Indiana and Indianans - a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood (1919) (14802311353)

Identifier: indianaindianans03dunn (find matches)
Title: Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924 Kemper, General William Harrison, 1839-
Subjects: Medicine -- Indiana Indiana -- History Indiana -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago and New York : The American historical society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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lle, on White river. He marriedIMekinoes. the daughter of a Delaware chief,and became very influential with thetribe. He was in charge of the friendlyDelawares who accompanied General Har-rison in the Tippecanoe campaign, andserved as interpreter and aid to GeneralHarrison, while nominall.y a member ofColonel Pauls regiment. He and hisbrother John, who had located on theWhitewater, and who is commemorated bythe Town of Connersville, acted as guidesfor Colonel Campbell in his expeditionagainst the Mississinewa towns. He wasalso at the battle of the Thames, and wassent with several Indians to identify thebody of Tecumseh. and he lived and diedin the faith that Tecumseh was not killedbv Colonel Richard SI. Johnson.■ At the treaty of St. Clarys in 1818, theDelawares reserved a section of land forWilliam Conner at Conners Prairie,which was afterwards patented to him.When the Delawares moved west, his wifeinsisted on going with her people to IndianTerritory, where she died soon afterward.
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^/^^^L^^^^^ /^4?> INDIANA AND INDIANANS 1477 Their lialf-breed eliiklren, and their de-st-eiidants—the Conners and members ofthe Bullet and Adams families with whomthey intermarried—have been among themost prominent and influential of theDelaware tribe. When central Indiana was opened forsettlement William Conner became a citizenof much prominence. In 1823 he andJosiah Polk laid out the Town of Nobles-ville, dedicating to the new town everyother lot, the public square, and $10,000in money. He engaged in biisiness at In-dianapolis soon after its settlement withAlfred Harrison, the firm erecting the firstbusiness house built at the northeast cor-ner of Pennsylvania and Washingtonstreets. Later he was associated in busi-ness at Indianapolis with A. W. Russell.At the legislative session of 1829-30 he rep-resented the counties of Henry, Madison,Hancock and Hamilton. In 1831-2 he rep-resented the counties of Boone and Ham-ilton, together with the territory north ofthe iliami Reservat