points, which were of iron. There were no traces or whifltle-trees. Oxen were attached to the beam, not by a yoke about the neck, as is customary, but bymeans of a stick bound to thehorns by thongs of oxen then drew the plowby pushing with their heads. A Change of Masters. Asa result of the French andIndian War a new flag wavedover Indiana. France hadpossession of the MississippiValley from the time of LaSalle to the close of this war. By the treaty of 1763, howe
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