Ohio History Journal

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THE CONQUEST OF THE INDIAN

THE CONQUEST OF THE INDIAN.

BENJAMIN R. COWEN, CINCINNATI.

[Portion of an address delivered by General Cowen on the 28th

of June, 1904, at the placing of the tablet in commemoration of the Har-

rison-Tarhe Peace Conference.]

We have heard the story of the historic incident this monu-

ment is designed to commemorate eloquently told by the Regent

of the Columbus Chapter of the

Daughters of the American Revolu-

tion. That society has rendered a

valuable service in the erection of this

unique memorial which commemo-

rates what is not only an interesting

incident in local history, but an import-

ant epoch in the history of the great

Northwest Territory, while being at

the same time an enduring landmark

of our progress.

I have heard it suggested that in-

as much as woman has ostensibly little

or nothing to do with government

functions or with the wars, the hard-

ships and the sacrifices of the race under primitive conditions

she has no business meddling with them in any manner. Never

was a greater error. True, war and border struggles and

sacrifices are generally regarded as peculiar to the stronger

sex from which woman is exempt. Yet war and sacrifice

and hardship have been woman's burden since our first parents

turned their backs on Eden. So that the women who have erected

this memorial were strictly in the line of duty, and privilege, for

women should have a place of honor wherever the hardships and

the sacrifices of the race are held in grateful memory.

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