ABBOT, Governor, 91.
Academies, 317.
Adams, John Quincy, 219, 355.
Adrian, 239.
Aigrement, 29, 32.
American Fur Company, 192.
Amherst, General, 40, 41, 75.
Ann Arbor, 239, 317.
Astor, John Jacob, 191.
Barry, John S., 294, 298.
Bates, Judge, 150.
Beauharnais, 35, 36.
Bellestre, 43.
Bingham, Kinsley S., 305.
Bird, Captain, 102.
Black Hawk War, 212.
Blair, Austin, 305, 339.
Boundary controversy, 214 et seq.
Bradstreet, General, 63, 68.
Brandy, trade in, 31-33, 51, 52.
Brant, Joseph, 106-109, 113, 116, 117.
British posts, detention of, 107, 114,
115, 118.
Brock, General, 174, 175, 177.
Buchanan, President, 339.
Cadillac, La Motte, 14, 17-34.
Cahokia, 96.
Campbell, Major, 60.
Canada, colonization of, 5; govern-
ment of, 8-10, 26; surrender to the
British, 40-44; despotic government
of, 46, 66-78.
Carleton, Sir Guy, 75, 76, 85, 110, 112,
114.
versity, 312; Nicholson letter of,
334; favors compromise of 1850,
335; speaks for the Union, 342,
Catholepistemiad, 310.
Champlain, Samuel de, 3.
Chandler, Elizabeth Margaret, 243.
Chandler, Zachariah, 335, 340.
Charlevoix, 35.
Charter contracts, 300.
Chicago, abandoned in 1812, 181.
Cholera in 1832-34, 212.
Cincinnati, 111.
Civil war, 1861-1865, 330-343.
Clarke, George Rogers, 93-104.
Clay, Henry, 165, 166.
Colbert, 109.
Coles, Edward, 138, 139.
Colonization, European, 1; French, 5.
Company of the Colony of Canada, 26.
Company of the Hundred Associates,
6, 7.
Congress of Nations, 16.
Constitution of the State of 1835, 225;
of 1850, 299-304; amendments of,
304.
Constitutions, American, peculiar ex-
cellence of, 345; must necessarily
change, 347.
Conventions, state, 223, 249; "frost-
bitten," 224.
Copper mines, 16, 20, 78, 364.
Corporate charters, 300.
Coureurs de bois, 21, 81, 232.
Craig, Governor-General, 166.
Crapo, Henry H., 292.
Crary, Isaac E., 220, 320, 321.
Crittenden, John J., 337.
Croghan, George, 63.
Currency, early, 254 et seq.; cut, 257;
national, 357-361; wild-cat, 267-
Cass, Lewis, Colonel, 167, 172, 175;
made military governor, 187; ap-
pointed civil governor, 189; treaties
with Indians, 194; visits the upper
lakes, 195, 196; his bravery, 196;
his democratic tendencies, 201, 205,
206; organizes counties, 201; be-
comes secretary of war, 203; his
habits, 204; favors general educa-
tion, 310, 314; obtains grant to Uni-Dearborn, General, 174.
Pablon, 11, 12.
Dalzell, Captain, 61.
Dane, Nathan, 167.
Dearborn, Fort, 181.
Defiance, Fort, 182.
Dejean, Judge, 74, 75, 98-100.
De la Barre, 22.
Delegate in Congress, William Wood-
bridge, 199; Solomon Sibley, 199;
Gabriel Richard, 199; Austin E.
Wing, 200.
Denonville, 22.
De Peyster, Captain, 91, 101, 102.
Detroit, importance of, 14, 15; found-
ing of, 16-39; siege of, by Pontiac,
40-65; military government of, 66-
78; illegal grants at, 68-70; impor-
tance of, in the Revolution, 85-103;
surrender to the United States,
118; incorporation of, 141; destruc-
tion of, by fire, 152; Woodward,
plan of, 154; surrender of, by Hull,
175; Colonel Proctor, governor of,
180; evacuated by Proctor, 187;
condition in 1837, 237; capital re-
moved from, 296.
Detroit Bank, 155, 257, 258.
Detroit Young Men's Society, 239.
Dollier, 16.
Dongan, Governor, 22.
Du Lhut, 15.
Du Monts, 3.
Dunmore, Governor, 88.
Education, state, review of, 306–329.
Erie & Kalamazoo Railroad, 279.
Erie Canal, 203.
Explorations, early, 1, 12, 16.
Federal relations in 1837, review of,
226; after the Civil War, 244-371.
Felch, Alpheus, 296.
Findlay, Colonel, 167.
Fort Stanwix treaty, 108, 111.
