Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . (1730.) Indiana is one of the most flourishing of the CentralStates of the Union, and in 1880 ranked sixth among theStates in population, and sixth in the value of its agri-cultural productions. Its population then was 1,978,301,of whom 39,503 were colored, including 246 Indians anda few Chinese. It lies between latitude 37° 46 and 41°46 north, and 84° 49 and 88° 2 west, and embraces an area of 36,350 squaremiles. The State of Michigan and the southern end of Lake Michigan formits northern border. On the ea
Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . (1730.) Indiana is one of the most flourishing of the CentralStates of the Union, and in 1880 ranked sixth among theStates in population, and sixth in the value of its agri-cultural productions. Its population then was 1,978,301,of whom 39,503 were colored, including 246 Indians anda few Chinese. It lies between latitude 37° 46 and 41°46 north, and 84° 49 and 88° 2 west, and embraces an area of 36,350 squaremiles. The State of Michigan and the southern end of Lake Michigan formits northern border. On the east is Ohio, on the west Illinois, and on thesouth-east and south is Kentucky, from which it is separated by the OhioRiver. The topography of Indiana is peculiar. There are no mountains in theState, and no hills of considerable height excepting those known as riverhills. These have been formed by the erosion of rivers which drain the:State, that have, in the course of ages, furrowed valleys of considerabledepth and much broader than their present channels. The sloping bounds ofth
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