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124 Ohio Arch

124       Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.

 

GAINING THE "DUNMORE TREATY," AFTER THE BATTLE OF

POINT PLEASANT, IN WHICH HE FOUGHT IN THE HAMPSHIRE

COUNTY, VIRGINIA REGIMENT. CAPTAIN MICHAEL CRESAP

WAS PRESENT HERE AND A SIGNER OF THE "DUNMORE

TREATY," IN OCTOBER 1774.

CAPTAIN MICHAEL CRESAP'S COMPANIONS IN ARMS,

EBENEZER ZANE, GENERAL GEORGE ROGERS CLARKE, COLONEL

BENJAMIN WILSON, BENJAMIN TOMLINSON AND OTHERS,

CORRECTED LOGAN'S MISTAKE IN ASSOCIATING CAPTAIN

CRESAP WITH THE YELLOW CREEK AFFAIR.

CAPTAIN MICHAEL CRESAP TOOK THE FIRST COMPANY

FROM THE SOUTH TO GENERAL WASHINGTON AT CAMBRIDGE.

HE DIED IN THE SERVICE AND WAS BURIED WITH THE

"HONORS OF WAR," AND HIS TOMB STANDS IN TRINITY

CHURCH YARD, NEW YORK CITY.

 

The day proved inclement in weather and not over a hun-

dred gathered to participate in the occasion.   Conspicuous

among those present were twenty-one of the lineal descendants

of Col. Thomas Cresap of early American pioneer fame, and

whose son Captain Michael Cresap was the one designated by

the Mingo Chief Logan as the destroyer of the Chief's family.

After the unfurling of the flag by Mr. William Neil as

many of those present, as could, assembled within the log cabin,

in the ample fireplace of which the burning logs snapped and

sparkled as of "ye olden time," while Colonel Henry C. Taylor

read the following dedicatory address:

 

ADDRESS OF HENRY C. TAYLOR.

The ground on which we meet today has many interesting associa-

tions. It was the scene of conflict of two races of men, the white and

the red. Here were the troublous days of a retiring and oncoming race.

The aboriginal had roamed over these plains for uncounted years until

something like two centuries ago the pale face began here and there to

appear. In a short time antagonisms grew into open hostility and con-

tinued with increasing energy until at last treaties of peace were made,

the red men seeking other hunting grounds and the white men entered

in and possessed the land. After the conflict of many trying years, it is

recounted that the representatives of the Indian and the pale face as-