James H. Madison

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James H. Madison


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James H. Madison is the Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor of History Emeritus, Indiana University Bloomington. Madison serves on the boards of Indiana Humanities and the Indiana Historical Society and is a member of the Indiana Bicentennial Commission. He began teaching Indiana history in 1976 and has lectured and consulted widely on Indiana topics.

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“Wells attempted to lead the small, besieged civilian and military garrison from Fort Dearborn to safety at Fort Wayne. A large party of Potawatomis overwhelmed and killed most of the whites. Anticipating the attack, Wells died that day dressed and painted as a Miami warrior – a white Indian at the end. Indian raiding parties struck far into southern Indiana, killing twenty-four men, women, and children in September 1812 at the settlement of Pigeon Roost in present-day Scott County.17 Settlers elsewhere fled to their blockhouses and across the Ohio River. Fort Harrison and Fort Wayne came under attack and siege.”
James H. Madison, Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana

“In the beginning was corn, and all was good.”
James H. Madison, Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana

“One of the most important intermediaries was William Wells, who became, in the frontier term, a “white Indian.” Wells was born in 1770, and at the age of nine moved with his family to Kentucky. In 1784 a party of Miamis captured him. For the next eight years he lived as a Miami warrior, joining in”
James H. Madison, Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana

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