Excerpt from The History of the State of Indiana From the Earliest Explorations by the French to the Present Time, Vol. 1: Containing an Account of the Principal Civil, Political and Military Events
Those who have given attention to the subject are aware that the history of Indiana is only beginning to be known and understood. In its first century the settlements were almost exclusively French, and these not large or important. Their real history has been obscured, partly by lack of access to reliable historical documents and partly by misunderstanding what was accessible. It is but sixteen years since it was first pointed out that the original discovery and exploration of the region was by La Salle; that he exercised a large control over events here for some years; that the permanent settlements were not of so early a date as had been supposed; that slavery not only existed among the French but also was continued down to the admission of the state in 1816; and that this question was the great central feature of political controversy in the territorial period.
Since then much additional information has been acquired. Within the past year it has been demonstrated that the establishment at Vincennes was made in the summer of 1831, and the church and military influences leading to the establishment have been made apparent. At the same time progress has been made in the development of the later history of the state - the second century - in which the new American population was much more concerned in making history than in recording it. It is only beginning to be realized by the people of Indiana, as well as by the outside world, that a remarkable civilization has I developed here, as shown by our product of unusual men in statesmanship, invention, military affairs, literature, art and other lines of development.
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