The Coming of the English to Indiana in 1817 and Their Hoosier Neighbors (Classic Reprint)

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The final success of each of these colonies is not to be sought at this time, in outward evidence of distinguishing British life, manners, or customs in any form, as Professor Sparks seems to imply. The emigrants, though of English, Irish and Scotch birth, became immediately American and their descendants are as distinctly such today in every te spect, as any portion of the American people.

The Hoosier neighbors of the colonists in southern Indi ana are traced with some care, both the native leaders and the body of the people with whom they lived as citizens and neigh bors. Morris Birkbeck's descriptions in his Notes and Letters will always remain a valuable contribution to the history of the time. His description of the people of Princeton, quoted in the Edinburgh Review, is truthful, as the writer has every reason to believe, and he has practiced law in Princeton and on the circuit for almost fifty years and has a fair general knowledge of the people of Gibson county. While the influ ence of the early English and other foreigners and the native eastern people has been felt in southern Indiana, there is no doubt that the great body of the people of the southern portion of the State are of southern descent.

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