. Book of the Royal blue . troops, aided by volunteersfrom Kentucky, then a county of Virginia,under Col. George Rogers Clarke, in remained as Virginias conquest until1784, when it was ceded to the United Statesgovernment, peace having been declared be-tween England and the United States thesame year. Capt. William Henry Harrison was ap-pointed as Governor of the territory cededby Virginia, and arrived at Vincennes Jan- acted, as traders began to pour into thecountry, by the introduction of that productof civilization, rum, which, from the veryfirst, was the undoing of the red man, and
. Book of the Royal blue . troops, aided by volunteersfrom Kentucky, then a county of Virginia,under Col. George Rogers Clarke, in remained as Virginias conquest until1784, when it was ceded to the United Statesgovernment, peace having been declared be-tween England and the United States thesame year. Capt. William Henry Harrison was ap-pointed as Governor of the territory cededby Virginia, and arrived at Vincennes Jan- acted, as traders began to pour into thecountry, by the introduction of that productof civilization, rum, which, from the veryfirst, was the undoing of the red man, andin Governor Harrisons first message, hedwelt first and longest on the necessity oflegislation to prevent the sale of intoxicantsto the Indians. The encroachment of the whites upon thehunting grounds of the Indians, their fre-quent killings by the whites and other actsof violence and oppression, soon renderedthem discontented and restless. Duringthe year 1806, the famous Shawnee chief,Tecumseh, and his brother, The Prophet,. -ji ■#, -ON THE BAJ^KS OF THE WABASH. FA uary 1, 1801. He held the office until 1812,when he was appointed General-in-Chief ofthe Northwest army, and ordered to retakeDetroit, which he did, following CommodorePerrys victory on Lake Erie. A potent factor in the early settlement ofVincennes was the influence exerted over theIndians by the Jesuit missionaries, who didmore, perhaps, towards conquering the wil-derness, so far as it was done by the French,than all other agencies. No other nationhad so litde trouble with the Indians, andwe can readily believe that this was due tothe unselfish devotion exhibited by this de-voted brotherhood. Unfortunately, this influence was counter- came into Indiana. The Prophet, whoseIndian name meant loud voice, soongathered a conspicuous following, by hisclaims of direct communications from theGreat Spirit, and this following eagerlylistened to the solicitations of Tecumseh,who was actively engaged in forming aconfederacy of
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