[1] Dunn’s “Indiana,” p. 302 _et seq._ [2] Preface to “The Hoosier Schoolmaster,” Library Edition. [3] McCulloch’s “Men and Measures,” p. 78. [4] Preface to “The Hoosier Schoolmaster,” Library Edition. [5] “Old Virginia and Her Neighbors,” II, 320. [6] Statistical Atlas, U. S. Census, 1890, p. 24. [7] Smith’s “Early Indiana Trials,” p. 6. [8] “History of Indianapolis and Marion County,” p. 72. [9] “Early Indiana Trials,” p. 450. [10] “Sketches,” p. 45. [11] Woollen’s “Sketches,” p. 265. [12] Banta’s “Johnson County,” p. 55. [13] The _Current_, November, 1884. [14] “The New Purchase,” p. 401. [15] “Neighborly Poems,” p. 26. [16] Report of W. A. Ketcham, attorney-general, 1897-8, p. 173. [17] Fifth Edition, 1872, pp. 171-172. [18] _The Forum_, Vol. 14, p. 465. [19] Sulgrove, p. 90. [20] “Dialect Notes,” Part VIII, p. 392. [21] “The New Purchase,” p. 143. [22] “Dialect Notes,” Part IV, p. 211. [23] _D_ before _i_ or _u_ does not become _j_ in cultivated usage anywhere at the west. Personally, I have never heard _Injiana_ within the State; but I have heard it from a Bostonian, a native of Maine, who had never lived outside of New England. [24] “Souvenir of the Western Association of Writers,” 1891. [25] “Indiana Methodism,” p. 317. [26] Edson’s “Early Indiana Presbyterianism,” p. 171. [27] Evans’s “Pioneer Preachers,” p. 43; Edson’s “Early Indiana Presbyterianism,” p. 40. [28] Goodwin’s “Heroic Women of Indiana Methodism,” p. 9. [29] Woodburn’s “Higher Education in Indiana,” p. 31. [30] Woodburn, p. 75. [31] In Dr. Hall’s narrative “Woodville,” “Spiceburg,” “Sugartown,” “Sproutsburg,” and “Timberopolis” are respectively Bloomington, Spencer, Crawfordsville, Lafayette, and Indianapolis. The author assumes the names “Carlton” and “Mr. Clarence.” “Cutswell” became Governor Whitcomb; “The Rev. James Hilsbury” is the Rev. Isaac Reed; “Dr. Bloduplex” is Dr. Wiley, and “Dr. Shrub” is the Rev. George Bush. [32] Banta’s “History of Indiana University,” p. 44. [33] Boone’s “History of Education in Indiana,” p. 87. [34] “Caleb Mills and Indiana Common Schools,” _Tuttle Miscellany_, Vol. 38. [35] Boone’s “Education in Indiana,” p. 87. [36] Boone, _supra_, p. 104 _et seq._ [37] In 1899 Indiana’s total school fund, exclusive of college endowment, was $10,312,000. The school revenue for that year, from all sources, was $6,534,300. The census of 1890 showed the per cent of illiterates (ten years of age and older) in Indiana to be 6.32; in Ohio 5.24; in Illinois 5.25; in Michigan 5.92. In Massachusetts it was 6.22; in New York 5.53; in New Jersey 6.50; in Pennsylvania 6.78. [38] “Some Western Schoolmasters,” _Scribner’s Magazine_, Vol. 17, p. 747. [39] _Scribner’s_, _supra_. [40] One of the passengers on “the boat load of knowledge,” Victor Duclas, is still living (July, 1900) at New Harmony. [41] _The Forum_, November, 1890. [42] _The Forum_, _supra_. [43] “War Papers,” Indiana Commandery, Loyal Legion, 1898.