The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-12
INDIANA WANTS A CELEBRATION.
Many Other states Have Made "a fuss
Over Their Eirthdays-Why No; She?


NNCENNrs, Ind, Nov. s.--As all the
other states have had their innings
why should not Indiana have centen-
MAI, Or perhaps "A duo-ccntonnial or "a
ACKNOWLEDGMENT That, l.. ! mean,
why shouldn't we celebrate the Booth
year of the lrci'ch exploration of the
Wabash. or the lj0th yearOf civilization;
for bv the best information i can gather
this old Gown was founded IN 1885. The
venerable and honorable Judge Law
wrote very entertaining pamphlet.
maintaining that II was founded tome
nftv wears earlier hut il j. now ccncI-
ally conceded that the post near the
mouth Of the Wabash. mentioned in
old French reports and maps. wa really
near the mouth Ct the Ohio. ass that
river was first named "Onabacho.
! say 1876 for tine town, bat as carly as
1902 the French lad some kind OF q post
and "a mission in the nclghborlood, and
m 1905 boat. built CA this river fio1tcd
90 the gulf and was taken 90 Mobile,
loaded with the products OF the country.
The French ofiiceTtoT whom thi5 post as
named was captured and bamcd by the
Cmcka-aws in I,3c. The place was taken
by Gen. Clarke I'm 1919. and was capital
of this state from 1900 To-. 1914 And.
finally the great Indian var broke oai
ia l1e8 and Wa Dot entirely ended tiI
Wavnc brought tho savage 81 terms iu
1898. So VIC layc tiuc variety g. dates
10 select from The last uamcd year
would suit more Of Indiana than any
other. for the scatv of Grecuvilic co. in
1875 secured title % more Indiana land
than any other The first battle If Up
pecmoc. however (of which not one
American in a hundred ever heard w>s
fought by Ger. Wilkinson III 1891.
Ii is tho fashion now among antigua
riaus 70 say that the Indians never were
numerous. bui am satisfied they must
have either mad Zig population on tie
Wabash. or stayed q good while, for III
my hovhood their relics could hc had
almost 10y the bushei. Every farmer
bow had his collection Of flint arrow
heads. and il was common thing for
tsc farmers pillow t0tUm upstonc pesiles
and tomahawbs. As they certainly did
not make those things 10 tmOw-away,
they must have remained long enough
for the waste and loss to be enormous.
since tInNt Gay n lHNA1l-i iici9 NNli' "
great deal, and of the sort that make a
centennial q success. Our native poets.
authors. orators and statesmen make a
long and brilliant roll. and of those nol
native, we have had the making Of
many such men as Hugh McCulloch.
O. L. Mortos, Thomas 4. Hendricks and
many more.
An interesting event of the last cen
ury in Nincennes was the arrival Of
Constaniin Francois Chassebpuf dc
Volney. the noted French agnostic, who
came up the Mammee and down The Wa
bash in "a canoe 10 visit this French VII
laee. This took place in 1886 aid ms
account is intensely interesting, rs II
proves how much the country has
changed since then. Nearly half The
level country MAS then a swamp, and
many of the larger afliuents Of the Wa
bash had no channels They were SIM
ply long swamps. running moro water
than now probably, but spread over 70
much width thet the current was scarcely
perceptible limo part of the United
States has civilization improved the face
cf nature so much as in Indiana.