158 HISTORY OF OHIO. 



million six hundred thousand people, within the short space of 

 fifty years. 



In the session of congress of 1800, the North Western 

 Territory was divided into two territories. Ours, now con- 

 stituting the states of Ohio and Michigan, retained the old 

 name; but what are now, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, was 

 erected into a territory and called Indiana. The former, (or 

 this territory) contained eighty thousand square miles of surface, 

 whereas Indiana as it then was, contained one hundred and eigh- 

 ty thousand square miles. St. Clair continued to be the Gover- 

 nor of this territory, but William H. Harrison, our then delegate 

 to congress was appointed the first Governor of Indiana territory. 

 Winthrop Sargeant, our first territorial Secretary, on being ap- 

 pointed Governor of Mississippi Territory, resigned his office 

 here, and we had Charles Willing Byrd, William Henry Har- 

 rison and Francis Dunlevy, in succession as Secretaries. The 

 Judges, too, were changed — John Armstrong never served, 

 though appointed at first, with Messrs Varnum and Parsons. 

 John Cleves Symmes was appointed in the room of Armstrong 

 and retained his seat to the end of the territorial government. 



When Indiana was erected into a territory Return J. Meigs 

 became one of its Judges. 



After Wayne's decisive victory, on the Maumee, in July 

 1794, the savages ceased to murder the whites. Spreading 

 themselves over the territory, thoy hunted where they pleased, 

 and often exchanged their furs, skins, fish, Avild meats, sugar 

 and honey, for our powder, lead, pork, bread and blankets. 

 They became perfectly friendly to our people, or those who 

 were not so, went over into Canada and settled there. From 

 the British, they received annuities, as allies, and held them- 

 selves in readiness to attack us, in case of a war between us 

 and England. 



At the end of the territorial government, the Indians own- 

 ed about one fifth part of our territory, lying in its northwest- 

 ern angle. At that time, only a small portion of our lands 

 had been surveyed by the United States. And our settle- 

 ments were weak, and the people were mostly poor. They 



