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tiers, it might be the means of
terminating all future differences without
war; of cultivating harmony and
friendship among the tribes; of bring-
ing offenders on both sides to justice,
and causing treaties to be respected
throughout the different nations. If
such a system could be introduced
cultivation and instruction would
naturally follow and the Americans and
Indians would become one people, and
have but one interest at heart
-the good of the whole. That such a
thing should take place is cer-
tainly desirable. Let us, therefore, in
the first place, follow the example
of Gideon by erecting an altar, and
offer the necessary sacrifices to obtain
peace permanent; let every probable
means be made use of to enlighten
the poor heathens that they may quit
their childish and cruel customs,
and add to their love of liberty and
hospitality, piety, industry, mechanical
and literary acquirements; let us join them
in prayer that the "Great
Spirit" may enlighten their eyes
and purify their hearts, give them a clear
sky and smooth water, guard them against
the bad birds, and remove
the briars from their paths; protect
them from the dogs of war, which
are ever exciting them to acts of
barbarous cruelty, that they may never
attend to their barking, but continue to
keep the bloody hatchet in the
ground and smoke the calumet of peace
until its odors perfume the air.
Sweet Peace! source of joy, parent of plenty,
promoter of com-
merce and manufacturers, nurse of arts
and agriculture, angelic Peace!
Could I but set forth thy amiable
qualities, who would but love thee?
0, daughter of heaven, first offspring
of the God of Love, hasten to
make thy residence with us on earth!
MONUMENT TO ANTHONY WAYNE.
It is possible that a monument to
General Anthony Wayne may be
erected in Roche de Boeuf, the famous
rock in the Maumee river near
Grand Rapids. At a recent meeting of the
Maumee Valley Pioneer
Association held in Toledo, J. L. Pray
said that the association hoped
some time to secure Roche de Boeuf to
the state and erect on it a
statue of "Mad" Anthony Wayne.
On the afternoon before the battle
of Fallen Timber, after Wayne's army had
arrived at that point from
Fort Defiance, Wayne and his officers
are said to have waded the shallow
rapids to Roche de Boeuf and took their
dinner on the rock.
Wayne's greatest deeds were done in this
vicinity and, there being
no monument to his valor nearer than
Fort Wayne, it is proposed to
erect a statue of the great warrior on
the famous rock.
For many years the idea has been
entertained by people in Defiance
and vicinity to have a monument built to
General Wayne on the site of
Fort Defiance, and ex-Congressman
Campbell tried to get Congress to
make an appropriation for this, but
without effect. Although Roche de
Boeuf has many historical associations
in connection with Wayne, Fort.
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Defiance has better claims for such a
monument as is proposed. The
beauty of the site, here situated in the
heart of the city should give
Defiance the precedence.
The Maumee Valley Pioneer Association
wishes to save Roche de
Boeuf from being used as a pier for a
bridge to be built across the
river at that point by the Cincinnati
Northern Traction Co.
Secretary J. L. Pray said the
association would probably first at-
tempt to persuade the electric company
to change its survey so the
proposed bridge at Roche de Boeuf will
cross the river a few hundred
feet above the famous rock, which would,
in his opinion, give the road
a better and less expensive crossing and
at the same time preserve the
rock and the surrounding scenery to the
eyes of the traveler using the
line.-Defiance Crescent News, March
28, 1907.
STATE HISTORIANS.
The Legislature of Maine has just
created the office of State His-
torian, The appointee is to receive no
salary, but actual expenses, not
to exceed $500 a year will be paid. It
is probable, therefore, that some
qualified person is ready to accept the
position for the honor conferred.
The selection is to be made by the Governor
by nomination from the
State Historical Society. The act is
also intended to promote the writ-
ing and publication of local history. It
provides that in the town his-
tories, prominence shall be given to
matters of local geography, "which
may be suitable for use in the grammar
and high school grades of the
public schools" in such towns. The
manuscript of town histories must
be approved by the State Historian, and
when published by the town
"the State Treasurer shall pay the
town so publishing a sum not exceed-
ing $150, but the state shall not pay to
any town to exceed one-half of
the amount paid by said town for
printing and binding said histories."
The act evidently contemplates
considerable voluntary service to make
it effective.
New York, which of course has a history
that is much longer, and
of far greater interest and importance
than that of Maine, has had a
State Historian, as one of the permanent
officers of the state government
since 1895. In that year a law was
passed providing for the appointment
by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, of such an
official, whose duty is to collect and
edit for publication all official
records, memoranda and data relative to
the Colonial and Revolutionary
wars, also the later wars, including
that of the Rebellion. The Historian
is also required to collect and edit,
all official records, memoranda and
statistics, affecting the relations of
this commonwealth with foreign
powers, other states of the Union, and
with the United States. The
office, ever since its creation, has
been efficiently filled by Mr. Hugh
Hastings of New York City.-Buffalo
Commercial, April 19, 1907.