Indiana as seen by early travelers

About this book

Editor Harlow Lindley was the Director of the Department of Indiana History and Archives at the Indiana State Library. This volume of nearly 600 pages contains excerpts of accounts by 33 early visitors to Indiana. A sample of these include: -Imlay, George – A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America, 1793. -Ashe, Thomas – Travels in America Performed in 1806. -Cutler, Jervasse – A Topographical Description of the Indiana Territory, 1812. -Brown, Samuel R. – The Western Gazetteer, or Emigrant’s Directory, 1817. -Warden, D. B. – A Statistical, Political and Historical Account of North America, 1819. -Teas, Thomas S. – Journal of a Tour to Fort Wayne and the Adjacent Country in the Year 1821. -Faux, W. – Memorable Days in America: Being a Journal of a Tour to the United States, 1823. -Reed, Isaac – The Christian Traveller, 1828. -Coffin, Charles F. – Personal Recollections of Charles F. Coffin of Wayne County, Indiana from 1824 to 1833.