Forts, Dearborn, 181; Defiance, 182;
Le Bœuf, 56, 60; Meigs, 186; Mi-
ami, 43, 56, 60, 115-117; Niagara,
56, 60, 62, 63; Ouatanon, 43, 56, 60;
Pitt, 56, 60; Pontchartrain, 19, 29;
Sandusky, 56, 60; Stephenson, 186;
St. Joseph on St. Clair River, 15;
St. Joseph on Lake Michigan, 56,
60; Fenango, 56, 60.
Fox, Charles James, 84.
Free schools, 303-329.
Girty, Simon, George, and James, 92.
Gladwin, Major, 57.
Grand Council at Huron Village, 109.
Greenly, William L., 296.
Greenville, Treaty of, 117.
Griffin, Judge, 150.
Haldiman, Governor, 107.
Hamilton, Alexander, 347-349, 351.
Hamilton, Governor, 75, 85, 90.
Harmar, General, 112.
Harrison, William H., governor, 135;
general, 182, 186.
Holland Colony, 297.
Horner, John S., 221.
Hull, William, 148-163.
Hundred Associates, 6, 7.
Hurons, 4.
Illinois, attempt to legalize slavery in,
137-139.
Immigration to Michigan, 197, 202,
203, 296.
Indian affairs, bad management of,
47-54.
Indian massacres in Northwest Ter-
ritory, 111, 112.
Indian trade, rivalry for, 4, 22, 23,
29; pathway of, to Quebec, 16.
Indian treaties, how obtained, 159,
169.
Indiana, attempts to legalize slavery
in, 133-139.
Indians, conversion of, 20, 21, 23, 38,
142-144; use of, in the Revolution,
86-94.
Industries, household, 234.
Internal improvements, 279-293, 296.
Iron mines, 364, 367.
Iroquois, 4, 10, 36, 106, 108, 109.
Jackson, President, 207, 218–220, 222.
Jay's Treaty, 118, 136.
Jefferson, Thomas, 125, 126, 130, 147;
constitutional views of, 347-349,
351, 371.
Jesuits, 4, 5, 10, 25, 27, 28.
Johnson, Sir John, 110, 112.
Johnson, Sir William, 43, 53, 62-64,
88.
Joliet, 12, 13.
Joques, 10.
Judicial officers, election of, 300.
Fur trade, American, 4, 22, 23, 29, 191. Kaskaskia, capture of, 95, 96.
Kentucky settlements, attacks on, 92–
La Motte Cadillac, 14, 17-34, 39.
Land claims, early, about Detroit, 145.
Land speculations, 255.
Langdale, Captain, 91.
Lansing, capital removed to, 296.
La Roche, 3.
La Salle, 15-17.
Lawyers, early, 248.
Le Baye, 56, 63.
Le Boeuf, Fort, 56, 60.
Legal-tender acts, 360.
Liberty, English, 45, 46.
License laws, 300, 301, 304.
Lincoln, President, 336, 356.
Liquor traffic, 144. See Trade, In-
dian.
Livingston, Robert, 24.
Loan, state, for internal improve-
ment, 283.
Logan, Chief, 88.
Lucas, Governor, 218.
Lumber, protection for, 365, 366.
Lyon, Lucius, 220.
Mackinaw, 102, 118, 143, 170.
Malden, evacuated by Proctor, 187.
Marest, 14, 29.
Marietta, 111.
Marquette, Jaques, 4, 10-13; founds
St. Ignatius, 12; death of, 13.
Marshall, village, 239.
Marshall, Chief Justice, 358.
Mason, John T., appointed territorial
secretary, 207.
Mason, Stevens T., territorial secre-
tary, 208; acting governor, 208, 220;
not of age when appointed, 208-210;
elected governor of state, 219; pro-
tests against act of admission, 224,
225; on banking, 264-266, 269, 272,
276;
on internal improvements,
281-285.
Massacre of Frenchtown, 183, 184.
McArthur, Duncan, 167, 175, 312.
McClelland, Robert, 304.
McDougall, Lieutenant, 60.
Meigs, Fort, 186.
Miami, Fort, 43, 56, 60, 115-117.
Michigan Territory, organized, 140;
ignorance concerning, 192, 193.
Michigan University, 310-329.
Michilimackinac, 11, 14, 18, 27, 30,
38, 78; mission at, 12, 13, 15, 28;
surrender to the British, 43, 44;
capture by the Indians, 60, 61; be-
comes Mackinaw, 102.
Miller, Colonel, 174.
Money, early, 254-278, 357-361.
Monopoly in banking, 261, 269, 275.
Monguagon, fight at, 174.
Monroe, 239.
Monteith, John, 200, 309, 315.
Montreal, 3, 40.
Moravian town, fight at, 187.
Mormon colony, 297.
Morris Canal and Banking Company,
Mundy, Edward, 219.
Murray, General, 75.
National banks, 357, 358.
Negro riot, 213.
Newspapers, early, 202.
Niagara, Fort, 56, 60, 62, 63.
