Editing Vincennes, Indiana (section)

===Growth===
By 1798, the population had reached 2,500.  Vincennes was no longer considered a trading outpost, but a thriving city.<ref>Allison, p. 87.</ref>

Elihu Stout published the first newspaper in the Indiana Territory in 1804 at Vincennes.  The ''Indiana Gazette'' debuted on July 31, 1804.  Fire destroyed the printing presses in 1806, but Stout revived the newspaper as the ''Western Sun'' in 1807.<ref name="blog.newspapers.library.in.gov">{{cite web|url=http://blog.newspapers.library.in.gov/vincennes-gazette/|title=Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization Project Blog|work=Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Newspaper Program |date=July 31, 2014 |access-date=July 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808045445/http://blog.newspapers.library.in.gov/vincennes-gazette/|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>John W. Miller, ''Indiana Newspaper Bibliography'' (Indiana Historical Society, 1982), 210–13.</ref>

Vincennes served as the first capital of [[Indiana Territory]] until it was moved to [[Corydon, Indiana|Corydon]] on May 1, 1813.

In 1826, "A party of [[Shawnee|Shawnee Indians]] ... in men, women, and children, to 500, passed through this place [Vincennes] ... from their reservation at [[Wapakoneta, Ohio|Wapaghkonetta]], moving to the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]. The celebrated [[Tenskwatawa|Indian prophet]], and a son of the great [[Tecumseh]], were in the company."<ref>{{Cite news
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| title = Shawnee Indians – Wapakoneta Ohio – Vincennes Indiana
| work = Boston Reporter and Telegraph
| access-date = February 18, 2013
| date = December 15, 1826
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| archive-date = June 5, 2013
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