EARLY HISTORYFirst Settlers Came to Prairie Township in 1832INDIANS SOURCE OF DREADIUMOR OF INDIAN UPRISING— SETTLERS FLEE TO LOG HOUSE SIX MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE.The following is the fourth of a series of articles concerning the history of the various townships of the• •county compiled by J. B. VanBuskirk, ecunty historian of the White County iold Settlers' Association. The article, * | entitled ‘‘Some Prairie Township I Traditions, * ’ was written by Hiram J. i Klepinger, and contains much history \ of local interest. -I hardly feel competent to till the place assigned me on this program, lia\ iiur been a resident of Prairie township-only a little over fifty years, but perhaps not much will be expected of a man now approaching eighty-oneyears of age. So 1 will contributewhat iny age permits of persona! recollections and what I have heardfrom others about the early history of the township, j