OHIO
Archaeological and Historical
PUBLICATIONS.
LORAMIE AND
PICKAWILLANY.
[The following articles concerning the
stations, forts and early set-
tlements known respectively as
Pickawillany and Loramie were obtained
by the Editor of the Quarterly from
the Rev. William Bigot, now a
resident of Dayton. These articles
contain much first-hand information
relating to the location of the historic
points in question. The sketch
of Father Bigot - pronounced Bego -
is by the Editor. For further dis-
cussion on this subject, see article on
Forts Loramie and Pickawillany
by Prof. R. W. McFarland, in Vol. VIII,
p. 479 Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Annuals- E. O. R.]
Among the earliest white settlements in
Ohio of which we
have definite record are those known
respectively as Pickawillany
and Loramie. The origins of these places
and their proper dis-
tinctive locations are much confused by
tradition and the histor-
ical accounts. Mr. Henry Howe was one of
the first to attempt
to give accurate statement concerning
these memorable stations,
in his first edition of Ohio Historical
Collections, published in
1846. He relied mainly upon tradition,
which is more likely to
be faulty than otherwise. In his second
edition (1893) he some-
what revised his former recital. With
the purpose of securing,
as far as possible, correct data
concerning the points in question
the Editor of The Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Quarterly not only visited the respective sites of Pickawillany
and Loramie station, but availed himself
of interviews and
correspondence with the Reverend William
Bigot, a Catholic
priest, who for thirty years resided at
Loramie, now Berlin, and
made a thorough study of the origin and
history of both Picka-
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