History and government of Indiana .. . ch widely separate points asKaskaskia, Marietta, and Detroit! In the western counties onlyone session of court had been held in a period of five could not be punished and the region was becoming aresort for outlaws and criminals. The^ new dividing-line ran from opposite the mouth of the KentuckyRiver to Fort Re-covery (east of JayCounty, Indiana) andthen due north toCanada (see map). The land east ofthis line still retainedthe name of theNorthwest Terri-tory, while that to thewest was called Indi-ana Territory. Theformer embraced Ohioand a par
History and government of Indiana .. . ch widely separate points asKaskaskia, Marietta, and Detroit! In the western counties onlyone session of court had been held in a period of five could not be punished and the region was becoming aresort for outlaws and criminals. The^ new dividing-line ran from opposite the mouth of the KentuckyRiver to Fort Re-covery (east of JayCounty, Indiana) andthen due north toCanada (see map). The land east ofthis line still retainedthe name of theNorthwest Terri-tory, while that to thewest was called Indi-ana Territory. Theformer embraced Ohioand a part of thepresent State ofINIichigan, while theIndiana Territory em-braced all the rest ofthe Old was gettingready for Statehoodand was admitted tothe Union in , the New Territorial Capital. Mncennes wasmade the capital of the new Indiana Territory and WilliamHenry Harrison was made the first Territorial Governor. Theexecutive Journal begins as follows: St. Vincennes, July 4, 1800. This day the government of. The Indiana Territory Indiana Territory was reduced in 1805 and again in1809. After the second reduction its boundarieswere nearly the same as the present state boundaries. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 489 the Indiana Territory commenced, William Henry Harrison hav-ing been appointed Governor, John Gibson, Secretary, WilliamClarke, Henry Vanderburgh, and John Griffin, Judges in ando\cr said Territory. Indiana Territory again Divided. In 1804 Governor Har-rison declared that the new Indiana Territory had a population
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