[11]“Journal of Thomas Scattergood Teas”, _Indiana as Seen by Early Travelers_, ed. Harlow Lindley, p. 98. [12]Isaac McCoy, _History of Baptist Indian Missions_, p. 68. [13]Chief Richardville, himself a staunch Catholic, sent his son to McCoy’s school. Later his son died a drunkard. After that Richardville would allow no school to be established for boys of his tribe unless they were instructed by a Catholic. See, _John Tipton Papers_, II: 134. [14]Duncan McArthur to James Monroe, March 16, 1815, McArthur Papers, Burton Historical Collection. [15]Lewis Cass to John Calhoun, January 7, 1819, _Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collection_, 28 91. [16]_John Tipton Papers I, Indiana Historical Collection_, XXIV, ed. Nellie Armstrong Robertson and Dorothy Riker, p. 432. [17]Calhoun to Turner, May 24, 1820, _Tipton Papers_, I, _IHC_, XXIV, ed. Nellie Armstrong Robertson and Dorothy Riker, pp. 535-6. [18]Nellie A. Robertson “John Hays and the Fort Wayne Agency”, _Indiana Magazine of History_, 39: 230. [19]Nellie A. Robertson, “John Hays and the Fort Wayne Agency”, _Indiana Magazine of History_, 39: 226. [22]_John Tipton Papers_, I, _IHC_, XXIV, ed. Nellie A. Robertson and Dorothy Riker, p. 303. [23]_John Tipton Papers_, I, _IHC_, XXIV, 434-5; 439-40; 782-3. Chapter VI Platting of Fort Wayne and the First Local Government While the traders, large and small alike, were thus successfully evading any effective control over their operations, Fort Wayne was developing from a frontier army post and portage center into a very prosperous community. Its strategic location, the opening of a land office in 1822 and its selection as the county seat of Allen county brought many new settlers to the area. The land office was established at Fort Wayne by an act of Congress on May 8, 1822.[1] The coming of Joseph Holman of Wayne county, appointed by President Monroe to serve as the first register of the land office, and Captain Samuel C. Vance of Dearborn county, as the receiver of the public moneys, was the signal for great activity in securing the choicest sites when the sale should open in the fall of 1823.