Northwest Territory, conquest of, 79-
104; reluctant surrender of, 105,
119; land controversy concerning,
105, 120-125; government for, 111,
125.
Norvell, John, 220.
Nouvel, 12.
Office-holders, federal, 370.
Offices as spoils, 207.
Ohio, boundary controversy with, 214
et seq.; currency from, 259, 260.
Ordinance of 1789, 125, 127-138, 211.
Ouatanon, Fort, 43, 56-60.
Parsons, Andrew, 305.
Patriot war, 253.
Pawnee slaves, 131.
Peace conference of 1860, 337, 341.
People of the State in 1837, 232 et seq.
Perry's victory, 186.
Pierce, John D., 318, 321.
Pitt, Fort, 56, 60.
Pontchartrain, 18, 27, 28, 30.
Pontchartrain, Fort, 19, 29.
Pontiac, Chief, 40-66.
Pontiac, village, 239.
Population of territory, 203, 213.
Porter, George B., 210, 212.
Presque Isle, Fort, 56-60.
Prevost, Sir George, 166, 174.
Printing-press, the first, 202.
Proctor, Colonel, 180-187.
Public lands in market, 195.
Quakers, 247, 248.
Quebec, founded, 3; captured, 40, 45.
Radicalism in 1849, 298.
Railroads, early, 249; sale of state,
289-291; voting aid to, 292, 293.
Randolph, John, 134, 162-166.
Ransom, Epaphroditus, 296.
Raymbault, 10.
Reconstruction of states, 362.
Relief measures, 270, 274, 275.
Religion, early, 245, 248.
Repentigny, Chevalier de, 38.
Richard, Father Gabriel, 141, 199, 200,
Sandusky, Fort, 56, 60.
Sastaretsi, Chief, 33, 34.
Sault St. Marie, 10, 15, 38, 63, 144.
199; | St. Joseph, Fort, on St. Clair River,
15; on Lake Michigan, 56, 60.
Strang, John J., 297, 298.
Suspension of specie payments, 263-
267.
Schools, public, 307, 329; endowment
for, 321.
Schuyler, General, 89.
Secession, 336.
Sibley, Solomon, 199.
Simcoe, Governor, 114, 117.
Six Nations, 4, 10, 36, 106, 108, 109.
Slavery, 129, 130, 131, 332-343, 356.
Speculative mania, 255, 265, 267, 274,
289.
Sports, early, 250-252.
State and Union in 1837, 226-231;
after the Civil War, 344-371.
State Agricultural College, 327.
State credit, not to be loaned, 302.
State currency, taxed out of exist-
ence, 359.
State debt, for internal improvements,
283-302; sinking fund for, 301; lim-
itation upon, 301.
State economy, 303.
State government, right to, under or-
dinance of 1787, 211, 213, 220; peti-
tion for, 213; established, 219, 220,
232; recognized by Congress, 224.
State Normal School, 327.
State products in 1880, 364.
State railroads, sale of, 289-291, 296.
State School for Dependent Children,
327.
State script, 287, 288.
St. Anne's Church, 199, 259.
St. Clair, General, 110-113; governor,
130, 151, 152,
Steamboat, first, 202.
Stephenson, Fort, 186.
Steuben, Baron, 107.
St. Ignatius mission, 12.
Tappan, Henry P., 341.
Taxation, federal, 363.
Tecumseh, Chief, 160-162; his re-
proach of Proctor, 186; his death,
187.
Tecumseh, town, 239, 247.
Temperance laws, 300, 304.
Territorial government,
changing, 198; changes made, 200,
201.
Thompson, O. C., 317.
Thurlow, Lord, 84.
Toledo war, 218.
Tontagini, Chief, 313.
Tonty, 19.
Trade, Indian, rivalry for, 4; monopo-
lies in, 4-8, 21, 26; intermeddling
with, 73.
Traders, Indian, 21, 50-53, 71, 87.
Turnbull, Captain, 74.
Union and State in 1837, 226–231;
since the civil war, 344-371.
University of Michigan, 310-339.
Van Horne's defeat, 173.
Van Raalte, Albertus C., 297.
Vaudreuil, 29, 40, 44.
Venango, Fort, 56, 60
Vincennes, 96-98.
Voltaire, 45.
Voyageurs, 45, 81.
War of 1812, 163.
Washington, George, 37, 115.
Water highways, 368, 369.
Wayne, General, 115-119.
Wild-cat banking, 267-278.
Winchester, General, 181-183.
Wing, Austin E., 200.
Wisner, Moses, 305, 339.
Woodbridge, William, territorial sec-
retary, 190; delegate in Congress,
199; acting governor, 205; removed
as judge, 210; governor of state,
274.
Woodward, Judge, 136, 149, 180, 258.
Wool in Michigan, 364, 367.
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