Troy, near the mouth of the creek, was laid out in 1818.—Ed.
[132] As Woods intimates, Rockport, known also as Hanging Rock, received its name from an immense boulder which projected into the Ohio, since removed as an impediment to navigation. The settlement of Rockport began about 1808, and it is now the seat of Spencer County, and the only Indiana town which Woods has mentioned for some pages past, which is of any importance at the present time.—Ed.
[133] For the history of Evansville, see Hulme's Journal, ante, note 16.—Ed.
[134] See ante, note 2. Saundersville, which was platted by John Ingle, did not contain an inhabitant by 1830. Inglefield now occupies the same site.—Ed.
[135] A brief account of Hendersonville may be found in Cuming's Tour, volume iv of our series, note 175.—Ed.
[136] For the Wabash River, see Croghan's Journals, volume i of our series, note 107.—Ed.
[137] For a brief notice of Captain Birk, see Flower's Letters from the Illinois, ante, [note 57.]—Ed.
[138] Pompions are pumpkins; shalots are a kind of small onion.—Ed.
[139] A large pleasure-fair in the vicinity of Guildford, Surrey.—Woods.
[140] Carmi is situated on the Little Wabash, about twenty miles above its mouth, and is the seat of justice for White County.—Ed.