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-