. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. re were no taverns; there seemed to be no use for law, judgesor prisons; each district had its commandant, and the proceedingsof a trial were singular. The complaining party obtained a notifi-cation from the commandant to his adversary, accompanied by acommand to render justice. If this had no effect he was notifiedto appear before the commandant on a particular day and answer;and if the last notice was neglected, a sergeant and file of menwere sent to bring hira,—no sheriff and no costs. The convictedparty would be fined and kept in prison until
. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. re were no taverns; there seemed to be no use for law, judgesor prisons; each district had its commandant, and the proceedingsof a trial were singular. The complaining party obtained a notifi-cation from the commandant to his adversary, accompanied by acommand to render justice. If this had no effect he was notifiedto appear before the commandant on a particular day and answer;and if the last notice was neglected, a sergeant and file of menwere sent to bring hira,—no sheriff and no costs. The convictedparty would be fined and kept in prison until he rendered justiceaccording to the decree; when extremely refractory the cat-o-nine-tails brought him to a sense of justice. In such a state of societythere was no demand for learning and science. Few could read,and still fewer write. Their disposition was nearly always to dealhonestly, at least simply. Peltries were their standard of brotherly love generally prevailed. But they were devoid ofpublic spirit, enterprise or GOV. HARRISON AND TRE INDIANS. Immediately after the organization of Indiana Territory GovornorHarrisons attention was directed, by necessity as well as by in-structions from Congress, to settling affairs with those Indiana whostill held claims to lands. He entered into several treaties, l>ywhich at the close of 1805 the United States Government had ob-tained about 46,000 square miles of territory, including all thelands lying on the borders of the Ohio river between the mouth ofthe Wabash river and the State of Ohio. The levying of a tax, especially a poll tax, by the General Assem-bly, created considerable dissatisfaction among many of the inhabit-ants. At a meeting held Sunday, August 16, 1807, a number ofFrenchmen resolved to withdraw their confidence and supportforever from those men who advocated or in any manner promotedthe second grade of government. In 1807 the territorial statutes were revised and under the newcode, treason,
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