formed into the Territory of Indiana, including the present States of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and he was appointed its governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, which he accepted, and resigned his seat in Congress.  Was reappointed successively by Presidents Jefferson and Madison.  He organized the legislature at Vincennes in 1805.  Held frequent councils with the Indians, and succeeded in averting many outbreaks.  On September 30, 1809, concluded a treaty with several tribes by which they sold to the United States about 3,000,000 acres of land on the Wabash and White rivers.  This and former treaties were condemned by Tecumseh and other chiefs, and an outbreak became imminent, which was averted by the conciliatory course of the governor.  In the spring of 1811 Indian depredations became frequent, and Governor Harrison recommended the establishment of a military post at Tippecanoe, and the Government consented.  On September 26 Harrison marched from Vincennes with about 900 men, including 350 regular infantry, completed Fort Harrison, near the site of Terre Haute, Ind., on October 28, and leaving a garrison there pressed on toward Tippecanoe.  On November 6, when near that town, was met by messengers demanding a parley, and a council was proposed for the next day.  At 4 o’clock the following morning a fierce attack was made by the savages; at daybreak the Indians were driven from the field.  For this victory he was highly complimented by President Madison in his message of December 18, 1811, and was also thanked by the legislatures of Kentucky and Indiana.  On August 25, 1812, soon after war was declared against Great Britain, was commissioned major-general of the militia of Kentucky, though not a citizen of that State.  On August 22, 1812, was commissioned a brigadier-general in the Regular Army, and later was appointed to the chief command of the Northwestern army, with instructions to act in all cases according to his own discretion and judgment.  No latitude as great as this had been given to any commander since Washington.  On March 2, 1813, was commissioned a major-general.  Was in command of Fort Meigs when General Proctor, with a force of British troops and Indians, laid unsuccessful siege to it from April 28 to May 9, 1813.  Transporting his army to Canada, he fought the battle of the Thames on October 5, defeating General Proctor’s army of 800 regulars and 1,200 Indians, the latter led by the celebrated Tecumseh, who was killed.  This battle, together with Perry’s victory on Lake Erie, gave the United States possession of the chain of lakes above Erie and put an end to the war in uppermost Canada.  For this victory he was praised by President Madison in his annual message to Congress and by the legislatures of the different States.  Through a misunderstanding with General John Armstrong, Secretary of War, he resigned his commission in the Army May 31, 1814.  In 1814, and again in 1815, he was appointed on commissions that concluded Indian treaties,