[166]. With reference to the Swiss settlement at Vevay, see Bradbury’s Travels, volume v of our series, note 164.—Ed.
[167]. The Ohio buck eye or horse-chestnut is the Æsculus glabra; the Ohio species is the mountain magnolia or Magnolia acuminata; the coffee tree (Gymnocladus canadensis) resembles the black oak; the papaw tree is the Asimina triloba.—Ed.
[168]. The Theakiki is the Kankakee, a tributary of the Illinois, not of the Wabash. Calumet River empties into Lake Michigan and does not connect with the Wabash.—Ed.
[169]. A fort was established by the French at Vincennes early in the eighteenth century. Upon passing into the hands of the British, it was renamed Fort Sackville. George Rogers Clark marched from Kaskaskia and captured it (1779), changing the name to Fort Patrick Henry. In 1787, Major Hamtranck was stationed there with a detachment of infantry, and its name was once more changed to Fort Knox, in honor of the first secretary of war.
For a brief account of the Ouiatanon (Watenans), see Croghan’s Journals, volume i of our series, note 85.—Ed.
[170]. The people of Indiana Territory believed the Indian chief Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet, were stirring up a general Indian war; and, wishing to anticipate them, Governor William H. Harrison led an attack on the Indian village at the confluence of Tippecanoe Creek and the Wabash River, November 7, 1811. The Indians were driven back and the village burned, but Tecumseh continued plotting, and took ample revenge during the War of 1812–15. See Pirtle, Battle of Tippecanoe, Filson Club Publications, xv.—Ed.
[171]. Colonel Joseph Daviess was of Scotch-Irish descent, born in Virginia in 1774. His parents removed to Danville, Kentucky, while Daviess was a lad. He studied law with George Nicholas, and became one of the ablest and most successful lawyers of the state, serving as United States attorney 1800–07. During this period, Daviess brought in an indictment against Aaron Burr (1806) which caused great excitement and animosity. He was noted for his eccentricities as well as his courage, and his death on the Indian battle-field won him wide fame. Counties were named for him both in Kentucky and Illinois.—Ed.
[172]. For the Kickapoo and Shawnee Indians, see Croghan’s Journals, volume i of our series, notes 108, 111.—Ed.
[173]. A brief account of the early French settlements in Illinois may be found in A. Michaux’s Travels, volume iii of our series, notes 132–136.—Ed.
[174]. From the Des Plaines, the northern fork of the Illinois, one portage led to the Chicago River, the other to the Calumet, which empties into Lake Michigan at the present South Chicago.—Ed.